Production of a₀⁺- mesons in the reaction pp to da₀⁺

We investigate the reaction pp to da₀ ⁺ at COSY and SIS energies together with accompanying background reactions and inclusive particle yields. The a₀ ⁺ is considered as a usual quark model state with two decay channels a₀ ⁺ to K⁺K⁰ and a₀ ⁺ to pi⁺ eta. Cross sections for a₀ ⁺ production as well as for the corresponding nonresonant channels pp to dK⁺K⁰ and pp to dpi⁺eta are compared. Especially in case of the final channel dpi⁺eta high statistics measurements are necessary to extract the a₀ ⁺ signal from the nonresonant background.