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Abstract: (APS)
The interactions of 142-MeV π− mesons with deuterium has been studied using a 15-cm bubble chamber in a 12.7-kG field. The angular distributions for elastic and inelastic scattering were measured. The elastic differential cross section for scattering angles greater than 90° is not in agreement with theoretical calculations based on the impulse approximation. The total cross section for neutral products (2n, 2n+γ, 2n+π0) was measured to be 37.2±2.8 mb. The sum of the separate cross sections gave the π−+d total cross section to be 183±7 mb.