Abstract / Description of output
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 language | English |
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Article number | 015201 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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