Simultaneous Measurements of the $p+d\to (A=3) +π$ Reactions

Betigeri, M.; Bojowald, J.; Budzanowski, A.; Chatterjee, A .; Ernst, J.; Freindl, L.; Frekers, D.; Garske, W.; Grewer, K.; Hamacher, A.; Ilieva, J.; Jarczyk, L.; Kilian, K.; Kliczewski, S.; Klimala, W.; Kolev, D.; Kutsarova, T.; Lieb, J.; Machner, H.; Magiera, A.; Nann, H.; Pentchev, L.; Plendl, H. S.; Protic, D.; Razen, B.; von Rossen, P.; Roy, B. J.; Siudak, R.; Strzalkowski, A.; Tsenov, R.; Zwoll, K.

Simultaneous Measurements of the $p+d\to (A=3) +π$ Reactions

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A stack of annular detectors made of high purity germanium was used to measure simultaneously $pd\to {^3H} π^+$ and $pd\to {^3He} π^0$ differential cross sections at beam momenta of 750 MeV/c, 800 MeV/c, and 850 MeV/c over a large angular range. The extracted total cross sections for the $pd\to {^3He} π^0$ reactions bridge a gap between near threshold data and those in the resonance region. The ratio of the cross sections for the two reaction channels taken at the same $η={p^{cm}_π}/m_π$ yields $2.11\pm0.08$ indicating that a deviation from isospin symmetry is very small.
23 pages, latex, 15 figures