Radiative decay width of the a2(1320)- meson

V. V. Molchanov*, G. Alkhazov, A. G. Atamantchouk, M. Y. Balatz, N. F. Bondar, D. Casey, P. S. Cooper, L. J. Dauwe, G. V. Davidenko, U. Dersch, A. G. Dolgolenko, G. B. Dzyubenko, R. Edelstein, L. Emediato, A. M.F. Endler, J. Engelfried, I. Eschrich, C. O. Escobar, A. V. Evdokimov, T. FerbelI. S. Filimonov, F. G. Garcia, M. Gaspero, I. Giller, V. L. Golovtsov, P. Gouffon, E. G, C. Hammer, Kangling He, M. Iori, S. Y. Jun, M. Kaya, J. Kilmer, V. T. Kim, L. M. Kochenda, I. Konorov, A. P. Kozhevnikov, A. G. Krivshich, H. Kr, M. A. Kubantsev, V. P. Kubarovsky, A. I. Kulyavtsev, N. P. Kuropatkin, V. F. Kurshetsov, A. Kushnirenko, S. Kwan, J. Lach, A. Lamberto, L. G. Landsberg, I. Larin, E. M. Leikin, Yunshan Li, M. Luksys, T. Lungov, V. P. Maleev, D. Mao, Chensheng Mao, Zhenlin Mao, P. Mathew, M. Mattson, V. Matveev, E. McCliment, M. A. Moinester, A. Morelos, V. A. Mukhin, K. D. Nelson, A. V. Nemitkin, P. V. Neoustroev, C. Newsom, A. P. Nilov, S. B. Nurushev, A. Ocherashvili, Y. Onel, E. Ozel, S. Ozkorucuklu, A. Penzo, S. V. Petrenko, P. Pogodin, M. Procario, V. A. Prutskoi, E. Ramberg, G. F. Rappazzo, B. V. Razmyslovich, V. I. Rud, J. Russ, P. Schiavon, J. Simon, A. I. Sitnikov, D. Skow, P. Slattery, V. J. Smith, M. Srivastava, V. Steiner, V. Stepanov, L. Stutte, M. Svoiski, N. K. Terentyev, G. P. Thomas

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Abstract

Coherent π+π-π- production in the interactions of a beam of 600 GeV π- mesons with C, Cu and Pb nuclei has been studied with the SELEX facility (Experiment E781 at Fermilab). The a2(1320) meson signal has been detected in the Coulomb (low q2) region. The Primakoff formalism used to extract radiative decay width of this meson yields Γ = 284 ± 25 ± 25 keV, which is the most precise measurement to date.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-180
Number of pages10
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume521
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Nov 2001

Keywords

  • Primakoff effect
  • Radiative decay
  • a(1320)

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