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Hadrons and Nuclei
Eur. Phys. J. A 16, 111-125 (2003)
DOI: 10.1140/epja/i2002-10071-3

Influence of final-state interaction on incoherent pion photoproduction on the deuteron in the region of the $\mth{\Delta}$-resonance

E.M. Darwish, H. Arenhövel and M. Schwamb

Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany

arenhoev@kph.uni-mainz.de

(Received: 12 August 2002 / Published online: 17 January 2003)

Abstract
The influence of final-state NN and $\pi N$ rescattering in incoherent pion photoproduction on the deuteron has been investigated. For the elementary photoproduction operator an effective Lagrangian model is used which describes well the elementary reaction. The interactions in the final two-body subsystems are taken in separable form. While NN rescattering shows quite a significant effect, particularly strong for neutral pion production, $\pi N$ rescattering is almost negligible. Inclusion of such effects leads to an improved and quite satisfactory agreement with experiment.

PACS
13.60.Le - Meson production.
21.45.+v - Few-body systems.
25.20.Lj - Photoproduction reactions.

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