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Near threshold eta meson production in the d d --> He-4 eta reaction.

Wrońska, A. ; Hejny, V. ; Wilkin, C. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.A 26 (2005) 421-428, 2005.
Inspire Record 695766 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43489

The d+d->alpha+eta reaction has been investigated near threshold using the ANKE facility at COSY-Juelich. Both total and differential cross sections have been measured at two excess energies, Q=2.6 MeV and 7.7 MeV, with a subthreshold measurement being undertaken at Q=-2.6 MeV to study the physical background. While consistent with isotropy at the lower energy, the angular distribution reveals a pronounced anisotropy at the higher one, indicating the presence of higher partial waves. Options for the decomposition into partial amplitudes and their consequences for determination of the s-wave eta-alpha scattering length are discussed.

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Table 1

Measured cross sections. Systematic (DSYS) error does not include the luminosity uncertainty.

Table 2

Experimental angular distribution at excess energy 2.6 MeV.

Table 3

Experimental angular distribution at excess energy 7.7 MeV.