Abashian-booth-crowe effect in basic double-pionic fusion: A new resonance?

P. Adlarson*, C. Adolph, W. Augustyniak, V. Baru, M. Bashkanov, T. Bednarski, F. S. Bergmann, M. Berłowski, H. Bhatt, K. T. Brinkmann, M. Büscher, H. Calén, H. Clement, D. Coderre, E. Czerwiński, E. Doroshkevich, C. Ekström, R. Engels, W. Erven, W. EyrichP. Fedorets, K. Föhl, K. Fransson, F. Goldenbaum, P. Goslawski, K. Grigoryev, V. Grishina, C. O. Gullström, J. Hampe, C. Hanhart, L. Heijkenskjöld, V. Hejny, F. Hinterberger, M. Hodana, B. Höistad, M. Jacewicz, M. Janusz, A. Jany, B. R. Jany, L. Jarczyk, T. Johansson, B. Kamys, G. Kemmerling, O. Khakimova, A. Khoukaz, S. Kistryn, J. Klaja, H. Kleines, B. Kłos, F. Kren, W. Krzemień, P. Kulessa, S. Kullander, A. Kupć, K. Lalwani, B. Lorentz, A. Magiera, R. Maier, P. Marciniewski, B. Mariański, M. Mikirtychiants, P. Moskal, H. P. Morsch, B. K. Nandi, S. Niedžwiecki, H. Ohm, A. Passfeld, C. Pauly, E. Perez Del Rio, Y. Petukhov, N. Piskunov, P. Pluciński, P. Podkopał, A. Povtoreyko, D. Prasuhn, A. Pricking, K. Pysz, T. Rausmann, C. F. Redmer, J. Ritman, R. J.M.Y. Ruber, Z. Rudy, S. Sawant, S. Schadmand, A. Schmidt, W. Schroeder, T. Sefzick, V. Serdyuk, M. Siemaszko, R. Siudak, T. Skorodko, M. Skurzok, J. Smyrski, V. Sopov, R. Stassen, J. Stepaniak, G. Sterzenbach, H. Stockhorst, H. Ströher, A. Szczurek, A. Täschner, T. Tolba, A. Trzciński, R. Varma, P. Vlasov, G. J. Wagner, W. Wȩglorz, A. Winnemöller, A. Wirzba, M. Wolke, A. Wrońska, P. Wüstner, P. Wurm, X. Yuan, L. Yurev, J. Zabierowski, M. J. Zieliński, W. Zipper, J. Złomańczuk, P. Zupranski

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Abstract

We report on an exclusive and kinematically complete high-statistics measurement of the basic double-pionic fusion reaction pn→dπ0π0 over the full energy region of the ABC effect, a pronounced low-mass enhancement in the ππ-invariant mass spectrum. The measurements, which cover also the transition region to the conventional t-channel ΔΔ process, were performed with the upgraded WASA detector setup at COSY. The data reveal the Abashian-Booth-Crowe effect to be uniquely correlated with a Lorentzian energy dependence in the integral cross section. The observables are consistent with a narrow resonance with m=2.37GeV, Γ 70MeV and I(JP)=0(3+) in both pn and ΔΔ systems. Necessary further tests of the resonance interpretation are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number242302
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume106
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2011

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