Published January 25, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of the η->π+π-e+e- decay branching ratio

  • 1. Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 2. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Tuebingen, Tuebingen (Germany)
  • 3. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 4. The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala (Sweden)
  • 5. Uppsala University, Uppsala (Sweden)
  • 6. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik der Universitaet Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)
  • 7. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 8. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich (Germany)
  • 9. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)
  • 10. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 11. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw and Lodz (Poland)
  • 12. Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw (Poland)
  • 13. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba (Japan)

Description

The reaction pd->He3η at threshold was used to provide a clean source of η mesons for decay studies with the WASA detector at CELSIUS. The branching ratio of the decay η->π+π-e+e- is measured to be (4.3+/-1.3+/-0.4)x10-4

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2006.12.008;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-ex/0609007v2;
PII
S0370-2693(06)01528-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
644
Journal Issue
5-6
Journal Page Range
p. 299-303
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39014297
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BRANCHING RATIO; ELECTRONS; ETA MESONS; PAIR PRODUCTION; PARTICLE DECAY; PIONS MINUS; PIONS PLUS; POSITRONS
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BOSONS; DECAY; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; MESONS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.