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Isoscalar Roper(N1440*)excitation in thepp→ppπ0reaction close to threshold

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A new mechanism for the $p\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{p}\mathrm{pp}{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ reaction close to threshold is suggested coming from the isoscalar excitation of the Roper and its decay into $N(\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\pi}{)}_{s\ensuremath{-}\mathrm{w}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{v}\mathrm{e}},$ with one of the ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$ emitted and the other one reabsorbed on the second nucleon. We show that this new mechanism can lead to important interference with other mechanisms suggested so far.