Published September 20, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

High resolution hypernuclear spectroscopy at Jefferson Lab Hall A

  • 1. INFN gr. Sanità coll. Sezione di Roma and Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome (Italy)
  • 2. INFN Sezione di Roma, Rome (Italy)
  • 3. Nuclear Physics Institute, Řež near Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 4. Technische Universität München, Excellence Cluster Universe, 85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 5. INFN Sezione di Bari and Dipartimento di Fisica, Bari (Italy)
  • 6. INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, Rome (Italy)
  • 7. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606 (United States)
  • 8. Florida International University, Miami, FL 32306 (United States)
  • 9. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (United States)

Description

The characteristics of the Jefferson Lab electron beam, together with those of the experimental equipment, offer a unique opportunity to study hypernuclear spectroscopy via electromagnetic induced (e,e′K+) reactions. Experiment 94-107 started a systematic study on 1p-shell targets, 12C, 9Be and 16O. For 12C for the first time measurable strength in the core-excited part of the spectrum between the ground state and the p state was shown in the 12ΛB spectrum. For 16O a high-quality 16ΛN spectrum was produced for the first time with sub-MeV energy resolution. A very precise Λ binding energy value for 16ΛN, calibrated against the elementary (e,e′K+) reaction on hydrogen, has also been obtained. Preliminary data on the 9ΛLi spectrum shows some disagreement in strength for the second and third doublet with respect to the theory

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.02.054

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.02.054;
arXiv
arXiv:1212.0783v1;
PII
S0375-9474(13)00170-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
914
Journal Page Range
p. 34-40
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
11. international conference on hypernuclear and strange particle physics
Acronym
HYP2012
Dates
1-5 Oct 2012
Place
Barcelona (Spain)

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