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
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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