Doctoral Dissertations
Date of Award
12-1960
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Major
Physics
Major Professor
R. W. Present
Committee Members
Edward G. Haris, John W. Feuherger, D. L. King, T. A. Welton
Abstract
The Pauli-Weisskopf theory of electromagnetic production of pion pairs has been a subject of interest in various connections for many years. Recently new interest has been stimulated in the theory because pion pair production is a possible means of investigating the - interaction. This approach, which was originally suggested by Pomeranchuk, is particularly valid in view of the increase in the cross section, when the strong pion-nucleus interaction is included, over that obtained by the original theory. The purpose of this work was to study the Pauli-Weiskopf theory with the objective of including the strong pion-nucleus interaction and developing an accurate method of obtaining the cross section for pair production in the experimentally attainable energy region. The - interaction was neglected in this work since there is insufficient information available at the present time to adequately treat this interaction.
Recommended Citation
Zerby, Clayton D., "Electromagnetic Production of Pion Pairs. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1960.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2975