Abstract
We present evidence for elastic pion Compton scattering as observed via the Primakoff process on nuclear targets. We find production cross sections for -A-A on lead and copper of 0.2490.027 and 0.0290.006 mb, respectively, in agreement with the values expected from the one-photon-exchange mechanism of 0.2680.018 and 0.0350.004 mb in the region of our experimental acceptance. This reaction provides a clean test of the Primakoff formalism.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1000-1002 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physical Review D |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics