Abstract:
We present a measurement of the inclusive production cross section for Z bosons decaying to tau leptons in p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV. We use a channel with one hadronically-decaying and one electronically-decaying tau. This measurement is based on 350 pb-1 of CDF Run II data. Using a sample of 504 opposite sign etau events with a total expected background of 190 events, we obtain sigma(p[overline p]-->4Z)·[script B](Z-->tautau)=264$\pm$23(stat)$\pm$14(syst)$\pm$15(lumi) pb, in agreement with the next-to-next-to-leading order QCD prediction. This is the first CDF cross section measurement using hadronically-decaying taus in Run II.