Evidence for $\pi K$-atoms with DIRAC

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We present evidence for the first observation of electromagnetically bound $\pi^\pm K^\mp$-pairs ($\pi K$-atoms) with the DIRAC experiment at the CERN-PS. The $\pi K$-atoms are produced by the 24 GeV/c proton beam in a thin Pt-target and the $\pi^\pm$ and $K^\mp$-mesons from the atom dissociation ar...

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Autores principales: Adeva, B., Afanasyev, L., Allkofer, Y., Amsler, Claude, Anania, A., Benelli, A., Brekhovskikh, V., Caragheorgheopol, G., Cechak, T., Chiba, M., Chliapnikov, P., Ciocarlan, C., Constantinescu, S., Curceanu, C., Detraz, C., Dreossi, D., Drijard, D., Dudarev, A., Duma, M., Dumitriu, D., Fungueirino, J.L., Gerndt, J., Gorin, A., Gorchakov, O., Gritsay, K., Guaraldo, C., Gugiu, M., Hansroul, M., Hons, Z., Horikawa, S., Iliescu, M., Karpukhin, V., Kluson, J., Kobayashi, M., Komarov, V., Kruglov, V., Kruglova, L., Kulikov, A., Kuptsov, A., Kurochkin, I., Lamberto, A., Lanaro, A., Lapshin, V., Lednicky, R., Levi Sandri, P., Lopez Aguera, A., Lucherini, V., Manuilov, I., Marinas, C., Nemenov, L., Nikitin, M., Okada, K., Olchevsky, V., Pentia, M., Penzo, A., Plo, M., Rappazzo, G.F., Regenfus, Christian, Rochet, J., Romero, A., Ronjin, V., Ryazantsev, A., Rykalin, V., Saborido, J., Schacher, J., Sidorov, A., Smolik, J., Sugimoto, S., Takeutchi, F., Tarasov, A., Tauscher, L., Trojek, T., Trusov, Sergey V., Utkin, V., Vazquez Doce, O., Vrba, T., Yazkov, V., Yoshimura, Y., Zhabitsky, M., Zrelov, P.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2009
Materias:
Particle Physics - Experiment
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.03.001
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1175298
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Sumario:We present evidence for the first observation of electromagnetically bound $\pi^\pm K^\mp$-pairs ($\pi K$-atoms) with the DIRAC experiment at the CERN-PS. The $\pi K$-atoms are produced by the 24 GeV/c proton beam in a thin Pt-target and the $\pi^\pm$ and $K^\mp$-mesons from the atom dissociation are analyzed in a two-arm magnetic spectrometer. The observed enhancement at low relative momentum corresponds to the production of 173 $\pm$ 54 $\pi K$-atoms. The mean life of $\pi K$-atoms is related to the s-wave $\pi K$-scattering lengths, the measurement of which is the goal of the experiment. From these first data we derive a lower limit for the mean life of 0.8 fs at 90% confidence level.

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