First measurement of the π+π− atom lifetime

First measurement of the π+π− atom lifetime

The goal of the DIRAC experiment at CERN (PS212) is to measure the π+π− atom lifetime with 10% precision. Such a measurement would yield a precision of 5% on the value of the S-wave ππ scattering lengths combination |a0−a2|. Based on part of the collected data we present a first result on the lifeti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics letters. B 2005-07, Vol.619 (1-2), p.50-60
Hauptverfasser: Adeva, B., Afanasyev, L., Benayoun, M., Benelli, A., Berka, Z., Brekhovskikh, V., Caragheorgheopol, G., Cechak, T., Chiba, M., Constantinescu, S., Detraz, C., Dreossi, D., Drijard, D., Dudarev, A., Evangelou, I., Ferro-Luzzi, M., Gallas, M.V., Gerndt, J., Giacomich, R., Gianotti, P., Goldin, D., Gómez, F., Gorin, A., Gorchakov, O., Guaraldo, C., Hansroul, M., Hosek, R., Iliescu, M., Karpukhin, V., Kluson, J., Kobayashi, M., Kokkas, P., Komarov, V., Kruglov, V., Kruglova, L., Kulikov, A., Kuptsov, A., Kurochkin, I., Kuroda, K.-I., Lamberto, A., Lanaro, A., Lapshin, V., Lednicky, R., Leruste, P., Levi Sandri, P., Lopez Aguera, A., Lucherini, V., Maki, T., Manthos, N., Manuilov, I., Montanet, L., Narjoux, J.-L., Nemenov, L., Nikitin, M., Núñez Pardo, T., Okada, K., Olchevskii, V., Pazos, A., Pentia, M., Penzo, A., Perreau, J.-M., Petrascu, C., Pló, M., Ponta, T., Pop, D., Rappazzo, G.F., Rodriguez Fernandez, A., Romero, A., Ryazantsev, A., Rykalin, V., Santamarina, C., Saborido, J., Schacher, J., Schuetz, Ch.P., Sidorov, A., Smolik, J., Takeutchi, F., Tarasov, A., Tauscher, L., Tobar, M.J., Trusov, S., Utkin, V., Vázquez Doce, O., Vázquez, P., Vlachos, S., Yazkov, V., Yoshimura, Y., Zhabitsky, M., Zrelov, P.
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Sprache:eng
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DIRAC experiment
Elementary atom
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics
Pion scattering
Pionium atom
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Zusammenfassung:The goal of the DIRAC experiment at CERN (PS212) is to measure the π+π− atom lifetime with 10% precision. Such a measurement would yield a precision of 5% on the value of the S-wave ππ scattering lengths combination |a0−a2|. Based on part of the collected data we present a first result on the lifetime, τ=[2.91−0.62+0.49]×10−15 s, and discuss the major systematic errors. This lifetime corresponds to |a0−a2|=0.264−0.020+0.033mπ−1.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.05.045