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The mass of the π

by M. Daum and D. Gotta

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Authors (as registered SciPost users): Detlev Gotta
Submission information
Preprint Link: scipost_202102_00019v2  (pdf)
Date accepted: April 28, 2021
Date submitted: March 23, 2021, 6:12 p.m.
Submitted by: Gotta, Detlev
Submitted to: SciPost Physics
Ontological classification
Academic field: Physics
Specialties:
  • Nuclear Physics - Experiment
Approach: Experimental

Abstract

The most precise values of the mass of the negatively charged pion have been determined from several measurements of X-ray wavelengths for transitions in pionic atoms at PSI. The Particle Data Group gives the average mπ=(139.57061±0.00024)MeV/c2.

Author comments upon resubmission

Updated version according to referee comments.

Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 5, 010 (2021)

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