Published November 17, 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

A new determination of the pion mass

  • 1. Ioannina Univ. (Greece). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Institut de Physique de l' Universite de Neuchatel, 2000 Neuchatel (Switzerland)
  • 3. Institut du Radium, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France)
  • 4. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich (Germany)
  • 5. Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)

Description

Initial measurements concerning the feasibility of a new pion mass determination are described. In a first step, a high-resolution crystal spectrometer was coupled to a cyclotron trap which provides a high pion stopping density, sufficient to check predictions for the cascade process and to measure the stability of the apparatus. A comparison with the measured Cu Kα fluorescence line resolves an ambiguity in the value of the pion mass. The preliminary result from this experiment is mπ-=(139.57040±0.00045) MeV/c2. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
626
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 375-382.
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
3. international conference on nuclear physics at storage rings (STORI-3).
Dates
30 Sep - 4 Oct 1996.
Place
Bernkastel-Kues (Germany).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
29016929
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; PIONS MINUS; REST MASS; TRAPS; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; DATA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; HADRONS; INFORMATION; MASS; MESONS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL DATA; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY

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