Jl. Boyard et al., Exploring the collective spin-isospin longitudinal response of nuclei withcoherent pion production in (He-3, t pi(+)), ACT PHY P B, 31(10-11), 2000, pp. 2139-2142
The SATURNE charge-exchange program explored the spin-isospin response of n
uclei in the Delta region [1]. New results on coherent pion production are
presented. They give a precise measure of the spin longitudinal component o
f this response. This component is particularly interesting since theoretic
al models predict that attractive residual Delta -hole correlations in the
longitudinal channel (pion exchange) softens the response.