1. Branching ratios for p annihilation at rest into two-body final states
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F. H. Heinsius, P. Blüm, D.V. Bugg, U. Strohbusch, C. Straßburger, K. Wittmack, R. Ouared, U. Kurilla, D. Walther, D. Jamnik, J.S. Suh, D. Engelhardt, A. Abele, C.J. Batty, M. A. Faessler, C. Völcker, R.P. Haddock, M. Herz, P. Giarritta, Herbert Koch, Claude Amsler, J. Adomeit, I. Uman, Michael Doser, Marcel Kunze, H. Stöck, A. Herbstrith, C. Holtzhaußen, C. A. Meyer, K. Peters, W. Dünnweber, R. McCrady, M. Lakata, C. Regenfus, J. Kisiel, U. Wiedner, M. Suffert, T. Case, H. Matthäy, B. Pick, P. Kammel, K. Braune, M. Heinzelmann, C.A. Baker, S. Wallis-Plachner, L. Montanet, B.M. Barnett, M. Benayoun, Kenneth M. Crowe, B.S. Zou, H. Kalinowsky, J. Meier, S. Spanier, U. Thoma, C. Hodd, S. Bischoff, Eberhard Klempt, Pàl Hidas, T. Degener, W. Roethel, M. Tischhäuser, M. Ratajczak, N.P. Hessey, and R. Landua
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Annihilation ,Hydrogen ,chemistry ,Branching fraction ,Analytical chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Atomic physics ,Branching (polymer chemistry) ,Particle Physics - Experiment - Abstract
Measurements of two-body branching ratios for p p annihilations at rest in liquid and gaseous (12 ρ STP ) hydrogen are reported. Channels studied are p p →π 0 π 0 ,π 0 η , K 0 S K 0 L , K + K − . The branching ratio for the π 0 π 0 channel in liquid H 2 is measured to be ( 6.14±0.40)×10 −4 . The results are compared with those from other experiments. The fraction of P-state annihilation for a range of target densities from 0.002 ρ STP to liquid H 2 is determined. Values obtained include 0.11±0.02 in liquid H 2 and 0.48±0.04 in 12 ρ STP H 2 gas.
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- 2001