SEARCH FOR ENHANCEMENTS DUE TO PION CONDENSATION PRECURSORS IN (P, P') REACTIONS ON C-12

Cross sections for the /sup 12/C(p,p') reaction leading to the 1/sup +/ states at 15.1 MeV(T = 1) and 12.7 MeV(T = 0) were measured at a bombarding energy of 402 MeV. These data, covering a range of momentum transfer q from 0.45 to 2.65 fm/sup -1/ (0.6 --3.7m/sub ..pi../) provide a test of the effects, precursor to a pion condensate, predicted to be important for the T = 1 state near q = 2--3m/sub ..pi../. The cross sections for the two 1/sup +/ states are very similar fro large q, perhaps indicating that the precursor effects are small.