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New analysis method for CCD X-ray data

Ishiwatari, T. ; Beer, G. ; Bragadireanu, A.M. ; Cargnelli, M. ; Curceanu (Petrascu), C. ; Egger, J.-P. ; Fuhrmann, H. ; Guaraldo, C. ; Iliescu, M. ; Itahashi, K. ; Iwasaki, M. ; Kienle, P. ; Lauss, B. ; Lucherini, V. ; Ludhova, Livia ; Marton, J. ; Mulhauser, Françoise ; Ponta, T. ; Schaller, Lukas A. ; Sirghi, D. L. ; Sirghi, F. ; Strasser, P. ; Zmeskal, J.

In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2006, vol. 556(2), p. 509-515

The analysis method developed for kaonic nitrogen X-ray data obtained at the DAΦNE electron–positron collider of Frascati National Laboratories using Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in the DEAR experimental setup is described. Background events could be highly rejected by this analysis procedure. Three sequential X-ray lines from kaonic nitrogen transitions, showing good energy resolution, could...

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The DEAR experiment—first results on kaonic hydrogen

Zmeskal, J. ; Beer, G. ; Bragadireanu, A. M. ; Cargnelli, M. ; Curceanu (Petrascu), C. ; Egger, J.-P. ; Fuhrmann, H. ; Guaraldo, C. ; Iliescu, M. ; Ishiwatari, T. ; Itahashi, K. ; Iwasaki, M. ; Kienle, P. ; Lauss, B. ; Lucherini, V. ; Ludhova, Livia ; Marton, J. ; Mulhauser, Françoise ; Ponta, T. ; Schaller, Lukas A. ; Seki, R. ; Sirghi, D.L. ; Sirghi, F.

In: Nuclear Physics A, 2005, vol. 754, p. 369-374

The goal of the DEAR (DAΦNE exotic atom research) experiment is the precise determination of the isospin dependent antikaon–nucleon scattering lengths. The experiment accurately measures the Kα line shift and broadening, due to the strong interaction, in kaonic hydrogen and, for the first time, in kaonic deuterium. A precision measurement of kaonic hydrogen tests chiral symmetry...