TTP00-31 Measurement of pi0 pi0 Production in the Nuclear Medium by pi- Interactions at 0.408 GeV/c

TTP00-31 Measurement of pi0 pi0 Production in the Nuclear Medium by pi- Interactions at 0.408 GeV/c

TTP00-31 Measurement of pi0 pi0 Production in the Nuclear Medium by pi- Interactions at 0.408 GeV/c

We report on an investigation of the (pi-, pi0 pi0) reaction by means of measurements of the pi0 pi0 invariant mass distributions from pi- interactions on H, D, C, Al, and Cu targets at p(pi-) = 0.408 GeV/c. The sharp, strong peak in the pi+ pi- invariant mass near 2 m(pi) reported by the CHAOS Collaboration is not seen in our pi0 pi0 data. However, we do observe a change in the shape of the pi0 pi0 invariant mass spectrum for the different targets, indicating that the pi0 pi0 interaction diminishes in the nuclear medium as represented by nuclei D, C, Al, and Cu, compared to hydrogen.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 5539-5542 2000
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