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MKPH-T-97-29 Dispersion Theoretical Analysis of Pion Photoproduction at Threshold and in the Delta Region L. Tiator Institut f¨ur Kernphysik, Universit¨at Mainz, J.J. Becherweg 45 Abstract A new partial wave analysis of pion photoproduction has been obtained in the frame- 7 9 work of fixed-t dispersion relations valid form threshold up to 500 MeV . It is based on 9 new Mainz data for π◦ and π+ production off the proton and both older and more re- 1 cent data from Bonn, Frascati and TRIUMF for π+ and π− . At threshold we obtain a t good agreement with the existing data for both charged and neutral pion production. In c the resonance region we have precisely determined the electromagnetic properties of the O ∆(1232) resonance, in particular the E2/M1 ratio REM = −2.5 ± 0.1%. We show that a model independent resonance background subtraction is possible with the speed-plot 6 technique and obtain the ∆ pole at W = (1211 − 50i) MeV and the E2/M1 ratio of the 1 residues as R∆ = −0.035 − 0.046i. 1 v INTRODUCTION 6 3 Dispersion theoretical analyses have been very successful in the description and under- 0 standing of pion nucleon scattering and pion photoproduction already in the 60s. Based on 0 unitarity, analyticity, cr