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Spin-rotation parameters [ital A] and [ital R] for [pi][sup +][ital p] and [pi][sup [minus]][ital p] elastic scattering from 427 to 657 MeV/[ital c]

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699 (United States) University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States) George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052 (United States) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

The spin-rotation parameters [ital A] and [ital R] and the related spin-rotation angle [beta] have been measured for [pi][sup +][ital p] and [pi][sup [minus]][ital p] elastic scattering using protons polarized in the scattering plane. The pion-beam momenta are 427, 471, 547, 625, and 657 MeV/[ital c] and the angular range is [minus]0.9[le]cos[ital FTHETA][sub c.m.][le]0.3. The scattered pion and recoil proton were detected in coincidence, using a scintillator hodoscope for the pions, and the Large Acceptance Spectrometer combined with the JANUS polarimeter for the recoil protons. The results are compared with the four recent [pi][ital N] partial wave analyses (PWA's). Our data show that the major features of these PWA's are correct. The [ital A] and [ital R] measurements complete our program of pion-nucleon experiments, providing full data sets at three of the above beam momenta. Such sets can be used to test the constraints in the PWA's or to obtain a model-independent set of [pi][ital N] scattering amplitudes.

OSTI ID:
6819770
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 47:5; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English