https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919902029
Search for η-mesic 3He in non-mesonic final state
M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
* e-mail: alexrndl@gmail.com
Published online: 1 February 2019
The experiment on searching for η-mesic 3He nucleus was performed in May 2014 at COSY accelerator in Juelich by WASA-at-COSY Collaboration. The measurements were carried out using ramped beam technique which allows for the slow and continuous beam momentum change near the threshold of η meson creation. The luminosity was obtained based on pd → 3Heη reaction and quasielastic proton-proton scattering. The bound state of η-meson and 3He nucleus is searched for in pd → 3He2γ and pd → 3He6γ channels. The analysis is still in progress and the estimated upper limit value is on the level of few nanobarns.
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