Abstract
The frequency of the protonium annihilation channel p̄p → KSKL has been measured at three different target densities: liquid hydrogen (LH), gaseous hydrogen at NTP conditions and gaseous hydrogen at low pressure (5 mbar). The obtained results are: f (p̄p → KSKL,LH) = (7.8 ± 0.7stat ± 0.3sys) × 10-4, f(p̄p → KSKL, NTP) = (3.5 ± 0.5stat ± 0.2sys) × 10-4 and f(p̄p → KSKL, 5 mbar) = (1.0 ± 0.3stat ± 0.1sys) × 10-4. Since the KSKL final state can be originated only from the 3S1 initial state, these values give direct information on the scaling of the protonium spin-triplet S-wave annihilation probability with the density.
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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pagine (da-a) | 486-494 |
Numero di pagine | 9 |
Rivista | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 386 |
Numero di pubblicazione | 1-4 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 3 ott 1996 |
Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |