The Energy Dependence of Backward $\pi^+ p$ Elastic Scattering from 2 GeV/c to 6 GeV/c

Baker, W.F. ; Eartly, David P. ; Pretzl, K. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 32 (1974) 251, 1974.
Inspire Record 80709 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.21310

The energy dependence of backward π+p elastic scattering has been measured for incident π momenta 2.0-6.0 GeV/c in steps of typically 100 MeV/c. Values are presented for both the differential cross section extrapolated to 180° and the slope of the backward peak as a function of momentum. In the s channel we see the effects of the established Δ++ resonances and evidence for the Δ(3230). Also, the data show the existence of a negative-parity Δ resonance with mass ∼2200 MeV/c2.

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$\pi^+ p$ Backward Elastic Scattering from 2-GeV/c to 6-GeV/c

Lennox, Arlene J. ; Baker, W.F. ; Eartly, David P. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 11 (1975) 1777, 1975.
Inspire Record 90923 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.24918

The backward angular distributions obtained in an experiment at the Zero Gradient Synchrotron of Argonne National Laboratory were used to systematically study the energy dependence of the 180° differential cross section for π+p elastic scattering in the center-of-mass energy region from 2159 to 3487 MeV. At each of 38 incident pion momenta between 2.0 and 6.0 GeV/c, a focusing spectrometer and scintillation counter hodoscopes were used to obtain differential cross sections for typically five pion scattering angles from 141° to 173° in the laboratory. Values for dσdΩ at 180° were then obtained by extrapolation. A resonance model and an interference model were used to perform fits to the energy dependence of dσdΩ (180°). Both models led to good fits to our data and yielded values for the masses, widths, parities, and the product of spin and elasticity for the Δ(2200), Δ(2420), Δ(2850), and Δ(3230) resonances. Our data confirm the existence of the Δ(3230) and require the negative-parity Δ(2200).

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