Published February 22, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

The pd→3Heηπ0 reaction at Tp=1450 MeV

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 535, S-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Stockholm University, S-101 91 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 3. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Tuebingen, D-720 76 Tuebingen (Germany)
  • 4. Soltan Institute of Nuclear Studies, PL-006 81 Warsaw (Poland)
  • 5. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, RU-101 000 Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Universitaet Hamburg, D-227 61 Hamburg (Germany)
  • 7. The Svedberg Laboratory, S-751 21 Uppsala (Sweden)

Description

The cross section for the pd→3Heηπ0 reaction has been measured at a beam energy of 1450 MeV using the WASA detector at the CELSIUS storage ring. The 3He was detected in coincidence with four photons from the decays of the two mesons. The data indicate that the production mechanism involves the formation of the Δ(1232) isobar. Although the beam energy does not allow the full peak of this resonance to be seen, the invariant mass distributions of all three pairs of final particles are well reproduced by a phase space Monte Carlo simulation weighted with the p-wave factor of the square of the π0 momentum in the 3Heπ0 system.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.042

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.042;
arXiv
arXiv:0911.1012v1;
PII
S0370-2693(10)00100-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
685
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 33-37
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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