Encounters with Di-Baryons - From the ABC effect to a new resonance?

Elena Perez Del Rio, M. Bashkanov, H. Clement, E. Doroshkevich, A. Pricking, T. Skorodko, G. J. Wagner

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Abstract

The ABC effect, an intriguing low-mass enhancement in the ππ invariant mass spectrum, is known from inclusive measurements of two-pion production in nuclear fusion reactions to the few-body systems d, 3He and 4He. It was first observed 1960 by Abashian, Booth and Crowe in the inclusive pd →3He X reaction. Its explanation has been a puzzle since then. In an effort to solve this long-standing problem by exclusive and kinematically complete high-statistics experiments, we have measured the fusion reactions to d, 3He and 4He with WASA-at-COSY. These measurements cover the full energy region, where the ABC effect has been observed previously in inclusive reactions. In a recent kinematically complete measurement of the pn → dπ0π0 reaction we have shown that the ABC effect in this basic double-pionic fusion reaction is correlated with a narrow structure in the total cross section with quantum numbers I(JP) = 0(3+), a mass of 2.37 GeV and a width of about 70 MeV. The mass is about 90 MeV below 2 times the mass of δ, the mass of a δδ system, and the width is three times narrower than expected from a conventional t-channel δδ process. In the double-pionic fusion reaction to the helium isotope dd →4Heπ 0π0 again the ABC effect is observed to be correlated with the appearance of a resonance-like structure in the total cross section at the same excess energy. From a previous exclusive experiment at CELSIUS-WASA it is known that the double-pionic fusion to 3He also exhibits a pronunced ABC effect. New data from COSY on the pd →3Heπ 0π0 reaction scanning the full ABC region are presented as well as the status of measurements in other reaction channels, where the new resonance might contribute.

Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of Science
Publication statusPublished - 18 Nov 2013

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