CHARGE SYMMETRY BREAKING
in   d + d --> 4He + pi0


Theory  Collaboration


The d+d -> 4He+pi0 reaction is forbidden by charge symmetry, and is therefore sensitive to the difference in the masses of the up and down quarks. Experiment CE-82 at IUCF was designed to measure its cross section near threshold. In order to extract information about the quark mass difference, one needs to calculate the effects of the isospin-conserving dynamics, and estimate the size of other isospin-breaking effects. A collaboration of theorists has been formed to tackle these issues.

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