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Final State Interactions in Pion Production from Nuclei

M. Alqadi·W. R. Gibbs
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We have calculated the effect of the inclusion of final state interactions on pion production from nuclei with incident pion beams. We find that the effect of absorption, along with geometric considerations, explains much of the enhancement at low invariant mass seen in recent data for invariant mass spectra with increasing atomic number. While the variation among nuclei is well reproduced for all charge states, the enhancement for the ratio for heavy nuclei to deuterium for the pi^+ pi^- final state is only partially understood.

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M. Alqadi, W. R. Gibbs. 2002-08-16. Final State Interactions in Pion Production from Nuclei. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.66.064604

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