Burger, W.J.Beise, E.J.Gilad, S.Redwine, R.P.Roos, P.G.Chant, N.S.Breuer, H.Ciangaru, G.Silk, J.D.Blanpied, G.S.Preedom, B.M.Ritchie, B.G.Blecher, M.Gotow, K.Lee, D.M.Ziock, H.Data for the 58Ni(π+,2p) reaction at Tπ=160 MeV were obtained for a number of angle pairs. The resultant angular correlations for T1+T2>160 MeV (guaranteed pion absorption) peak at a separation angle corresponding to absorption on a deuteron at rest. However, simple estimates of initial- and final-state scatterings suggest that less than 50% of the absorption cross section arises from absorption on nucleon pairs. The data show little evidence for scattering of pions before absorption on nucleon pairs.PhysicsNucleon pairsArticle