Elastic Scattering of Negative Pions from <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">O</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow><mrow></mrow><mrow></mrow></mmultiscripts></mrow></math></span> in the Region of the (3, 3) Resonance

R. W. Bercaw; J. S. Vincent; E. T. Boschitz; M. Blecher; K. Gotow; D. K. Anderson; R. Kerns; R. Minehart; K. Ziock; R. Johnson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1031

Elastic Scattering of Negative Pions from ${}^{16}O$ in the Region of the (3, 3) Resonance

R. W. Bercaw, J. S. Vincent, E. T. Boschitz, M. Blecher, K. Gotow, D. K. Anderson, R. Kerns, R. Minehart, K. Ziock, and R. Johnson

Phys. Rev. Lett. 29, 1031 – Published 9 October 1972

Abstract

The elastic differential cross sections for $π^{-} - {}^{16}O$ scattering have been measured for pions with kinetic energies 160, 170, 220, 230, and 240 MeV at laboratory angles from 15° to 77°. The cross sections are compared with the results of an optical-model calculation.

Received 28 August 1972

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.29.1031

Authors & Affiliations

R. W. Bercaw, J. S. Vincent, and E. T. Boschitz^*

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135

M. Blecher^†, K. Gotow^†, and D. K. Anderson^†

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

R. Kerns, R. Minehart, and K. Ziock^‡

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

R. Johnson

University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, British Columbia, Canada

^*Present address: Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany.
^†Work supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grants No. NGL 47-003-o44 and No. NASA 3 14873.
^‡Work supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NGR 47-005-067, Research Corporation under Grant No. 5335/307, and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission under Contract No. AT-(40-1)-4043.