Published April 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Single-pole nature of Λ(1405) and structure of K-pp

  • 1. College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8501 (Japan)
  • 2. RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)

Description

We have studied the structure of K-pp by solving this system in a variational treatment, starting from Ansatz that Λ(1405) is a K-p quasi-bound state, Λ* with mass 1405 MeV/c2. The structure of K-pp reveals a molecular feature, namely, the K- in an 'atomic center', Λ*, plays a key role in producing strong covalent bonding with the other proton. Deeply bound K-bar nuclear systems are formed by this 'super-strong' nuclear force due to migrating real bosons, K-bar, a la Heitler-London-Heisenberg, which overcompensates the stiff nuclear incompressibility. Theoretical background of the Λ(1405) Ansatz is discussed in connection with the double-pole picture of Λ(1405) based on chiral SU(3) dynamics. Detailed analysis reveals single-pole nature of the observable Λ(1405). There are two kinds of Σπ invariant masses experimentally observable, the usual T22 invariant mass and the conversion T21 invariant mass. It is of virtual importance to determine whether the Λ* mass is 1405 MeV or 1420 MeV. The T21 invariant mass from K- absorption at rest in deuteron can provide decisive information about this Λ* mass problem.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.01.176

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.01.176;
arXiv
arXiv:1002.2560v1;
PII
S0375-9474(10)00179-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
835
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 67-74
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
10. international conference on hypernuclear and strange particle physics
Dates
14-18 Sep 2009
Place
Tokai (Japan)

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