Can relativistic pionic stripping explain (p,π+) reactions?

Abstract

The relativistic pionic stripping formalism is used to study pion production data on ${}_{}{}^{12}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{C}$ and ${}_{}{}^{40}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ca}$ in order to determine the appropriate form of the pion-nucleon vertex and to determine whether pionic stripping is the dominant mechanism for pion production.