Measurement of the p(e,e′π+)n reaction close to threshold and at low Q2

The cross section of the p(e,e′π+)n reaction has been measured for five kinematic settings at an invariant mass of W=1094 MeV and for a four-momentum transfer of Q2=0.078 (GeV/c)2. The measurement has been performed at MAMI using a new short-orbit spectrometer (SOS) of the A1 collaboration, intended...

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Published in:Physics Letters B
Main Authors: I. Friščić, P. Achenbach, C. Ayerbe Gayoso, D. Baumann, R. Böhm, D. Bosnar, L. Debenjak, A. Denig, M. Ding, M.O. Distler, A. Esser, H. Merkel, D.G. Middleton, M. Mihovilovič, U. Müller, J. Pochodzalla, B.S. Schlimme, M. Schoth, F. Schulz, C. Sfienti, S. Širca, M. Thiel, Th. Walcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Subjects:
Short-orbit spectrometer
Low-energy pions
Electroproduction experiments
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317300515
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Summary:The cross section of the p(e,e′π+)n reaction has been measured for five kinematic settings at an invariant mass of W=1094 MeV and for a four-momentum transfer of Q2=0.078 (GeV/c)2. The measurement has been performed at MAMI using a new short-orbit spectrometer (SOS) of the A1 collaboration, intended for detection of low-energy pions. The transverse and longitudinal cross section terms were separated using the Rosenbluth method and the transverse-longitudinal interference term has been determined from the left-right asymmetry. The experimental cross section terms are compared with the calculations of three models: DMT2001, MAID2007 and χMAID. The results show that we do not yet understand the dynamics of the fundamental pion.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445

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