Аннотация:The lifetime of pi+pi- mesons and difference of S-wave pion-pion
scattering lengths with isospin 0 and 2 have been measured in experiment
DIRAC at CERN with accuracy 4.3% on the base of 21000 atomic pairs
collected in 2001-2003.
In 2010 the DIRAC collaboration has finished data taking in order to observe
K+pi- and pi+K- and to make estimation of their lifetime. This opens
possibility to check prediction of QCD at low energy for S-wave pion-kaon scattering
lengths.
Also essential amount of pi+pi- atomic pairs (~22000) was taken. Now they used
for calibration of the experimental setup, but in future we intend to improve
accuracy of pion-pion scattering length measurement. In 2012 data sample for search of
long-lived pi+pi- atoms has been collected. Observation of such atoms allows to
investigate possibility to measure Lamb shift in pi+pi- atoms. DIRAC experiment
has been performed at PS CERN (proton beam energy 24 GeV). Results of simulation
shows that essential gain in yield of pi+pi- and piK atoms could be achieved
if measurement would be performed at 450 GeV proton beam (SPS CERN).