a Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany
b II. Institut für Experimental physik der Universität Hamburg, Germany
Abstract:
The reaction e + p → e + π0 + p was measured near the one pion threshold, detecting the final electron and proton in coincidence for values of q2 = 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 GeV2. The slope of the cross section at threshold is determined. The data are compared with those of the e + p → e + π+ + n reaction, measured simultaneously, and with the results of pseudovector Born approximation and with dispersion theoretical calculations.