Measurement of absorption and charge exchange of $\pi^+$ on carbon
/ Authors
K. Ieki, E. Guerra, S. Berkman, S. Bhadra, C. Cao, P. Perio, Y. Hayato, M. Ikeda, Y. Kanazawa, J. Kim
and 12 more authors
P. Kitching, K. Mahn, T. Nakaya, M. Nicholson, K. Olchanski, S. Rettie, H. Tanaka, M. Wilking, S. Tobayama, T. Yamauchi, S. Yen, M. Yokoyama
/ Abstract
The combined cross section for absorption and charge exchange interactions of positively charged pions with carbon nuclei for the momentum range 200 MeV/c to 300 MeV/c have been measured with the DUET experiment at TRIUMF. The uncertainty is reduced by nearly half compared to previous experiments. This result will be a valuable input to existing models to constrain pion interactions with nuclei.
Journal: Physical Review C