Published January 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Hadronic 3Heη production near threshold

  • 1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Katowice, PL-40-007 (Poland)
  • 2. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow PL-31-342 (Poland)
  • 3. IKP and ZEL Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, D-52425 (Germany)
  • 4. Nuclear Physics Department, Jagellonian University, Cracow, PL-30-059 (Poland)
  • 5. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Universitaet Muenster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, Muenster, D-48149 (Germany)

Description

Measurements of η meson production in proton-deuteron collisions have been performed using the COSY-11 facility at COSY (Juelich). Results on total and differential cross sections for the pd→3Heη reaction are presented at five excess energies between Q=5.0 and Q=40.6 MeV. The angular distributions show a transition from an almost isotropic emission close to threshold to a highly anisotropic distribution at higher excess energies. The total cross sections reveal a strong η-3He final state interaction, corresponding to a scattering length of vertical bar real(a) vertical bar=(4.2±0.5) fm and (a)=(0.4±1.9) fm

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 014004-014004.8
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society