Meson-nucleus interactions using polarized nuclei

Abstract

Under certain conditions the asymmetry resulting from single charge exchange reactions arises only from the (quantum mechanical) distortion effects of the incoming and outgoing waves. If the distortion of the incident wave is well known, some basic properties of the hadronic interaction in the final state can be inferred. Examples for (${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$,${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{0}$) and (${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}$,\ensuremath{\eta}) reactions are given.