Discovery of antiproton trapping by long-lived metastable states in liquid helium

M. Iwasaki; S. N. Nakamura; K. Shigaki; Y. Shimizu; H. Tamura; T. Ishikawa; R. S. Hayano; E. Takada; E. Widmann; H. Outa; M. Aoki; P. Kitching; T. Yamazaki

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1246

Discovery of antiproton trapping by long-lived metastable states in liquid helium

M. Iwasaki, S. N. Nakamura, K. Shigaki, Y. Shimizu, H. Tamura, T. Ishikawa, R. S. Hayano, E. Takada, E. Widmann, H. Outa, M. Aoki, P. Kitching, T. Yamazaki

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Delayed annihilation of antiprotons stopped in liquid helium has been observed, revealing that about 3.6% of stopped antiprotons are trapped in long-lived metastable states. No delayed component was found either in liquid nitrogen or in liquid argon. The observed time distribution of delayed annihilation shows fast-decaying components followed by a major part with a decay time constant of 3 sec.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1246-1249
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	67
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1246
Publication status	Published - 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Discovery of antiproton trapping by long-lived metastable states in liquid helium. / Iwasaki, M.; Nakamura, S. N.; Shigaki, K.; Shimizu, Y.; Tamura, H.; Ishikawa, T.; Hayano, R. S.; Takada, E.; Widmann, E.; Outa, H.; Aoki, M.; Kitching, P.; Yamazaki, T.

In: Physical review letters, Vol. 67, No. 10, 1991, p. 1246-1249.

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