• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A precision determination of the mass of the eta meson
  • Contributor: Abdel-Bary, M. [Author]; Budzanowski, A. [Author]; Kolev, D. [Author]; Kravcikova, M. [Author]; Kutsarova, T. [Author]; Lesiak, M. [Author]; Lieb, J. [Author]; Machner, H. [Author]; Magiera, A. [Author]; Maier, R. [Author]; Martinska, G. [Author]; Nedev, S. [Author]; Chatterjee, A. [Author]; Piskunov, N. [Author]; Prasuhn, D. [Author]; Protic, D. [Author]; von Rossen, P. [Author]; Roy, B. J. [Author]; Sitnik, I. [Author]; Siudak, R. [Author]; Smiechowicz, M. [Author]; Stein, H. J. [Author]; Tsenov, R. [Author]; Ernst, J. [Author]; [...]
  • imprint: North-Holland Publ., 2005
  • Published in: Physics letters / B 619, 281 - 287 (2005). doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.06.004
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2005.06.004
  • ISSN: 0370-2693
  • Keywords: p deuteron --> helium-3 anything ; p p --> deuteron pi+ ; p deuteron --> helium-3 eta ; pi+: hadroproduction ; eta meson production ; mass spectrum: missing-mass ; p p: exclusive reaction ; p deuteron: nuclear reaction ; Juelich COSY PS ; eta: hadroproduction ; meson mass ; eta: mass ; 0.804 GeV/c ; magnetic spectrometer: experimental results
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  • Description: Several processes of meson production in proton-deuteron collisions have been measured simultaneously using a calibrated magnetic spectrograph. Among these processes, the eta meson is seen clearly as a sharp missing-mass peak on a slowly varying background in the p + d -> He-3 + X reaction. Knowing the kinematics of the other reactions with well determined masses, it is possible to deduce a precise mass for the eta meson. The final result, m(eta) = 547.311 +/- 0.028(stat) 0.032(syst) MeV/c(2), is significantly lower than that found by the recent NA48 measurement, though it is consistent with values obtained in earlier counter experiments. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Access State: Open Access