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The pion-nucleon forward scattering amplitude has been calculated from new data of the total cross sections, using several assumptions on the energy dependence above 20 GeV. The results are presented as complex diagrams of the forward amplitude, which are of interest for the discussion of the nucleonic resonances and the non-resonant background scattering. In addition the predictions for the elastic forward cross sections are given as well as the contributions of the real parts to this quantity. A comparison with the new Saclay data of the charge exchange forward cross section leads to the estimate αρ≈0.6, if a Regge behaviour is assumed above 20 GeV. There are indications in favour of a new\(T = \tfrac{1}{2}\) resonance at the total c.m. energyW≈2.8 GeV.
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We would like to thank Dr. P.Falk-Vairant, Dr. P. G. O.Freund, Dr. J.Meyer, Dr. L. D.Roper, Dr. P.Sonderegger, Dr. L.Van Rossum, and Dr. M. A.Wahlig for the communication of unpublished results and Mr. J.Zeiler for his valuable help with the numerical calculations. A financial support by the Bundesministerium für Wissenschaftliche Forschung and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft is gratefully acknowledged.
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Höhler, G., Ebel, G. & Giesecke, J. The pion-nucleon forward scattering amplitude. Z. Physik 180, 430–448 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01381821
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01381821