Measurement of the eta -> pi(+)pi(-)e(+)e(-) decay branching ratio

The reaction pd -> He-3 eta at threshold was used to provide a clean source of eta mesons for decay studies with the WASA detector at CELSIUS. The branching ratio of the decay eta -> pi(+)pi(-)e(+)e(-) is measured to be (4.3 +/- 1.3 +/- 0.4) x 10(-4).

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Published in:Physics letters. B 2007, Vol.644 (5-6), p.299
Main Authors: Bargholtz, Chr, Bashkanov, M., Bogoslawsky, D., Calén, Hans, Cappellaro, F., Clement, H., Demiroers, L., Ekström, Curt, Fransson, Kjell E., Gerén, L., Gustafsson, Leif, Höistad, Bo, Ivanov, G., Jacewicz, Marek, Jiganov, E., Johansson, Tord, Keleta, S. Negasi, Koch, I., Kullander, Sven O., Kupsc, Andrzej, Kuznetsov, A., Laukhin, I. V., Lindberg, K., Marciniewski, Pawel, Meier, R., Morosov, B., Oelert, W., Pauly, C., Pettersson, Hanna I., Petukhov, Y., Povtorejko, A., Ruber, Roger J. M. Y., Schönning, Karin, Scobel, W., Shafigullin, R., Shwartz, B., Skorodko, T., Sopov, V., Stepaniak, J., Tchernyshev, V., Tegner, P. -E, Thörngren-Engblom, P., Tikhomirov, V., Turowiecki, A., Wagner, G. J., Wolke, Magnus, Yamamoto, A., Zabierowski, J., Zartova, I., Zlomanczuk, Jozef
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Language:English
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dalitz decays
eta meson decays
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Summary:The reaction pd -> He-3 eta at threshold was used to provide a clean source of eta mesons for decay studies with the WASA detector at CELSIUS. The branching ratio of the decay eta -> pi(+)pi(-)e(+)e(-) is measured to be (4.3 +/- 1.3 +/- 0.4) x 10(-4).
ISSN:1873-2445
0370-2693
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.12.008