Published October 4, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

A measurement of the pion charge radius

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy). Scuola Normale Superiore
  • 2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Turin (Italy). Ist. di Cosmogeofisica
  • 3. Turin Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica Generale
  • 4. Westfield Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 5. International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste (Italy)
  • 6. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Trieste (Italy)
  • 7. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati (Italy). Lab. Nazionale di Frascati
  • 8. Southhampton Univ. (UK). Dept. of Adult Education
  • 9. Southampton Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
  • 10. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan (Italy). Ist. di Fisica

Description

We report a measurement of the negative pion electromagnetic form factor in the range of space-like four-momentum transfer 0.014 < q2 < 0.122 (GeV/c)2. The measurement was made by the NA7 collaboration at the CERN SPS, by observing the interaction of 300 GeV pions with the electrons of a liquid hydrogen target. The form factor is fitted by a pole form with a pion radius of (rho2)sup(1/2) = 0.657 +- 0.012 fm. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
146
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
116-120
ISSN
0370-2693