Pion-Deuteron Elastic Scattering for Momenta from 408 to 600 MeV/c

Abstract
The differential cross section for elastic scattering of pions from deuterium has been measured for momenta of 408, 441, 539, and 600 MeV/c. The measurements confirm the energy dependence of a pronounced minimum around 100°, previously observed with lower-precision experiments. Our results are compared to calculations including effects of excitation of dibaryon resonances in the deuteron.