$\eta$ bound state: theory and experiment
The search for a quasi bound $\eta$ meson in atomic nuclei is reviewed. This tentative state is studied theoretically as well as experimentally.
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The search for a quasi bound $\eta$ meson in atomic nuclei is reviewed. This tentative state is studied theoretically as well as experimentally.
The possibility of etamesic nuclei remains an open problem in nuclear physics until now. Various calculations give contradictory predictions even for the lightest real nucleus $^3$He. In this paper we present the connection of the binding energy and width to the complex scattering length for heavier nuclei than this in the hope that, with knowledge of the final state interaction this could be useful in searches of possible bound states.
The paper gives an overview of strangeness-production experiments at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY. Results on kaon-pair and phi meson production in pp, pd and dd collisions, hyperon-production experiments and Lambda p final-state interaction studies are presented.