1. The pp -> pp pi pi pi reaction channels in the threshold region
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WASA Collaboration, Pauly, C., Jacewicz, M., Koch, I., Bashkanov, M., Bogoslawsky, D., Cal��n, H., Capellaro, F., Clement, H., Demir��rs, L., Ekstr��m, C., Fransson, K., Gustafsson, L., H��istad, B., Ivanov, G., Jiganov, E., Johansson, T., Keleta, S., Kullander, S., Kup����, A., Kuznetsov, A., Marciniewski, P., Meier, R., Morosov, B., Oelert, W., Pettersson, H., Petukhov, Y., Povtorejko, A., Ruber, R. J. M. Y., Scobel, W., Sch��nning, K., Skorodko, T., Shwartz, B., Sopov, V., Stepaniak, J., Tchernyshev, V., Engblom, P. Th��rngren, Tikhomirov, V., Turowiecki, A., Wagner, G. J., Wiedner, U., Wolke, M., Yamamoto, A., Zabierowski, J., and Z��oma��czuk, J.
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FOS: Physical sciences ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) - Abstract
The cross section for prompt neutral and charged three pion production in pp interactions was measured at excess energies in the range 160 - 217 MeV. That comprises the first measurement of the pp->pp pi0pi0pi0 reaction and the comparison with the pp->pp pi+pi-pi0 reaction, in a very direct way. The experiment was performed above the eta meson production threshold and the cross section normalization was obtained from a concurrent measurement of the reaction pp->pp eta with the eta decaying into 3 pions. Since the same final states are selected, the measurement has a low systematical error. The measured cross section ratio sigma(pp->pp pi+pi-pi0)/sigma(pp->pp pi0\pi0\pi0) is compared to predictions of dominance of different isobars in the intermediate state., 12 pages, 4 figures New discussion on the pp->pp3pi reaction mechanism
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- 2006
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