Published November 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Deformation of Λ hypernuclei

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)

Description

We study the deformation property of Λ hypernuclei using the relativistic mean-field (RMF) method. We find that Λ29Si and Λ13C hypernuclei have a spherical shape as a consequence of the additional Λ particle, whereas the corresponding core nuclei, 28Si and 12C, are oblately deformed. Most other hypernuclei have a similar deformation parameter to the core nucleus, in accordance with the previous study with the nonrelativistic Skyrme-Hartree-Fock method. We discuss the sensitivity of our results to the choice of pairing interaction and to the parameter set of the RMF Lagrangian

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054311-054311.5
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society