Published 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

The search of antikaon nuclear bound states, recent results from FINUDA

  • 1. INFN Torino, Torino (Italy)

Description

New data from the K-stopA absorption reaction on light nuclei (6,7Li, 9Be and 12C) have been collected by the FINUDA spectrometer, running at the DAΦNE φ-factory, in Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Italy). Data on K- nuclear absorption with the emission of hyperons together with nucleons are scarce. Further experimental studies on their possible correlations are awaited, in order to clarify the mechanism of kaon absorption on multibaryonic systems and the possible existence of K--nucleons aggregates. According to a few recent theoretical calculations the existence of states where the kaon is bound to two or three nucleons, or even more, is foreseen. These systems are expected to be 20-30 MeV narrow, with binding energies as large as 50-100 MeV. Their observation has been a little elusive so far. With FINUDA, the possibility to fully reconstruct all the particles coming from the decay of a possible bound kaonic system can be exploited, to study the existence of such states through their invariant mass spectra. In this talk an overview of the most recent results obtained so far by FINUDA in the study of the existence of K-nuclear bound states is reported.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Bochum 2009 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 44(3)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
DPG Spring meeting 2009 in conjunction with the European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC) of the DPG Division hadronic and nuclear physics and the nuclear physics board of the European Physical Society (EPS)
Dates
16-20 Mar 2009
Place
Bochum (Germany)

Optional Information

Notes
Session: HK 57.10 Mi 18:45; No further information available
Collaborations
FINUDA-Collaboration