True Absorption and Scattering of 125-MeV Pions on Nuclei

I. Navon; D. Ashery; G. Azuelos; H. J. Pfeiffer; H. K. Walter; F. W. Schlepütz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1465

True Absorption and Scattering of 125-MeV Pions on Nuclei

I. Navon, D. Ashery, G. Azuelos, H. J. Pfeiffer, H. K. Walter, and F. W. Schlepütz

Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1465 – Published 28 May 1979

Abstract

The cross section for absorption of 125-MeV positive and negative pions in Li, C, Al, Fe, Nb, and Bi was measured. The results were obtained by combining a transmission experiment, a measurement of the angular distribution for pion scattering, and an estimate of the charge-exchange cross section. Information about inelastic scattering and decomposition of the total pion-nucleus cross section into its contributions from the major channels is also obtained.