Higher partial waves in p p ---> p p eta near threshold

Oct, 1998
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 458 (1999) 190-196
e-Print:
Report number:
  • TSL-ISV-98-0198

Citations per year

19992003200720112015024681012
Abstract:
Exclusive measurements of the production of eta mesons in the p+p->p+p+eta reaction have been carried out at excess energies of 16 and 37 MeV above threshold. The deviations from phase space are dominated by the proton-proton final state interaction and this influences particularly the energy distribution of the eta meson. However, evidence is also presented at the higher energy for the existence of an anisotropy in the angular distributions of the eta meson and also of the final proton-proton pair, probably to be associated with D-waves in this system interfering with the dominant S-wave term. The sign of the eta angular anisotropy suggests that rho-exchange is important for this reaction.
Note:
  • 16 pages, LaTeX2e, 3 EPS Figures, Updated version, Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B Report-no: TSLISV-98-0198
  • 13.60.Le
  • 13.75.Cs
  • η -mesons
  • Threshold production
  • Angular distribution
  • η-mesons
  • p p: exclusive reaction
  • eta: hadroproduction
  • p p: final-state interaction
  • eta: energy spectrum
Loading ...