Antiproton-proton low energy parameters from annihilation cross section data
Abstract
The recent experimental data obtained by the OBELIX group on total $\bar{p}p$ annihilation cross section are analysed; the low energy spin averaged parameters of the $\bar{p}p$ scattering amplitude (the imaginary parts of the S-wave scattering length and P-wave scattering volume) are extracted from the data. Their values are found to be equal to $Im a_{sc} = - 0.69 \pm 0.01 (stat) results are in very good agreement with existing atomic data.