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Search for narrow anti NN states in anti pd annihilation. [500 and 610 MeV/c]

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OSTI ID:7095266
A p-bard..-->..NX missing-mass epxeriment was performed, and the invariant mass of the system X(p-barp or p-barn) was determined at 500 and 610 MeV/c beam momenta by measurement of the angle and time of flight of the recoiling nucleon. Possible radiative transitions in p-bard..-->..NX..gamma.. were also investigated with a large NaI crystal. For annihilations at rest a 4-standard-deviation upper limit of 0.3% was found for the production of narrow bound states; for annihilations in flight the limit was 2 mb in the mass interval 1650 to 1930 MeV/c/sup 2/ (for isotropic production in the p-bard center-of-mass system). Missing-mass and photon energy distributions are shown. The mean number of photons per annihilation was 2.6 +- 0.3, in agreement with a neutral-to-charged pion ratio of 0.5 predicted by charge independence. 3 figures. (RWR)
Research Organization:
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque (USA); Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA); California Univ., Irvine (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AS02-76ER03539
OSTI ID:
7095266
Report Number(s):
CONF-800688--5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English