Study offo (995) resonance in the π0π0 decay channel

A high-statistics study of the π0π0-system produced in the π-p→π0π0n reaction at 38GeV/c has been carried out at the IHEP accelerator using the GAMS-2000 multiphoton spectrometer. A partial-wave analysis which includesS, D0, D− andD+ waves has been performed in the |t|-range up to 1 (GeV/c)2. TheS*/f0(980) resonance is seen as a dip in theS-wave amplitude at small |t|. A distinct peak with a mass of 997±5MeV and a width of 48±10MeV is observed in theS-wave at |t|>0.3 (GeV/c)2. The production cross sections are measured.