Measurement of charge symmetry breaking by the comparison of pi + d ---> p p eta with pi- d ---> NN eta
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- Phys.Rev.D 63 (2001) 052001
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We report a measurement of charge symmetry breaking in the NNη system. We have measured the ratio of the differential cross sections of the charge-symmetric reactions π+d→ppη and π−d→nnη in the energy region of the η threshold. Our result is R≡dσ(π+d→ppη)/dσ(π−d→nnη)=0.938±0.009 after a phase-space correction is made for the difference in the threshold energies of the two reactions. The deviation of R from unity is an indication of charge symmetry breaking, which is mostly due to π0−η mixing. A theoretical model for η production which includes π0−η mixing was used to fit the data and yields a mixing angle of (1.5±0.4)°. Our result is consistent with the mixing angle determined in particle decay and isospin-forbidden processes as well as predictions by several theoretical analyses which yield ≈1° and another which yields ≈2°. References(22)
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