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0+-0+transition in charged photopion reactions

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In the near-threshold region for the (\ensuremath{\gamma},${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}}$) reaction the spin-flip (Kroll-Ruderman) term dominates most nuclear reactions. The smaller non-spin-flip term is of considerable interest because it is very sensitive to the reaction dynamics and in particular to the \ensuremath{\Delta} channel, even in the near-threshold region. We propose to study the non-spin-flip term via the ${0}^{+}$\ensuremath{\rightarrow}${0}^{+}$ transition in the $^{14}\mathrm{C}$(\ensuremath{\gamma},${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\pi}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$${)}^{14}$N reaction; the cross section is shown to be insensitive to the details of nuclear structure at low momentum transfer Q\ensuremath{\le}0.5 ${\mathrm{fm}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$.