Elastic scattering of low energy pions by nuclei and the in-medium isovector πn amplitude

E. Friedman, M. Bauer, J. Breitschopf, H. Clement, H. Denz, E. Doroshkevich, A. Erhardt, G. J. Hofman, S. Kritchman, R. Meier, G. J. Wagner, G. Yaari

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Abstract

Measurements of elastic scattering of 21.5 MeV π± by Si, Ca, Ni and Zr were made using a single arm magnetic spectrometer and absolute calibration was made by parallel measurements of Coulomb scattering of muons. Optical model fits to the data reveal the 'anomalous' s-wave repulsion known from pionic atoms. Introducing a chiral-motivated density dependence of the isovector scattering amplitude, and considering the energy dependence of the free πN interaction greatly improve fits to the data and remove the 'anomaly'.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPARTICLES AND NUCLEI
Subtitle of host publicationSeventeenth Internatinal Conference on Particles and Nuclei
Pages437-439
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
EventPARTICLES AND NUCLEI: Seventeenth Internatinal Conference on Particles and Nuclei - Santa Fe, NM, United States
Duration: 23 Oct 200530 Oct 2005

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume842
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferencePARTICLES AND NUCLEI: Seventeenth Internatinal Conference on Particles and Nuclei
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Fe, NM
Period23/10/0530/10/05

Keywords

  • In-medium enhancement
  • Optical model analysis
  • Pion elastic scattering
  • S-wave anomaly

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