2014
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20148101019
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FirstπKatom lifetime measurement and recent results from the DIRAC experiment

Abstract: Abstract. We report evidence for πK atoms production, using 24 GeV/c proton beam from CERN PS interacting with a thin Ni target. We have identified (178 ± 49) πK pairs, which were produced in a bound state -πK atom, which was subsequently brokenup (ionized) in the Ni target. Our analysis yields a first measurement of the πK atom lifetime 2.5. This lifetime is connected in a model-independent way to the S-wave isospin-odd πK scattering length |a

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“…6, which is a mixture of pairs broken from different atomic states, dominantly with small n and then detected. The simulated spectrum accounts numerically the population of atomic states, the relative momentum spectra of atomic pairs at breakup points, the particle multiple scattering of in the target and the resolution of detectors [24]. Considering that contributions of above-listed processes to the total spectrum width are summed quadratically we can made few conclusions.…”
Section: Comparison and Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…6, which is a mixture of pairs broken from different atomic states, dominantly with small n and then detected. The simulated spectrum accounts numerically the population of atomic states, the relative momentum spectra of atomic pairs at breakup points, the particle multiple scattering of in the target and the resolution of detectors [24]. Considering that contributions of above-listed processes to the total spectrum width are summed quadratically we can made few conclusions.…”
Section: Comparison and Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Using the integral representation for the confluent hypergeometric functions (24) and the relation for the zero-order MacDonald function…”
Section: Multiple Exchangesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The crystal has Si(220) lattice planes perpendicular to the blade surfaces (Laue-case). The effective electric field of Si( 220) is calculated to be E T = 4.1 × 10 10 V/m (the Dirac-Fock method [43,44]). The reciprocal lattice spacing and the Bragg angle are q T = 6.46 keV and θ B = 10.95 degrees, respectively, in this case.…”
Section: Experimental Setup and Measurementmentioning
confidence: 99%