Negative pion photoproduction off polarized deuteron target

Abstract

It is discussed whether the target asymmetry (TA) for γn→π⁻p can be extracted from data on γd→π⁻pp. An exclusive experiment that enhances production of pions on neutron at rest and suppresses contributions of the recoil mechanism is shown to correspond to this purpose. The relation between the TAs for the reactions on deuteron and neutron is established taking into account pion and active nucleon rescattering in the final state and neglecting effects due to interaction with the spectator nucleon.