Differential cross section measurements for <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>γ</mml:mi><mml:mi>n</mml:mi><mml:mo>→</mml:mo><mml:msup><mml:mi>π</mml:mi><mml:mo>−</mml:mo></mml:msup><mml:mi>p</mml:mi></mml:mrow></mml:math> above the first nucleon resonance region

The quasi-free \gamma d\to\pi^{-}p(p)differential cross section has been measured with CLAS at photon beam energies E_\gammafrom 0.445 GeV to 2.510 GeV (corresponding to Wfrom 1.311 GeV to 2.366 GeV) for pion center-of-mass angles \cos\theta_\pi^{c.m.}from -0.72 to 0.92. A correction for final state interactions has been applied to this data to extract the \gamma n\to\pi^-pdifferential cross sections. These cross sections are...