Soft pion theorem for hard near threshold pion production

Abstract

We prove new soft pion theorem for the near threshold pion production by a hard electromagnetic probe. This theorem relates various near threshold pion production amplitudes to the nucleon distribution amplitudes. The new soft pion theorem is in a good agreement with the SLAC data for F_2^p(W,Q^2) for W^2 < 1.4 GeV^2 and 7 < Q^2 < 30.7 GeV^2.

Comments: 9 pages, revised version, more general analysis