An investigation of nuclear critical opalescence with photopion reactions
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
- Vol. 7 (1) , L7-L12
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4616/7/1/002
Abstract
It is shown that photopion reactions on nuclei provide a direct probe of the enhancement of the virtual pion field (critical opalescence) which has been invoked to explain anomalies in 1p-shell magnetic form factors. The experimental conditions for best sensitivity are discussed.Keywords
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