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Title: Double-Pionic Fusion of Nuclear Systems and the 'ABC' Effect: Approaching a Puzzle by Exclusive and Kinematically Complete Measurements

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Tuebingen, D-72076 Tuebingen (Germany)
  2. Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden)
  3. Soltan Institute of Nuclear Studies, Warsaw and Lodz (Poland)
  4. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)

The ABC effect--a puzzling low-mass enhancement in the {pi}{pi} invariant mass spectrum, first observed by Abashian, Booth, and Crowe--is well known from inclusive measurements of two-pion production in nuclear fusion reactions. Here we report on the first exclusive and kinematically complete measurements of the most basic double-pionic fusion reaction pn{yields}d{pi}{sup 0}{pi}{sup 0} at beam energies of 1.03 and 1.35 GeV. The measurements, which have been carried out at CELSIUS-WASA, reveal the ABC effect to be a ({pi}{pi}){sub I=L=0} channel phenomenon associated with both a resonancelike energy dependence in the integral cross section and the formation of a {delta}{delta} system in the intermediate state. A corresponding simple s-channel resonance ansatz provides a surprisingly good description of the data.

OSTI ID:
21180180
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.052301; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English