Observations on anti-p d annihilations at rest into two pions

Gray, L. ; Papadopoulou, T. ; Simopoulou, E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 30 (1973) 1091-1094, 1973.
Inspire Record 84510 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21409

The ratio (p¯d→π−π0ps)(p¯d→π−π+n) at rest, with spectator momenta ≲300 MeVc, has been measured and found to be 0.68 ± 0.07. This implies that (75 ± 8)% of the annihilations in deuterium into two pions come from odd N¯N orbital angular momenta, in disagreement with the S-state-dominance hypothesis. It has also been observed that the p¯d→π−π0ps production rate depends on the spectator momentum, which suggests energy-sensitive N¯N phenomena near threshold.

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RELATIVE ANNIHILATION FREQUENCY AT REST.