Electroproduction of πo mesons in the region of the first pion-nucleon resonance

  • R. D. Hellings
  • , J. Allison
  • , A. B. Clegg
  • , F. Foster
  • , G. Hughes
  • , P. Kummer
  • , R. Siddle
  • , B. Dickinson
  • , M. Ibbotson
  • , R. Lawson
  • , H. E. Montgomery
  • , W. J. Shuttleworth
  • , A. Sofair
  • , J. Fannon

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Abstract

The reaction e-+p→e-+p+πo has been studied in the π-N centre of mass range from 1130 to 1340 MeV/c2 by detecting the final proton in coincidence with the scattered electron. The four-momentum transfer to the pion-nucleon system was between 0.40 and 0.50 (GeV/c)2 and the polarisation of the exchanged virtual photon near unity. The proton angular distribution is analysed phenomenologically in terms of the multipoles M1+, E1+, S1+ contributing to the resonant partial wave and Eo+, So+ contributing to the s-wave background. The magnetic dipole excitation M1+ is shown to dominate the cross section but clear evidence is obtained for a significant contribution from the scalar multipole S1+.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)179-188
Number of pages10
JournalNuclear Physics, Section B
Volume32
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1971
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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