The In-medium isovector pi N amplitude from low energy pion scattering

Apr, 2004
10 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 122302
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Abstract:
Differential cross sections for elastic scattering of 21.5 MeV positive and negative pions by Si, Ca, Ni and Zr have been measured as part of a study of the pion-nucleus potential across threshold. The `anomalous' repulsion in the s-wave term was observed, as is the case with pionic atoms. The extra repulsion can be accounted for by a chiral-motivated model where the pion decay constant is modified in the medium. Unlike in pionic atoms, the anomaly cannot be removed by merely introducing an empirical on-shell energy dependence.
  • 25.80.Dj
  • 21.30.Fe
  • 12.39.Fe
  • 13.75.Gx
  • pion-nucleus scattering
  • nuclear forces
  • pion decay
  • pionic atoms
  • chiral symmetries
  • pion-baryon scattering