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Title: Experimental studies of nucleon-nucleon and pion-nucleus interactions at intermediate energies: Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6167671· OSTI ID:6167671

We are applying for a three-year grant from the US Department of Energy to New Mexico State University to continue its support of our work on experimental studies of nucleon-nucleon and pion-nucleus interactions at intermediate energies, which has been carried out in collaboration with groups from various laboratories and universities. The nucleon-nucleon work is aimed at making measurements that will contribute to a determination of the isospin-zero amplitudes, as well as continuing our investigations of evidence for dibaryon resonances. It is based at the LAMPF accelerator in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Current and planned experiments include measurements of total cross-section differences in pure spin states and of spin parameters in neutron-proton scattering. The pion-nucleus work is aimed at improving our understanding both of the nature of the pion-nucleus interaction and of nuclear structure. It consists of two programs, one based at LAMPF and one based principally at the SIN laboratory in Switzerland. The LAMPF-based work involves studies of large-angle scattering, double-charge-exchange scattering, including measurements at a new energy range above 300 MeV, and a new program of experiments with polarized nuclear targets. The SIN-based work involves studies of quasielastic scattering and absorption, including experiments with a new large-acceptance detector system planned for construction there. We are requesting support to continue the LAMPF-based work at its current level and to expand the SIN-based work to allow for increased involvement in experiments with the new detector system. 57 refs.

Research Organization:
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AS04-76ER03591
OSTI ID:
6167671
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/03591-2; ON: DE89010741; TRN: 89-011851
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English