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Measurements of low-energy pion-deuteron differential cross-sections and vector analyzing powers

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5638500
Absolute [pi][sup [+-]]d elastic differential cross sections have been measured for several scattering angles at incident pion energies of 30, 50, and 65 MeV. The measurements were performed at the TRIUMF cyclotron in Vancouver, Canada in 1987 and 1990. The precision of the measurement (5% or better) was as good or better than that obtained by previous measurements at similar energies. Pion polarities were treated symmetrically so a reliable calculation of the charge asymmetry was possible using the data. The measurements roughly double the quantity of existing [pi]d elastic differential cross section data. At 65 MeV there has been a controversy over the data, which the present work seeks to resolve. The results at 65 MeV disagree with the controversial data. Also measured was the [pi][sup +]d vector analyzing power for the elastic reaction at several scattering angles at an incident pion energy of 50 MeV. These experiments were also conducted at TRIUMF using a cryogenic polarized target and a magnetic spectrometer. There were no previous measurements of the vector analyzing power at this energy for the [pi]d system. The results are precise enough (10%-20% uncertainties) to distinguish between competing theoretical predictions for this observable.
Research Organization:
Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO (United States)
OSTI ID:
5638500
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English