Abstract
Cross sections for pion-induced reactions of the form () and more complex spallation reactions of the form () have been measured from 50-550 MeV on the target nuclei , , and using the secondary pion beams at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 184-inch synchrocyclotron and the Clinton P. Anderson Meson Physics Facility. The dominance of the (3, 3) free-particle resonance is seen in all excitation functions determined in this work. Relative to the reactions, the () reactions on , , and have magnitudes of 0.2, 1, and 0.7, respectively. The cross section ratio for at 188 ± 15 MeV, 1.68 ± 0.05 for at 188 ± 9 MeV, and 1.68 ± 0.03 for at 178 ± 2 MeV incident pion energy. The results from this work are compared to previous pion work, analogous proton-induced reactions, Monte Carlo intra-nuclear cascade-evaporation calculations, and to a semiclassical nucleon charge-exchange model which convincingly explains the () reaction mechanism in the (3, 3) resonance region.
NUCLEAR REACTIONS , , , , , , and , MeV. Measured and calculated , comparison to nucleon charge-exchange model.
- Received 8 September 1975
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.13.754
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