Physics Letters B 728 (2014) 616–621
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Physics Letters B
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Search for the K
−
pp bound state via γ d → K
+
π
−
X reaction
at E
γ
= 1.5–2.4 GeV
LEPS Collaboration
A.O. Tokiyasu
a,∗
, M. Niiyama
b
,J.D.Parker
b
,D.S.Ahn
a
,J.K.Ahn
c
,S.Ajimura
a
,
H. Akimune
d
,Y.Asano
e
, W.C. Chang
f
,J.Y.Chen
a
,S.Daté
g
, H. Ejiri
a
, H. Fujimura
ae
,
M. Fujiwara
a,i
, S. Fukui
j
,S.Hasegawa
a
,K.Hicks
k
,K.Horie
a
,T.Hotta
a
,S.H.Hwang
l
,
K. Imai
l
, T. Ishikawa
h
,T.Iwata
m
,Y.Kato
n
,H.Kawai
o
, K. Kino
a
, H. Kohri
a
,Y.Kon
a
,
N. Kumagai
g
,D.L.Lin
f
,Y.Maeda
a
, S. Makino
p
,T.Matsuda
q
,T.Matsumura
r
,
N. Matsuoka
a
, T. Mibe
a
, M. Miyabe
h
, M. Miyachi
s
, N. Muramatsu
h
,R.Murayama
t
,
T. Nakano
a
, Y. Nakatsugawa
a
,M.Nomachi
t
,Y.Ohashi
g
,H.Ohkuma
g
,T.Ohta
a
,T.Ooba
o
,
D.S. Oshuev
f
, C. Rangacharyulu
u
,S.Y.Ryu
a,c
, A. Sakaguchi
t
,T.Sawada
a
, P.M. Shagin
v
,
Y. Shiino
o
,H.Shimizu
h
, E.A. Strokovsky
ac
, Y. Sugaya
t
, M. Sumihama
w
,J.L.Tang
ad
,
Y. Toi
q
,H.Toyokawa
g
,T.Tsunemi
b
, M. Uchida
x
,M.Ungaro
ab
, A. Wakai
y
,C.W.Wang
f
,
S.C. Wang
f
,K.Yonehara
d
, T. Yorita
a,g
, M. Yoshimura
z
, M. Yosoi
a
, R.G.T. Zegers
aa
a
Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
b
Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
c
Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
d
Department of Physics, Konan University, Kobe, Hyogo 658-8501, Japan
e
XFEL Project Head Office, RIKEN 1-1, Koto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
f
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
g
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5143, Japan
h
Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 982-0826, Japan
i
Advanced Photon Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0215, Japan
j
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
k
Department of Physics And Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
l
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
m
Department of Physics, Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan
n
Division of Particle and Astrophysical Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi 464-6802, Japan
o
Department of Physics, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
p
Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
q
Department of Applied Physics, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
r
Department of Applied Physics, National Defense Academy in Japan, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan
s
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
t
Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
u
Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
v
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
w
Department of Education, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
x
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
y
Akita Research Institute of Brain and Blood Vessels, Akita 010-0874, Japan
z
Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
aa
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
ab
Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3046, USA
ac
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RU-141980 Dubna, Russia
ad
Department of Physics, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
ae
School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-0011, Japan
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