Production and Decay of Eta-mesic Nuclei
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Using the Green function method, binding effects on produced η-mesons in the two-stage reaction γ + A → N + η + (A − 1) → N + (πN) + (A − 2) are studied. The energy spectrum of the correlated πN pairs which arise from decays of η’s inside the nucleus is strongly affected by an attractive η-nucleus optical potential. Its resonant behavior gives a clear signal of formating intermediate η-mesic nuclei.
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