We present a measurement of the inclusive cross-section for Z
bosons decaying to tau leptons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 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 e tau events with a total expected background of
190 events, we obtain sigma(p anti-p --> Z) . B(Z --> tau tau) = 263 +/- 23(stat)
+/- 14(syst) +/- 15 (lumi) pb, in agreement with the next-to-leading order
QCD prediction. This is the first CDF cross section measurement using
hadronically-decaying taus in Run II.
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