Published January 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of the dp → pppπ- Reaction Near the η Production Threshold

  • 1. M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Cracow (Poland)
  • 2. Institute for Nuclear Physics and Juelich Center for Hadron Physics, Research Center Juelich, 52425 Juelich (Germany)

Description

Excitation function as well as differential distributions for dp → pppπ- reaction have been measured near the η production threshold in a search for a signal from decays of 3He - η bound state. We observe an enhancement in the excitation function above the η threshold. Calculation of the counting rate corresponding to the production of η mesons in the reaction dp → 3Heη and their subsequent absorption on neutron in the 3He nucleus underestimates the observed enhancement by one order of magnitude. Also the differential distributions determined for the outgoing particles contradict the η absorption scenario. (author)

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
PACS numbers: 14.40.Aq, 21.85.+d, 25.45.-z

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Acta Physica Polonica. Series B, Proceedings Supplement
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 133-140
ISSN
1899-2358

Conference

Title
Symposium on Meson Physics, Extended COSY-11 Collaboration Meeting
Dates
1-4 Oct 2008
Place
Cracow (Poland)