SEARCH FOR EXOTIC EFFECTS IN eta MESON LEPTONIC DECAYS

• The search for the decay eta -> e(+)e(-) was carried out using the WASA detector at the COSY storage ring. Data were taken during a two week experimental run in Sept-Nov 2008 in which about 10(7) eta mesons were collected from the reaction of pp -> pp eta at energy of 1.4 GeV. Background studies were performed for several different reactions. The performance of the WASA detector for the measurement of electron-positron pairs based on the single Dalitz decay of the eta meson was studied. We also identified a statistically significant data sample of other more frequent leptonic decays.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

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