Nefkens, B.M.K.
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Measurement of pi- p ---> eta n from threshold to p (pi-) = 747-MeV/c

Prakhov, S. ; Nefkens, B.M.K. ; Allgower, C.E. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 72 (2005) 015203, 2005.
Inspire Record 687736 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.25215

The differential cross section for η production in reaction π−p→ηn has been measured over the full angular range at seven incident π− beam momenta from threshold to pπ−=747 MeV/c using the Crystal Ball multiphoton spectrometer. The angular distributions are S wave dominated. At 10 MeV/c above threshold, a small D-wave contribution appears that interferes with the main S wave. The total η production cross section σtot is obtained by integration of dσ/dΩ. Starting at threshold, σtot rises rapidly, as expected for S-wave-dominated production. The features of the π−p→ηn cross section are strikingly similar to those of the SU(3) flavor-related process K−p→ηΛ. Comparison of the π−p→ηn reaction is made with η photoproduction.

3 data tables
Table 1

Total cross sections.

Table 2

Differential cross section for the 4 lowest beam momenta.

Table 3

Differential cross section for the 3 highest beam momenta.