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. Furii, P. A. M. Gramc, N. K. Gregorye, A. Hoffarth, b, C. H. Q. Ingramh, A. Kleing, K. Kochh, J. Köhlera, B. Kotliskih, M. Kroedela, G. Kylef, A. Lehmanna, A. O. Mateose, K. Michaelianh, T. Petkovii, R. P. Redwinee, D. Rowntreee, U. Sennhauserh, N. imievie, 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.