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Interpretation of Resonance Energies in the Photoproduction and Scattering of Pions from Hydrogen

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SEVERAL maxima are well established now in the scattering and photoproduction of pions from hydrogen1–6. These maxima are generally considered to be due to the excitation of the proton to ‘isobaric’ states.

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GUGGENHEIMER, K. Interpretation of Resonance Energies in the Photoproduction and Scattering of Pions from Hydrogen. Nature 183, 1758–1759 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831758a0

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