New results on the pd --> 3He eta production near threshold
  Measurements on the eta meson production in proton-deuteron collisions have been performed using the COSY-11 facility at COSY Juelich. Here we present preliminary results on total and differential cross sections for the pd --> 3He eta reaction at five excess energies between Q = 5.1 and Q = 40.6 MeV. The obtained angular distributions for the emitted eta mesons in the center of mass system expose a transition from an almost isotropic emission to a highly anisotropic distribution. The extracted total cross sections support a strong eta-3He final state interaction and will be compared with model predictions. 
H.-H. Adam, A. Khoukaz, N. Lang, T. Lister, R. Santo, S. Steltenkamp,   R. Czyzykiewicz, M. Janusz, L. Jarczyk, B. Kamys, P....