Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2004-01-20
Phys.Lett. B595 (2004) 216-222
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
6 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2004.05.054
In the present paper we investigate pi0 pi0 and pi(+/-)pi0 photoproduction off complex nuclei at incident beam energies of 400-460 MeV. Simulations of two pion photoproduction on protons and nuclei are performed by means of a semi-classical BUU transport model including a full coupled-channel treatment of the final state interactions. Elastic scattering of the final state pions with the nucleons in the surrounding nuclear medium is found to yield a downward shift of the pi pi invariant mass distribution. We show that the target mass dependence of the pi0 pi0 invariant mass spectrum as measured by the TAPS collaboration can be explained without introducing medium effects beyond absorption and quasi-elastic scattering of the final state particles. On the other hand, we find considerable discrepancies with the data in the pi(+/-)pi0 channel, which are not understood.
Alvarez-Ruso Luis
Buss Oliver
Mosel Ulrich
Mühlich P.
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