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Isospin breaking in low-energy pion-nucleon scattering

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 (United States)

We have analyzed low-energy pion-nucleon data for isospin invariance by comparing charge-exchange amplitudes derived from charge-exchange data with those predicted from recent {pi}{sup {plus_minus}}{ital p} elastic data through the application of isospin invariance. A discrepancy of the order of 7% is observed beyond the contributions of the {pi}{sup {plus_minus}}{ital p} Coulomb interaction and the hadronic mass differences.

OSTI ID:
55263
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 74; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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