ABC effect and resonance structure in the double-pionic fusion to He-3

WASA-At-COSY Collaboration, P. Adlarson, W. Augustyniak, W. Bardan, M. Bashkanov, F. S. Bergmann, M. Berlowski, H. Bhatt, A. Bondar, M. Buescher, H. Calen, I. Ciepal, H. Clement*, D. Coderre, E. Czerwinski, K. Demmich, E. Doroshkevich, R. Engels, A. Erven, W. ErvenW. Eyrich, P. Fedorets, K. Foehl, K. Fransson, F. Goldenbaum, P. Goslawski, A. Goswami, K. Grigoryev, C. -O. Gullstrom, F. Hauenstein, L. Heijkenskjold, V. Hejny, B. Hoistad, N. Huesken, L. Jarczyk, T. Johansson, B. Kamys, G. Kemmerling, F. A. Khan, A. Khoukaz, D. A. Kirillov, S. Kistryn, H. Kleines, B. Klos, W. Krzemien, P. Kulessa, A. Kupsc, A. Kuzmin, K. Lalwani, D. Lersch, B. Lorentz

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Exclusive and kinematically complete measurements of the double pionic fusion to He-3 have been performed in the energy region of the so-called ABC effect, which denotes a pronounced low-mass enhancement in the pi pi-invariant mass spectrum. The experiments were carried out with the WASA detector setup at COSY (the cooler synchrotron at Forschungszentrum Julich). Similar to the observations in the basic pn -> d pi(0)pi(0) reaction and in the dd -> He-4 pi(0)pi(0) reaction, the data reveal a correlation between the ABC effect and a resonance-like energy dependence in the total cross section. Differential cross sections are well described by the hypothesis of d* resonance formation during the reaction process in addition to the conventional t-channel Delta Delta mechanism. The deduced d* resonance width can be understood from collision broadening due to Fermi motion of the nucleons in initial and final nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015201
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume91
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS
  • PI-PI INTERACTION
  • MESON PRODUCTION
  • GEV-C
  • ISOSPIN DECOMPOSITION
  • PI(0)PI(0) PRODUCTION
  • NEAR-THRESHOLD
  • NUCLEAR-MATTER
  • ENHANCEMENT
  • DIBARYONS

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