The Interaction ofπ-Mesons with Nuclear Matter

Abstract
A number of experiments relating more or less directly to meson scattering and absorption are discussed and compared. Because of the variety of experiments interrelated by such considerations, it is seen that any model to describe meson scattering and absorption will have to meet a corresponding number of conditions. In particular, the absorption experiments of Panofsky and his collaborators permit one to put a lower limit on the absorption cross section for complex nuclei which seems appreciably larger than the expected scattering cross section.