Femtoscopic correlations and the Λ${}_c$N interaction

We study the prospects for deducing constraints on the interaction of charmed baryons with nucleons from measurements of two-particle momentum correlation functions for Λ${}_c$p. The correlation functions are calculated for Λ${}_c$N and Σ${}_c$N interactions that have been extrapolated from lattice QCD simulations at unphysical masses of m${}_{\pi }$ = 410-570 MeV to the physical point using chiral effective field theory as guideline. In addition, we consider phenomenological Y${}_c$N models from the literature to explore the sensitivity of the results to the properties of the interaction in detail. We find that a measurement of the Λ${}_c$p correlation functions could indeed allow one to discriminate between strongly attractive Λ${}_c$N forces, as predicted by some phenomenological models, and a weakly attractive interaction as suggested by the presently available lattice simulations.