The reaction pp→dK +K 0 has been investigated at excess energies Q= 47.4 and 104.7 MeV above the K +K 0 threshold at COSY-Jülich. Coincident dK + pairs were detected with the ANKE spectrometer, and subsequently ∼ 2000 events with a missingK 0 invariant-mass were identified, which fully populate the Dalitz plot. The joint analysis of invariant-mass and angular distributions reveals s-wave dominance between the two kaons, in conjunction with a p-wave between the deuteron and the kaon pair, i.e. KK production via the a + 0 (980) channel. Integration of the differential distributions yields total cross sections of σ(pp→dK +K 0 )=(38±2stat±14syst) nb and (190±4stat±39syst) nb for the low and high Q value, respectively.
PACS. 25.10.+s Nuclear reactions involving few-nucleon systems -13.75.-n Hadron-induced low-and intermediate-energy reactions and scattering (energy ≤ 10 GeV)
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