HIGH-ENERGY PHOTOPRODUCTION OF CHARGED PIONS AT BACKWARD ANGLES

Aug, 1969
13 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 23 (1969) 721-724
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-0631
Experiments:
  • SLAC-E-007

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Abstract: (APS)
Measurements on large-angle photoproduction of π+ mesons from hydrogen have been made at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center for photon energies between 5 and 15.5 GeV and u values from +0.05 to -1.8 (GeV/c)2. The measured cross section decreased with energy approximately as k−3, showing no shrinkage in this range of u values. Furthermore, it had a smooth u dependence with no sign of a dip at u≃−0.15 (GeV/c)2 as would be expected from nucleon exchange. π−Δ++ production was measured at 5 GeV and shows a rapid decrease with increasing |u|.