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Search for 6ΛH hypernucleus by the 6Li(π−,K+) reaction at pπ−=1.2 GeV/c

Creators

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)
  • 3. INFN – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino I-10125 Torino (Italy)
  • 4. Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, I-10129 Torino (Italy)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 6. Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), 10-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047 (Japan)
  • 7. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)
  • 8. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801 (Japan)
  • 9. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 10. Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043 (Japan)
  • 11. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region 141980 (Russian Federation)
  • 12. Department of Engineering Science, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa, Osaka 572-8530 (Japan)

Description

We have carried out an experiment to search for a neutron-rich hypernucleus, 6ΛH, by the 6Li(π−,K+) reaction at pπ−=1.2 GeV/c. The obtained missing-mass spectrum with an estimated energy resolution of 3.2 MeV (FWHM) showed no peak structure corresponding to the 6ΛH hypernucleus neither below nor above the 4ΛH+2n particle decay threshold. An upper limit of the production cross section for the bound 6ΛH hypernucleus was estimated to be 1.2 nb/sr at 90% confidence level

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.12.062

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2013.12.062;
arXiv
arXiv:1310.6104v2;
PII
S0370-2693(13)01037-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
729
Journal Page Range
p. 39-44
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45063082
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GEV RANGE 01-10; HYPERNUCLEI; KAONS PLUS; LITHIUM 6; MEV RANGE 01-10; MISSING MASS; MISSING-MASS SPECTRA; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE DECAY; PEAKS; SPECTROSCOPY
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; BOSONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRONS; ISOTOPES; KAONS; LIGHT NUCLEI; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MASS; MESONS; MEV RANGE; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RESOLUTION; SPECTRA; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRANGE MESONS; STRANGE PARTICLES

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