High precision measurement of the $\overline{p}p \to \overline{n}n$ charge exchange differential cross-section

Birsa, R. ; Bradamante, F. ; Bressan, A. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 339 (1994) 325-331, 1997.
Inspire Record 382031 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.27114

The differential p p → n n charge-exchange cross section has been measured at the CERN Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR), at two incident p momenta, 601 and 1202 MeV/c. features of the differential cross-section near the forward direction, i.e. a sharp peak at 0° scattering angle followed by an energy dependent dip-bump structure, are confirmed and measured with good precision and high statistical accuracy. The data show very clearly that the shape of the cross-section is a manifestation of the pion-exchange amplitude, and a simple extrapolation to the pion pole already indicates that the pion-nucleon coupling constant f c 2 can be determined with good precision.

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Corrected with data from PL B405,389.