Cross section measurements of charged pion photoproduction in hydrogen and deuterium from 1.1-GeV to 5.5-GeV.

The Jefferson Lab Hall A & Jefferson Lab E94-104 collaborations Zhu, L.Y. ; Arrington, J. ; Averett, T. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 71 (2005) 044603, 2005.
Inspire Record 659852 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.31680

The differential cross section for the gamma +n --> pi- + p and the gamma + p --> pi+ n processes were measured at Jefferson Lab. The photon energies ranged from 1.1 to 5.5 GeV, corresponding to center-of-mass energies from 1.7 to 3.4 GeV. The pion center-of-mass angles varied from 50 degree to 110 degree. The pi- and pi+ photoproduction data both exhibit a global scaling behavior at high energies and high transverse momenta, consistent with the constituent counting rule prediction and the existing pi+ data. The data suggest possible substructure of the scaling behavior, which might be oscillations around the scaling value. The data show an enhancement in the scaled cross section at center-of-mass energy near 2.2 GeV. The differential cross section ratios at high energies and high transverse momenta can be described by calculations based on one-hard-gluon-exchange diagrams.

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Differential cross section for the process GAMMA N --> PI- P for an incident electron energy of 5.614 GeV.

Differential cross section for the process GAMMA N --> PI- P for an incident electron energy of 4.236 GeV.

Differential cross section for the process GAMMA N --> PI- P for an incident electron energy of 3.400 GeV.

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