Has charge symmetry breaking been observed in the d d ---> alpha pi0 reaction?
May, 1999
8 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.Lett. 83 (1999) 5246-5249
e-Print:
- nucl-th/9906009 [nucl-th]
Report number:
- TSL-ISV-99-0208
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Abstract:
Estimates are made of the d d -> alpha gamma gamma production cross sections in a model where each neutron-proton pair in the beam and target initiates an n p -> d gamma reaction. This approach, which successfully reproduces observables in two-pion production at intermediate energies, suggests that direct two-photon production could provide a very significant background to the measurement of the charge-symmetry-breaking (CSB) reaction d d -> alpha pi0. A non-vanishing CSB cross section has been reported which might be confused with such two-photon production under the given experimental conditions.- deuteron deuteron: nuclear reaction
- pi0: production
- helium
- charge: symmetry breaking
- background
- photon: pair production
- nuclear reaction: model
- Feynman graph
- mass spectrum
- numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments
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