Physics Letters B
Volume 379, Issues 1-4
,
27 June 1996,
Pages 60-66

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(96)00326-7
Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Contribution of initial state interactions to the three-nucleon absorption of pions by 3He
LADS Collaboration , G. Backenstossa, D. Bosnari, H. Breuerd, H. Döbbelingh, T. Doolingg, M. Furi
i, P. A. M. Gramc, N. K. Gregorye, A. Hoffarth, b, C. H. Q. Ingramh, A. Kleing, K. Kochh, J. Köhlera, B. Kotli
skih, M. Kroedela, G. Kylef, A. Lehmanna, A. O. Mateose, K. Michaelianh, T. Petkovi
i, R. P. Redwinee, D. Rowntreee, U. Sennhauserh, N.
imi
evi
e, R. Trezeciakb, H. Ullrichb, M. Wangf, M. H. Wangf, H. J. Weyerh, a, M. Wildia and K. E. Wilsone
a University of Basel, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland
b University of Karlsruhe, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Germany
c LAMPF, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
d University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
e Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
f New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
g Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
h Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
i University of Zagreb, HR-41001, Zagreb, Croatia
Received 18 December 1995; Revised 28 February 1996. Editor: J.P. Schiffer Available online 7 June 1999.
Abstract
The distributions of protons after the absorption of positive pions by 3He at 118, 162 and 239 MeV are presented. A decomposition of the three-nucleon cross section in terms of initial state interactions and other processes is given, based upon simple models. A clear signal of initial state interactions is visible in the data, diminishing at the lower energies.