Determination of the pi+- p --> pi+- pi+ n cross section near threshold.

Lange, J.B. ; Duncan, F. ; Ambardar, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 80 (1998) 1597-1600, 1998.
Inspire Record 468089 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.19535

The total cross section for the π−p→π−π+n reaction has been measured at incident pion kinetic energies of 200, 190, 184, and 180 MeV. In addition, the π+p→π+π+n reaction was measured at 200 and 184 MeV. A fit of the cross sections by heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory yields values of 8.5±0.6(mπ−3) and 2.5±0.1(mπ−3) for the reaction matrix elements A10 and A32, which correspond to values for the s-wave isospin-0 and isospin-2 π−π scattering lengths of a0=0.23±0.08(mπ−1) and a2=−0.031±0.008(mπ−1), respectively.

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