We have used a magnetic spectrometer to study the production of charged pions in collisions of 600-MeV neutrons with nuclei of Be, C, Al, Cu, and Pb over a wide range of angles. For these nuclei we have obtained at five angles (16, 30, 60, 90, and 123°) the spectra of pions of both signs, on the basis of which we have found the cross sections, atomic-number dependences, and angular distributions of pion production. The influence of a number of effects on the characteristics of pion production in nuclei is discussed. The analysis performed permits us to obtain a qualitative picture of the basic regulari- ties of pion production.
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