Differential and total cross sections for ${\mathrm{\pi }}^{+}$ absorption on ${}_{}{}^6{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$, leading to the pp${+}^4$${\mathrm{He}}_{\mathrm{g}.\mathrm{s}.\mathrm{}}$, pp${+}^4$${\mathrm{He}}^{\mathrm{*}}$, and pp+X final states, are presented at incident pion energies of 100 and 165 MeV. We conclude that most of the cross section is confined to the level of coplanarity expected from quasideuteron absorption in the nuclear environment and that the contributions of nonquasideuteron absorption mechanisms are small. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

• Received 8 February 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.54.211