Is There a Light Scalar Boson?

L. Resnick; M. K. Sundaresan; P. J. S. Watson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.8.172

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Is There a Light Scalar Boson?

L. Resnick, M. K. Sundaresan, and P. J. S. Watson

Department of Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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Phys. Rev. D 8, 172 – Published 1 July, 1973

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.8.172

Abstract

In view of recent theoretical interest in the possibility of a light scalar boson $φ$ we discuss some of its properties and possible methods for detecting it. Cross sections for its production are typically $10^{- 8}$ of competing processes, with the possible exception of $0^{+}$ → $0^{+}$ transitions in nuclei. We also give a general method of determining the mass of a particle from the energy of its decay products alone, which does not seem to be well known.

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[c8] Omitted endnote

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