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π⁺ Photoproduction at Angles from 6° to 90° C.M. and Energies from 589 to 1269 MeV

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Ecklund, Stanley Duane (1967) π⁺ Photoproduction at Angles from 6° to 90° C.M. and Energies from 589 to 1269 MeV. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/BHTV-Z120. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11232015-144854401

Abstract

The differential cross section for the reaction γp → π+n was measured at 32 laboratory photon energies between 589 and 1269 MeV at the Caltech Synchrotron. At each energy, data have been obtained at typically fifteen π+ c.m. angles between 6° and 90°. A magnetic spectrometer was used to detect the π+ photo-produced in a liquid hydrogen target. Two Cherenkov counters were used to reject the background of positrons and protons. The data clearly show the presence of a pole in the production amplitude due to the one pion exchange. Moravcsik fits to the 32 angular distributions, including data from another experiment, are presented. The extrapolation of these fits to the pole gives a value for the pion-nucleon coupling constant of 14.5 which is consistent with the accepted value. The second and third pion-nucleon resonances are evident as peaks in the total cross section and as changes in the shape of the angular distributions. At the third resonance there is evidence for both a D5/2 and an F5/2 amplitude. The absence of large variations in the 0° and 180° cross sections implies that the second and third resonances are mostly produced from an initial state with helicity ± 3/2.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Subject Keywords:(Physics)
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Major Option:Physics
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Walker, Robert Lee
Thesis Committee:
  • Unknown, Unknown
Defense Date:17 November 1966
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Record Number:CaltechTHESIS:11232015-144854401
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:11232015-144854401
DOI:10.7907/BHTV-Z120
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ID Code:9289
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