We report measurements of the electroproduction of single charged pions from hydrogen and deuterium targets for values of ε in the range 0.35<ε<0.45. Data were taken with a hydrogen target at the (W, Q2) points (2.15 GeV, 1.2 GeV2), (2.65, 2.0), (2.65, 3.4), (2.65, 6.0), and (2.65, 10.0). Data were taken with a deuterium target at the (W, Q2) points (2.15, 1.2) and (2.65, 2.0). The transverse cross section obtained by using these data in conjunction with earlier data at high ε to separate the longitudinal and transverse components is used in conjunction with the new data and the t-channel Born term to determine the pion form factor and to re-evaluate previously reported measurements. In the range 0.15 GeV2<Q2<10.0 GeV2 the pion form factor can be described by the simple pole form [1+Q2(0.462±0.024)]−1.
SEPARATED TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL VIRTUAL-PHOTON CROSS SECTIONS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN C. J. BEBEK ET AL., PRL 37, 1326 (1976).
DATA POINT 1 (HYDROGEN TARGET).
DATA POINT 1 (HYDROGEN TARGET).