Photoproduction of the πN\pi N pair on nuclei and isobar configurations

A model of $\pi N$ pair photoproduction on nuclei at high momentum transfer is presented. The $A(\gamma,\pi N)B$ reaction amplitude is obtained by means of an extended impulse approximation, according to which the nuclear wavefunction includes delta-isobar components in addition to nucleon components. A one-particle transition operator is defined in terms of the two-body $\gamma N\to\pi N$ and $\gamma \Delta\to\pi N$ photoproduction amplitudes. Direct and exchange mechanisms of the nuclear photoproduction reaction are studied, and numerical estimates are made and presented of $^{12}{\rm C}(\gamma,\pi^- p){^{11}{\rm C}}$ and $^{12}{\rm C}(\gamma,\pi^+ p){^{11}{\rm Be}}$ differential cross sections at photon incident energies in the $\Delta(1232)$ resonance region.Comment: LaTeX 2e, 21 pages, 5 eps figure

Photopion reactions on deltas preexisting in nuclei

Reactions A(\gamma, pi^+p) are considered to proceed through the formation of pion-proton pairs on delta constituents in nuclei. We develop the nonrelativistic operator for \Delta^{++}(\gamma, pi^+)p process in an arbitrary frame. The calculated cross section for C12(\gamma, \pi^+p) reaction is compared to the existing experimental data.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure

Creation of the precision magnetic spectrometer SCAN-3

The new JINR project [1] is aimed at studies of highly excited nuclear matter created in nuclei by a high-energy deuteron beam. The matter is studied through observation of its particular decay products - pairs of energetic particles with a wide opening angle, close to 180°. The new precision hybrid magnetic spectrometer SCAN-3 is to be built for detecting charged (π±, K±, p) and neutral (n) particles produced at the JINR Nuclotron internal target in dA collisions. One of the main and complex tasks is a study of low-energy ηA interaction and a search for η-bound states (η-mesic nuclei). Basic elements of the spectrometer and its characteristics are discussed in the article