Low energy pion-nucleus potentials from differential and integral data

O. Meirav*, E. Friedman, R. R. Johnson, R. Olszewski, P. Weber

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Abstract

Total reaction cross sections were measured for 50 MeV ± on Si and Ni, 65 MeV ± on Ni, and 80 MeV ± on C, Ca, Zr, and Pb. Together with similar data measured previously for 50 and 65 MeV ± on several targets, these cross sections were used as constraints in optical-model analysis of the elastic scattering of pions by nuclei. Also analyzing data at 20 and 30 MeV, a pion-nucleus potential was constructed that is strongly linked with the free pion-nucleon interaction, has smooth variation with energy between 0 and 80 MeV, and is capable of describing very well, much better than any potential published so far, all available data on differential and integral cross sections for ± and ± interactions with nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)843-849
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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