Evaluation of the pion-nucleon sigma term from CHAOS data

We have reanalyzed the π±p scattering data at low energy in the Coulomb-nuclear interference region as measured by the CHAOS group at TRIUMF with the aim to determine the pion-nucleon σ term. The resulting value σ=(44±12) MeV, while in agreement with lattice QCD calculations and compatible with other recent analyses, is significantly lower than that from the GWU-TRIUMF analysis of 2002.