INCLUSIVE SCATTERING OF 500 MEV PIONS FROM CARBON

Inclusive double-differential cross sections for 500-MeV pions are pre sented for C(pi+/-, pi+/-) at theta(lab) of 30-degrees, 40-degrees, 50 -degrees, 70-degrees, and 90-degrees; and for C(pi-, pi-) at 110-degre es. We compare the 50-degrees and 70-degrees data with C(e, e') data a t nearly the same momentum transfer. These spectra from very different probes are more similar than expected from an intranuclear cascade ca lculation, which includes the strong rescattering of pions that have e nergies near 180 MeV. Agreement of the calculated spectra and the pion data is improved if the nucleus is assumed to be nearly transparent t o these pions.