First measurement of the π+π- atom lifetime

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 619, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 50-60

  Adeva, B ^p   Afanasyev, L ^a,l   Benayoun, M ^e   Benelli, A ^q   Berka, Z ^b   Brekhovskikh, V ^o   Caragheorgheopol, G ^m   Cechak, T ^b   Chiba, M ^k   Constantinescu, S ^m   Detraz, C ^a   Dreossi, D ^g   Drijard, D ^a   Dudarev, A ^l   Evangelou, I ^d   Ferro Luzzi, M ^a   Gallas, M V ^a,p   Gerndt, J ^b   Giacomich, R ^g   Gianotti, P ^f   Goldin, D ^q   Gomez F ^p   Gorin, A ^o   Gorchakov, O ^l   Guaraldo, C ^f   Hansroul, M ^a   Hosek, R ^b   Iliescu, M ^f,m   Karpukhin, V ^l   Kluson, J ^b   Kobayashi, M ^h   Kokkas, P ^d   Komarov, V ^l   Kruglov, V ^l   Kruglova, L ^l   Kulikov, A ^l   Kuptsov, A ^l   Kurochkin, I ^o   Kuroda, K I ^l   Lamberto, A ^g   Lanaro, A ^a,f   Lapshin, V ^o   Lednicky, R ^c   Leruste, P ^e   Levi Sandri, P ^f   Lopez Aguera, A ^p   Lucherini, V ^f   Maki, T ^j   Manthos, N ^d   Manuilov, I ^o   Montanet, L ^a   Narjoux, J L ^e   Nemenov, L ^a,l   Nikitin, M ^l   Nunez Pardo T ^p   Okada, K ⁱ   Olchevskii, V ^l   Pazos, A ^p   Pentia, M ^m   Penzo, A ^g   Perreau, J M ^a   Petrascu, C ^f,m   Plo M ^p   Ponta, T ^m   Pop, D ^m   Rappazzo, G F ^g   Rodriguez Fernandez, A ^p   Romero, A ^p   Ryazantsev, A ^o   Rykalin, V ^o   Santamarina, C ^a,p,q   Saborido, J ^p   Schacher, J ^r   Schuetz, Ch P ^q   Sidorov, A ^o   Smolik, J ^c   Takeutchi, F ⁱ   Tarasov, A ^l   Tauscher, L ^q   Tobar, M J ^p   Trusov, S ⁿ   Utkin, V ^l   Vazquez Doce O ^p   Vazquez P ^p   Vlachos, S ^q   Yazkov, V ⁿ   Yoshimura, Y ^h   Zhabitsky, M ^l   Zrelov, P ^l   more..

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^k TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^m HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

ⁿ MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^o INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

DIRAC experiment; Elementary atom; Pion scattering; Pionium atom

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY YIELD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PION;

EID: 20544456397     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2005.05.045     Document Type: Article

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