Published November 23, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Production of polarized hypernuclei in the (K-,π-) reaction in the GeV/c region

  • 1. Osaka Univ., Toyonaka (Japan). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Fukui Univ. (Japan). Div. of Mathematical Physics

Description

It is shown that the (K-,π-) reaction in the GeV/c momentum region is able to yield large spin polarizations. Cross sections and polarizations are evaluated for a typical example of 12C(K-,π-)Λ12C at pK=1.1 and 1.5 GeV/c, where the polarizations of the elementary process are maximally negative and maximally positive, respectively. In addition to the (π+,K+) reaction, the (K-,π-) reaction in the GeV/c region can be used as another powerful means to produce polarized Λ-hypernuclei, when higher intensity K- beams become available. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
232
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
24-28
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA