ELASTIC SCATTERING OF NEGATIVE PIONS BY PROTONS AT BEV/C,

Abstract

The negative pion-proton differential elastic cross section at an incident pion momentum of 2 Bev/c has been measured in a spark chamber experiment. Approximately 7000 events were obtained in the center of mass angular range .95 greater than cos theta asterisk greater than -.97. The data show an approximately ex ponential diffraction peak which when extrapo lated to cos theta asterisk 1.0 is con sistent with the optical theorem prediction. A second peak, with a maximum of 23 mb/sr is seen at cos theta asterisk .2. The backward s ering is not isotropic, but drops smoothly from .12 mb/sr at cos theta asterisk 0 to about .01 mb/sr at the most backward angles. An analysis in terms of a simple diffraction model and a fit in powers of cos theta asterisk are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0412659

Entities

People

  • D.e. Damouth
  • L.w. Jones
  • M.l. Perl

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Diffraction
  • Elastic Scattering
  • Inelastic Scattering
  • Momentum
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Nuclear Scattering
  • Scattering
  • Spark Chambers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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