The inelastic scattering of 162-MeV pions by ${}_{}{}^{14}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{N}$ has been studied over the angular range 35° to 115° in the laboratory system. The data were analyzed with a model which incorporates shell model wave functions into a distorted wave impulse approximation. Reduced transition probabilities obtained for a number of low-lying states are compared to previous data to validate the model. Among new assignments and shell model descriptions presented for several higher excited states is an assignment for the yrast $5^{-}$ state.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ${}_{}{}^{14}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{N}(\pi , {\pi }^{\prime })$ $E_{\pi }=162\mathrm{}$ MeV, measured $\sigma \left(\theta \right)$, melamine target, DWIA analysis.

• Received 8 October 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.27.1134