Photoproduction ofπ±Mesons in Nitrogen

In this paper we describe the results of the analysis of the photodisintegration and ${\pi }^{\pm }$ photoproduction processes in nitrogen obtained by exposing a diffusion cloud chamber in a magnetic field to the $\gamma$-ray beam of the Frascati synchrotron ($E_{\gamma max}=1000\mathrm{}$ MeV). The value of the cross section obtained per equivalent quantum and per nucleon for ${\pi }^{\pm }$ photoproduction is in agreement with that estimated per free nucleon.