Preliminary Analysis for Pion LT Experiment in Hall C at Jefferson Lab*

 The Pion LT Experiment is a combination of two separately-approved experiments: the measurement of the charged pion form factor to high  Q² and a scaling study for the L-T separated pion electroproduction cross section. This joint experiment allows for pion form factor extraction to the highest possible Q², 8.5 GeV², at Jefferson Lab. The data taken then also coincides with the scaling study at fixed x_B = 0.3, 0.4, and 0.55; this will measure the Q² dependence on the longitudinal and transverse cross sections of pion electroproduction. The latter allows for study of the transition from the non-perturbative to perturbative regions of QCD and possible transverse and regular GPD extraction. The low and mid-epsilon data collection, required for an L-T separation,completed in February 2022 at Hall C of Jefferson Lab. I will review the goals of this experiment and present preliminary analysis of the 2021-2022 data collection from both π⁺ and π^- electroproduction up to Q² = 8.5 GeV². The high-epsilon data will be taken in the fall of 2022.