Parity violating pion electroproduction off the nucleon

Parity violating (PV) contributions due to interference betweenγ and Z⁰ exchange are calculated for pion electroproduction off the nucleon. A phenomenological model with effective Lagrangians is used to determine the resulting asymmetry for the energy region between threshold andΔ(1232) resonance. TheΔ resonance is treated as a Rarita-Schwinger field with phenomenological NΔ transition currents. The background contributions are given by the usual Born terms using the pseudovectorπN Lagrangian. Numerical results for the asymmetry are presented.