Measurements on the η meson production in proton‐deuteron collisions have been performed using the COSY‐11 facility at COSY (Jülich). Here we present preliminary results on total and differential cross sections for the pd→3He η reaction at five excess energies between Q = 5.1 and Q = 40.6 MeV. The obtained angular distributions for the emitted η 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 η‐3He final state interaction and will be compared with model predictions.

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