The COMPASS Collaboration at CERN has investigated the pi(-)gamma -> pi(-)pi(-)pi(+) reaction at center-of-momentum energy below five pion masses, root s < 5m(pi), embedded in the Primakoff reaction of 190 GeV pions impinging on a lead target. Exchange of quasireal photons is selected by isolating the sharp Coulomb peak observed at smallest momentum transfers, t' < 0.001 GeV2/c(2). Using partial-wave analysis techniques, the scattering intensity of Coulomb production described in terms of chiral dynamics and its dependence on the 3 pi-invariant mass m(3 pi) = root s were extracted. The absolute cross section was determined in seven bins of root s with an overall precision of 20%. At leading order, the result is found to be in good agreement with the prediction of chiral perturbation theory over the whole energy range investigated.

First Measurement of Chiral Dynamics in π^{-}γ→π^{-}π^{-}π^{+}

AMOROSO, Antonio;BALESTRA, Ferruccio;BERTINI, Raimondo Pietro;CHIOSSO, Michela;GARFAGNINI, Raffaello;GNESI, IVAN;GRASSO, Antonino;PANZIERI, Daniele;PIRAGINO, Guido;SOSIO, Stefano;TAKEKAWA, STEFANO;
2012-01-01

Abstract

The COMPASS Collaboration at CERN has investigated the pi(-)gamma -> pi(-)pi(-)pi(+) reaction at center-of-momentum energy below five pion masses, root s < 5m(pi), embedded in the Primakoff reaction of 190 GeV pions impinging on a lead target. Exchange of quasireal photons is selected by isolating the sharp Coulomb peak observed at smallest momentum transfers, t' < 0.001 GeV2/c(2). Using partial-wave analysis techniques, the scattering intensity of Coulomb production described in terms of chiral dynamics and its dependence on the 3 pi-invariant mass m(3 pi) = root s were extracted. The absolute cross section was determined in seven bins of root s with an overall precision of 20%. At leading order, the result is found to be in good agreement with the prediction of chiral perturbation theory over the whole energy range investigated.
2012
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https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.192001
PACS 12.39.Fe; PACS 13.60.Le; PACS 25.80.Dj
C. Adolph;M. G. Alekseev;V. Y. Alexakhin;Y. Alexandrov;G. D. Alexeev;A. Amoroso;A. A. Antonov;A. Austregesilo;B. Badelek;F. Balestra;J. Bar...espandi
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