Max Chtangeev, Northwest Nazarene CollegeTitle: A Test of the Charge Symmetry of the Strong Nuclear InteractionAuthors: M. Chtangeev, M. Yuly (Northwest Nazerene College), collaborators from University of Colorado, Clinton B. Anderson Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF), TRIUMF, MITAbstract: An experiment testing the charge symmetry of the strong nuclear interaction has been conducted at the Clinton B. Anderson Meson Physics Facility. Measurements were made of partial-total cross sections for (pi+d and pi-d) scattering at eight incident pion kinetic energies from 100 to 260 MeV into angles greater than 30 degrees. Neglecting Coulomb effects, which are small at large scattering angles, the (pi+d) cross sections should be identical to (pi-d) cross sections if charge symmetry is valid. Preliminary results, which indicate an asymmetry of as much as a few percent will be compared to previous measurements. |