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M. Ziegler

Antiproton-proton annihilation at rest in H2 gas into π+ π− π0

Antiproton-proton annihilation at rest into π+ π− π0 has been studied by stopping antiprotons from LEAR in a H2 gas target at normal temperature and pressure. The reaction is observed in coincidence withL X-rays which are emitted in the cascade of\(\bar pp\) atoms. The X-rays populate one of the angular momentumL=1 states of a\(\bar pp\) atom which then annihilates. A spinparity analysis of the π+ π− π0 Dalitz plot gives contributions from the threeP states from which annihilation into three pions is allowed. The most striking features of the Dalitz plot are production of charged and neutral ϱ(770) and off2(1270) mesons. Production of ϱ(770) mesons proceeds via the isoscalar part of the1P1 …

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The ASTERIX spectrometer at LEAR

The ASTERIX spectrometer has been used to study the formation and the ground state of the pp atom and exclusive final states of pp annihilation at rest in a H2 gas target at NTP, using antiprotons from the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) at CERN. The article describes the mechanical construction of the apparatus, the trigger logic, the chamber readout, and the data acquisition system. The detector calibration and the offline processing of the 55 million reconstructed events are illustrated. An overview is given about the new physics results obtained by the experiment.

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Postersitzung 6: Extrakorporale Stoßwellenlithotripsie (ESWL) bei komplizierter Urolithiasis

Die Nierensteinbehandlung hat sich mit Einfuhrung von PCNL und ESWL innerhalb weniger Jahre dramatisch gewandelt. Die Kombination von PCNL plus ESWL minimiert die Nachteile beider Techniken, die sie in ihrer alleinigen Anwendung bei der Behandlung von Ausgussteinen aufweisen. Uber unsere ersten Erfahrungen mit diesem Therapiekonzept haben wir bereits berichtet [1]. Bisher ist jedoch noch unklar, welche Spatergebnisse in diesen mit PCNL plus ESWL behandelten Patienten erzielt werden. In dieser Studie haben wir daher Patienten nachuntersucht, die 1984 und 1985 an unserer Klinik wegen Ausgussteinen kombiniert mit PCNL plus ESWL behandelt worden waren.

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Antiproton-proton annihilation at rest intoπ + π − η ′ andπ + π − η from atomicS andP states

We have measured the branching ratios for\(\bar pp\) annihilation at rest intoπ+π−η andπ+π−η′ in hydrogen gas in two data samples that have different fractions ofS-wave andP-wave initial states. The branching ratios are derived from a comparison with the topological branching ratio for\(\bar pp\) annihilations into four charged pions of (49±4)% and the branching ratio intoπ+π−π+π−π0 of (18.7±1.6)%. We find a significant reduction of the branching ratios fromP-states for\(\bar pp \to \pi ^ + \pi ^ - \eta \) andπ+π−η′ in comparison toS-state annihilation. $$\begin{gathered} BR(S - wave \to \pi ^ + \pi ^ - \eta ) = (13.7 \pm 1.46) \cdot 10^{ - 3} \hfill \\ BR(P - wave \to \pi ^ + \pi ^ - \eta …

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Observation and analysis ofE mesons in $$\bar p$$ p annihilation at rest in H2 gas

Antiproton-proton annihilation at rest in a gaseous H2 target at NTP into the final state π+ π−K± π∓ (K0) with an undetectedK0 or\(\bar K^0 \) has been investigated. We observe theE(1420) resonance in the invariant mass spectrum (K0)missK± π∓ with massME=1413±8 MeV/c2 and widthГE=62 ± 16MeV/c2 and find evidence for the production of thef1(1285). The absolute branching ratio of\(\bar p\)p → π+ π−E0,E0 →K0LK±π∓ at (61±6)%P wave annihilation is (3.0±0.9)·10−4 of all annihilations. The observed suppression of theE production fromP wave with respect to theS wave together with some simple selection rules suggest that the quantum numbers of theE(1420) areJpc=0−+ and not I++.

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