Radiation capture of π − on hydrogen has been measured in the momentum range from p π − = 210 MeV/ c to p π − = 385 MeV/ c and for c.m. angles between 30° and 120°, covering the Δ (1232) resonance. The unambiguous separation of the events from the charge exchange background is based on precise neutron time-of-flight measurements. Detector efficiencies were carefully determined in separate experiments. The experimental results are in good agreement with those of the inverse reaction and with most recent multipole analyses. An upper limit of ±2% can be set on the contribution of the isotensor term to the transition amplitude. A time reversal violating phase, when added to the resonant M 1+ 3 amplitude in the Donnachie-Shaw model, is found to be consistent with zero.
This results was extracted from the cross sections for the inverse reactionPI- P --> GAMMA N via detailed balance by applying relation: D(SIG(GAMMA))/D(OM EGA)=D(SIG(PI-))/D(OMEGA)*P(PI)**2/2/P(GAMMA)**2.
Differential cross sections for π−p→π0n at five angles for 239, 264, 295, 323, and 375 MeV/c incident pions are presented. The measurements employ the neutron-photon coincidence method, using carefully calibrated neutron counters and an efficient, large-area photon detector. Good agreement is found with the results of the CERN phase-shift analysis.
Axis error includes +- 6.3/6.3 contribution.
Axis error includes +- 5.5/5.5 contribution.
Axis error includes +- 5.2/5.2 contribution.
Differential cross-sections for negative pion radiative capture on protons at c.m. angles of 60°, 90°, and 120° have been measured at nine incident laboratory energies between 110 and 270 MeV. Comparison with measured cross-sections for pion photoproduction and with conventional multipole analyses shows neither evidence for a violation of time reversal invariance nor for an isotensor component of the electromagnetic current of hardrons.
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (QUOTED ERRORS INCLUDE THE 5 PCT AND 3 PCT UNCERTAINTIES IN THE NEUTRON AND PHOTON DETECTOR EFFICIENCIES).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (QUOTED ERRORS INCLUDE THE 5 PCT AND 3 PCT UNCERTAINTIES IN THE NEUTRON AND PHOTON DETECTOR EFFICIENCIES).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (QUOTED ERRORS INCLUDE THE 5 PCT AND 3 PCT UNCERTAINTIES IN THE NEUTRON AND PHOTON DETECTOR EFFICIENCIES).