Abstract
The photon asymmetry in the reaction close to threshold has been measured for the first time with the photon spectrometer TAPS using linearly polarized photons from the tagged-photon facility at the Mainz Microtron MAMI. The total and differential cross sections were also measured simultaneously with the photon asymmetry. This allowed determination of the -wave and all three -wave amplitudes. The values obtained at threshold are , , , and .
- Received 18 May 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.232501
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