Published September 18, 1978 | Version v1
Journal article

Can pions be strongly bound in nuclei

  • 1. The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

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On the basis of new data on pionic atoms, it is argued that the criticality condition for the existence of strongly bound π-nuclear states is likely to be met in most nuclei. Numerical solutions for 27Al, 48Ca, and 209Bi are reported, with the conclusion that the widths of such π states are generally prohibitively large for their observability except, possibly, in heavy nuclei

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
794-797