Pionic charge exchange on the proton from 40 to 250 MeV

J. Breitschopf, M. Bauer, H. Clement, M. Cröni, H. Denz, E. Friedman, E. F. Gibson, R. Meier, G. J. Wagner*

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Abstract

The total cross sections for pionic charge exchange on hydrogen were measured using a transmission technique on thin CH2 and C targets. Data were taken for π- lab energies from 39 to 247 MeV with total errors of typically 2% over the Δ-resonance and up to 10% at the lowest energies. Deviations from the predictions of the SAID phase shift analysis in the 60-80 MeV region are interpreted as evidence for isospin-symmetry breaking in the s-wave amplitudes. The charge dependence of the Δ-resonance properties appears to be smaller than previously reported.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)424-428
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume639
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Aug 2006

Keywords

  • Breit-Wigner parameters of the Δ-resonance
  • Isospin-symmetry breaking
  • Pion-proton charge exchange
  • Total cross sections

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