Published 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Results on the analysis of the η→3π circle decay with WASA-at-COSY

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik and Juelich Center for Hadron Physics, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)

Description

During the first production run of the WASA experiment at the COSY storage ring the η→3π circle decay has been measured in proton-proton interactions at an excess energy of Q=56 MeV. The goal of the experiment is the measurement of the 3π circle Dalitz plot density distribution which allows a precise test of chiral perturbation theory calculations. The decay system was tagged by the WASA forward detector using the recoil protons. The η decay was reconstructed in the central detector by the subsequent π circle →γγ decays. A kinematic fit with constraints was applied in order to optimally use the measured information. The constraints used in the fit are the masses of the subsequently decayed pions, as well as the mass of final state particles of in the eta-meson decay system. We report on the final results of the analysis.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Bochum 2009 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 44(3)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2009 in conjunction with the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC) of the DPG Division hadronic and nuclear physics and the nuclear physics board of the European Physical Society (EPS)
Dates
16-20 Mar 2009
Place
Bochum (Germany)

Optional Information

Notes
Session: HK 51.5 Mi 15:15; No further information available
Collaborations
WASA-at-COSY-Collaboration