1000 Solved Problems in Modern Physics

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566 10 Particle Physics – II


10.25 (a) From Problem 10.18, we have the result

∣a 3 / 2



∣^2 ∝190 mb
{
1

3


∣a 3 / 2 + 2 a 1 / 2



} 2

∝70 mb

Dividing one by the other, and solving we finda 1 / 2 = 0. 0256 a 3 / 2. Thus
the amplitudea 1 / 2 is negligible. The resonance is therefore characterized
byI= 3 /2.
(b) The fact thatπ+pscattering cross-section has a fairly high value at
p=230 MeV/c implies thata 32 amplitude is dominant.

10.26 From the analysis ofπ-N scattering (Problem 10. 18) the ratio


σ(π++p→Δ)
σ(π−+p→Δ)

=



∣a^32




2

{
√^1
3



∣a 32 + 2 a (^12)





} 2

If we puta 1 / 2 =0, we get the ratio as 3.

10.27 The analysis is identical with that forπpreactions (problem 10.18). The
Σ’s are isospin triplet (T=1) with the third componentsT 3 =+ 1 , 0 ,− 1
forΣ+, Σ^0 , Σ−similar toπ+,π^0 ,π−. Further, theK+andK^0 form
a doublet (T= 1 /2) withT 3 =+ 1 /2 and− 1 /2, analogous topandn.
Therefore the result on the ratio of cross-section will be identical with that
for pion – nucleon reactions as in Problem 10.18


σ(π++p→Σ++K+):σ(π−+p→Σ−+K+):
σ(π−+p→Σ^0 +K^0 )
=


∣a 3 / 2


∣^2 :^1

9


∣a 3 / 2 + 2 a 1 / 2


∣^2 :^2

9


∣a 3 / 2 −a 1 / 2


∣^2

Ifa 1 / 2 <<a 3 / 2 , then the ratio becomes 9:1:2.

10.28 Pions haveT=1 and nucleonsT=^1 / 2 , so that the resultant isospin both in
the initial state and the final state can beI=^1 / 2 or 3/2. Looking up the table
for Clebsch – Gordon Coefficients of 1× 1 /2 (Table 3.3) we can write



∣π−p〉=


1

3





3

2

,−

1

2




2

3





1

2

,−

1

2



∣π^0 n〉=


2

3





3

2

,−

1

2


+


1

3





1

2

,−

1

2


Therefore,


π−p|H|π−p


=^13 a 3 +^23 a 1


π^0 n


∣H


∣π−p


=


2

3

a 3 −


2

3

a 1
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