The cross sections for the ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}(\pi , {\pi }^{\prime }){}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}_{}^{*}{}_{}{}^{}$ ($2^{+}$, 4.44 MeV; $3^{-}$, 9.64 MeV) reactions at 800 MeV/c are calculated in the distorted-wave impulse approximation. Distortion effects are taken through the eikonal form. Data are reproduced with realistic transition densities and the $\pi \mathrm{N}$ scattering amplitudes fitted to $\pi \mathrm{N}$ data, except for the region of low momentum transfers.

• Received 7 November 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.31.1579