Münster 2002 – scientific programme
Parts | Days | Selection | Search | Downloads | Help
HK: Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 5: Electromagnetic and Hadronic Probes I
HK 5.4: Talk
Monday, March 11, 2002, 17:30–17:45, D
First results of π0−η mixing angle measurement — •P. Hawranek1, P. Hawranek1, H. Machner2, and H. Machner2 — 1Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland — 2Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
Isospin symmetry may be broken - except for trivia reasons like Coulomb effects - via π0−η mixing. The mixing angle is related to the difference of the squared up and down quark masses. In order to measure this mixing angle we have studied the ratio of the two isospin related reactions pd→3Heπ0 and pd→3Hπ+ close to the η-threshold. A simple model Ref. 1 predicts the effect to be largest at large momentum transfer. The reactions have been measured at five different momenta in the vicinity of the η-threshold. Both recoils were measured simultaneously with an unusual magnetic spectrograph having two focal planes. The experiment will be presented as well as first data.
[1] A. Magiera and H. Machner, Nucl. Phys. A674 (2000) 515