The ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He}(e, t){\pi }^{+}$, $e^{\prime }$ cross section has been measured as a function of incident electron energy, triton recoil energy, and angle. The experiment corresponds to excitation energies near 20 MeV above pion threshold. Comparison is made with a theory including all partial waves using Gaussian and Irving-Gunn ground states for ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He}$. The forward peaking approximation is also discussed.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{He}(e, t){\pi }^{+}$, $e^{\prime }$, measured $\sigma (E_t, {\theta }_t, E_0)$ compared with electropion production theory.

• Received 6 June 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.18.2219