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Cross Section Measurement of Charged Pion Photoproduction from Hydrogen and Deuterium

Journal Article ·
OSTI ID:804708
We have measured the differential cross section for the gamma n --> pi- p and gamma p --> pi+ n reactions at center of mass angle of 90 degree in the photon energy range from 1.1 to 5.5 GeV at Jefferson Lab (JLab). The data at photon energies greater than 3.3 GeV exhibit a global scaling behavior for both pi- and pi+ photoproduction, consistent with the constituent counting rule and the existing pi+ photoproduction data. Possible oscillations around the scaling value were observed. The cross section ratio of exclusive pi- to pi+ photoproduction at high energy is consistent with the prediction based on one-hard-gluon-exchange diagrams. The data also indicate a resonance structure at a center-of-mass energy near 2.2 GeV.
Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
804708
Report Number(s):
JLAB-PHY-02-57; DOE/ER/40150-2372; nucl-ex/0211009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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