Measurements of spectra from the ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$(${\mathrm{\pi }}^{\mathrm{-}}$,${\mathrm{\pi }}^0$) reaction with a 500 MeV beam have been made from near zero degrees to 90 degrees. A peak corresponding to breakup or quasielastic scattering is observed, and its width, maximum, and differential cross section are reported. Peak shape determinations were also made with the ${}_{}{}^2{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{H}$(${\mathrm{\pi }}^{+}$,${\mathrm{\pi }}^0$) reaction. Results are compared to recent pion charge exchange data on deuterium at lower pion beam energies. A simple impulse approximation calculation accounts for the data at all angles.

• Received 10 February 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.52.33