Published October 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Accuracy of traditional Legendre estimators of quadrupole ratios for the N→Δ transition

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)

Description

We evaluate the accuracy of traditional estimators often used to extract N→Δ quadrupole ratios from cross-section angular distributions for pion electroproduction. We find that neither M1+ dominance nor l≤1 truncation is sufficiently accurate for this purpose. Truncation errors are especially large for REM, for which it is also essential to perform Rosenbluth separation. The accuracy of similar truncated Legendre analyses for E0+,S0+, and especially M1- is even worse

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 048201-048201.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2005 The American Physical Society