1. Search for Long-Lived States of $\pi^+\pi^-$ Atoms : Addendum to the DIRAC Proposal
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Adeva, B, Afanasyev, L, Anania, A, Aogaki, S, Augsten, K, Batyuk, P, Benelli, A, Brekhovskikh, V, Cechak, T, Chiba, M, Ciortea, C, Curceanu, C, Doskarova, P, Dudarev, A, Dumitriu, D, Drijard, D, Fluerasu, D, Gortchakov, O, Gritsay, K, Guaraldo, C, Gugiu, M, Hansroul, M, Hosek, R, Hons, Z, Iwashita, Y, Karpukhin, V, Kluson, J, Kobayashi, M, Kruglov, V, Kruglova, L, Kulikov, A, Kulish, E, Kuptsov, A, Lamberto, A, Lednicky, R, Martincik, J, Nemenov, L, Nikitin, M, Okada, K, Pentia, M, Plo, M, Prusa, P, Rappazzo, G, Ryazantsev, A, Romero, A, Ronzhin, V, Rykalin, V, Saborido, J, Schacher, J, Shlyapnikov, P, Smolik, J, Takeutchi, F, Trojek, T, Urban, T, Vrba, T, Vazquez, P, Yazkov, V, Yoshimura, Y, Zhabitsky, M, and Zrelov, P
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Detectors and Experimental Techniques - Abstract
The proposed experiment is a further development of the DIRAC experiment already running at CERN PS. The observation of long-lived (metastable) states of $\pi^+\pi^-$ atoms ($A_{2\pi}$) will be performed with the same setup. This observation opens a possibility to measure the energy difference between $ns$ and $np$ states and to determine the value of the combination $2a_0+a_2$ of S-wave $\pi\pi$ scattering lengths in a model-independent way. In combination with the $A_{2\pi}$ lifetime measurement providing the value $|a_0-a_2|$ DIRAC is in the position to get $a_0$ and $a_2$ separately on the basis of $A_{2\pi}$ data only.
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- 2012