Measurement of the Slope Parameter for the eta->3pi0 Decay in the pp->pp eta Reaction
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/ Authors
M. Bashkanov, D. Bogoslawsky, H. Calén, F. Capellaro, H. Clement, L. Demirörs, C. Ekström, K. Fransson, L. Gustafsson, B. Höistad
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G. Ivanov, M. Jacewicz, E. Jiganov, T. Johansson, S. Keleta, I. Koch, S. Kullander, A. Kupsc, A. Kuznetsov, P. Marciniewski, R. Meier, B. Morosov, W. Oelert, C. Pauly, Y. Petukhov, H. Pettersson, A. Povtorejko, R. J. M. Y. Ruber, K. Schönning, W. Scobel, T. Skorodko, B. Shwartz, V. Sopov, J. Stepaniak
/ Abstract
The CELSIUS/WASA setup is used to measure the 3pi0 decay of eta mesons produced in pp interactions with beam kinetic energies of 1.36 and 1.45 GeV. The efficiency-corrected Dalitz plot and density distributions for this decay are shown, together with a fit of the quadratic slope parameter alpha yielding alpha = -0.026 +/- 0.010(stat) +/- 0.010(syst). This value is compared to recent experimental results and theoretical predictions.