Photoproduction of π + and π − on deuterium has been measured in the photon energy range from 240 to 400 MeV and for pion c.m. angles between 15° and 180°. The pions were analysed in angle and momentum by a magnetic spectrometer. From the measured π − / π + ratio, corrected for Coulomb interactions in the final state, differential cross sections of the reaction γ +n→ π − +p were calculated. Together with the π + photoproduction our data show no isotensor contribution. Comparison of our data with the recent experiments done on the inverse reaction shows no evidence of a violation of time reversal invariance. With the measured π + photoproduction on deuterium, a test of the spectator model has been made. Using the closure-approximation of Chew and Lewis our data agree within a range of ±10%.
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The polarization of the proton from the γ+n→p+π− reaction in deuterium has been experimentally measured at 90° in the center-of-mass system for photon energies near 715 MeV by using a counter technique to observe the left to right asymmetry in the scattering of the protons from carbon. A value of -0.26±0.06 was observed, with the direction of the polarization defined by n^=(k^×q^)|k^×q^|, where k^ and q^ are, respectively, unit vectors in the directions of the photon momentum and the pion momentum. The result is interpreted as an indication that the interference between the P32 (325 MeV) and D32 (750 MeV) resonances may not be the dominant contribution to the polarization at this energy. Significant contributions from either an interference between the P32 (325 MeV) resonance and the possible new resonance suggested by the π, p scattering measurements, or an interference between the D32 (750 MeV) and F52 (1050 MeV) resonances, or a combination of these two possibilities seem to be required.
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