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The x rays of the pionic deuterium 2p-1s transition were measured with a high resolution crystal spectrometer including a cyclotron trap ͑a magnetic device to increase the pion stopping density͒ and a CCD ͑chargecoupled device͒ detector system. The 1s strong interaction shift ⑀ 1s and total width ⌫ 1s were determined from the position and line shape of the x-ray peak. The ͑complex͒ pionic deuterium s-wave scattering length a Ϫ d was deduced. Its real part was related to the pion-nucleon scattering lengths, and the isoscalar coupling constant for Ϫ absorption was deduced from the imaginary part. ͓S0556-2813͑98͒50310-X͔ PACS number͑s͒: 25.80.Hp, 36.10.Gv

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