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The reaction $p + d rightarrow p + d + X$ was studied at 0.8-2.0 GeV proton beam energies with the ANKE magnetic spectrometer at the COSY synchrotron storage ring. The proton-deuteron pairs emerging with high momenta, 0.6-1.8 GeV/$c$, were detected at small angles with respect to the proton beam. Distribution over the reaction missing mass $M_x$ reveals a local enhancement near the threshold of the pion pair production specific for the so-called ABC effect. The enhancement has a structure of a narrow bump placed above a smooth continuum. The invariant mass of the $dpipi$ system in this enhancement region exhibits a resonance-like peak at $M_{dpipi} approx 2.36$ GeV/$c^2$ with the width $Gamma approx 0.10$ GeV/$c^2$. A possible interpretation of these features is discussed.
We study coherent pion production in neutrino-nucleus scattering in the energy region relevant to the recent neutrino oscillation experiments. Our approach is based on the combined use of the Sato-Lee model and the Delta-hole model. Our initial numerical results are compared with the recent data from K2K and SciBooNE.
In this report, we will briefly review the dynamical model of pion electroweak production reactions in the $Delta$ resonance region and report on our study of neutrino-nucleus reactions based on this model.
Pion induced reactions provide unique opportunities for an unambiguous description of baryonic resonances and their coupling channels by means of a partial wave analysis. Using the secondary pion beam at SIS18, the two pion production in the second resonance region has been investigated to unravel the role of the $N(1520) frac{3}{2}^-$ resonance in the intermediate $rho$ production. Results on exclusive channels with one pion ($pi^{-}p$) and two pions ($pi^{+}pi^{-}n$, $pi^{0}pi^{-}p$) in the final state measured in the $pi^{-}-p$ reaction at four different pion beam momenta (0.650, 0.685, 0.733, and 0.786 GeV/c) are presented. The excitation function of the different partial waves and $Deltapi$, $Nsigma$ and $Nrho$ isobar configurations is obtained, using the Bonn-Gatchina partial wave analysis. The $N(1520) frac{3}{2}^-$ resonance is found to dominate the $Nrho$ final state with the branching ratio $BR=12.2 pm 1.9%$.
The production near threshold of isoscalar pion pairs in the pd -> 3He(pi pi)^0 reaction is estimated in a two-step model which successfully describes the production of eta, omega and eta mesons. A virtual pion beam, generated through an NN -> d pi reaction on one of the nucleons in the deuteron, produces a second pion via a pi N -> pi pi N reaction on the other nucleon. Using the same scale factor as for heavy meson production, the model reproduces the total pi^0 pi^0 production rate determined at an excess energy of 37 MeV. There are some indications in the data for a suppression of events with low pi pi masses, as in the pi^- p -> pi^0 pi^0 n reaction, and this is confirmed within the model. The model suggests that a significant fraction of the charged pion production in the p d -> 3He pi^+ pi^- reaction at Q=70 MeV might be associated with isoscalar pion pairs, though this does not explain the strong dependence observed on the pi^+ pi^- relative momentum angle.
The pion production reaction $pi^+ to pi^+pi^{pm}$ on $^{45}Sc$ was studied at incident pion energies of $T_{pi^{+}}$ = 240, 260, 280, 300, and 320 MeV. The experiment was performed using the $M11$ pion-channel at TRIUMF, and multiparticle events, ($pi^+,pi^+pi^{pm}$) and ($pi^+,pi^+pi^{pm}p$), were detected with the CHAOS spectrometer. Results are reported in the form of both differential and total cross sections, and are compared to theoretical predictions and the reaction phase space. The present investigation of the T-dependence of the $pi^+ A to pi^+pi^{pm} A$ reaction complements earlier examinations of the A-dependence of the reaction, which was measured using $^{2}H$, $^{4}He$, $^{12}C$, $^{16}O$, $^{40}Ca$, and $^{208}Pb$ targets at $sim$280 MeV. Some general properties of the pion-induced pion production reaction in nuclear matter will be presented, based on the combined results of the two studies.