Published September 20, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Inclusive scattering of 500-MeV pions from carbon

  • 1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 (United States)
  • 2. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 (United States)
  • 3. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78172 (United States)
  • 4. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (United States)
  • 5. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 6. MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator Center, Middleton, Massachusetts 01949 (United States)

Description

Inclusive double-differential cross sections for 500-MeV pions are presented for C(π±,π±) at θlab of 30 degree, 40 degree, 50 degree, 70 degree, and 90 degree; and for C(π-,π-) at 110 degree. We compare the 50 degree and 70 degree data with C(e,e') data at nearly the same momentum transfer. These spectra from very different probes are more similar than expected from an intranuclear cascade calculation, which includes the strong rescattering of pions that have energies near 180 MeV. Agreement of the calculated spectra and the pion data is improved if the nucleus is assumed to be nearly transparent to these pions

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 1796-1799.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO