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Measurement of the Charged Pion Electromagnetic Form Factor

Nuclear Experiment 2009-04-15 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Separated longitudinal and transverse structure functions for the reaction 1H(e,eprime pi+)n were measured in the momentum transfer region Q2=0.6-1.6 (GeV/c)**2 at a value of the invariant mass W=1.95 GeV. New values for the pion charge form factor were extracted from the longitudinal cross section by using a recently developed Regge model. The results indicate that the pion form factor in this region is larger than previously assumed and is consistent with a monopole parameterization fitted to very low Q2 elastic data.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0010009,
  title  = {Measurement of the Charged Pion Electromagnetic Form Factor},
  author = {J. Volmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0010009},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures