Fig. 3

The tensor analyzing power component \(T_{20}\) for the reaction \(\gamma d \rightarrow \pi ^{-} p p\) as a function of the proton-proton invariant mass \(M_{pp}\) (left panel) and the momentum of the slow proton (right panel). The black filled circles represent the experimental results. Statistical and systematic uncertainties (red lines at the bottom) are shown together with the data points. The red squares (green triangles) correspond to the results of simulations based on the spectator model with (without) inclusion of \(\pi N\) and NN rescattering in the final state.