190 research outputs found
Proton asymmetry in non-mesonic weak decay of light hypernuclei
We have obtained the decay asymmetry parameters in non-mesonic weak decay of
polarized Lambda-hypernuclei by measuring the proton asymmetry. The polarized
Lambda-hypernuclei, 5_Lambda-He, 12_Lambda-C, and 11_Lambda-B, were produced in
high statistics via the (pi^+,k^+) reaction at 1.05 GeV/c in the forward
angles. Preliminary analysis shows that the decay asymmetry parameters are very
small for these s-shell and p-shell hypernuclei.Comment: 4pages, 4figures, International Conference on Hypernuclear and
Strange Particle Physics (HYP2003
Spin observables in the reaction
The T matrix of the LambdaN-> NN reaction, which is a strangeness changing
weak process, is derived. The explicit formulas of the spin observables are
given for s-wave p-Lambda final states which kinematically corresponds to
inverse reaction of the weak nonmesonic decay of Lambda hypernuclei. One can
study interferences between amplitudes of parity- conserving and violating,
spin- singlet and triplet and isospin- singlet and triplet. Most of them are
not available in the study of the nonmesonic decay. They clarify structure of
the reaction and constrain strongly theoretical models for weak hyperon nucleon
interaction.Comment: 7pages,ReVTeX,no figure
Plans for Hadronic Structure Studies at J-PARC
Hadron-physics projects at J-PARC are explained. The J-PARC is the
most-intense hadron-beam facility in the multi-GeV high-energy region. By using
secondary beams of kaons, pions, and others as well as the primary-beam proton,
various hadron projects are planned. First, some of approved experiments are
introduced on strangeness hadron physics and hadron-mass modifications in
nuclear medium. Second, future possibilities are discussed on hadron-structure
physics, including structure functions of hadrons, spin physics, and
high-energy hadron reactions in nuclear medium. The second part is discussed in
more details because this is an article in the hadron-structure session.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, 20 eps files, to be published in Journal of Physics:
Conference Series (JPCS), Proceedings of the 24th International Nuclear
Physics Conference (INPC 2010), Vancouver, Canada, July 4 - 9, 201
Final State Interactions in Hypernuclear Decay
We present an update of the One-Meson-Exchange (OME) results for the weak
decay of s- and p-shell hypernuclei (Ref. Phys. Rev. C {\bf 56}, 339 (1997)),
paying special attention to the role played by final state interactions between
the emitted nucleons. The present study also corrects for a mistake in the
inclusion of the and exchange mechanisms, which substantially
increases the ratio of neutron-induced to proton-induced transitions,
. With the most up-to-date model ingredients, we find that
the OME approach is able to describe very satisfactorily most of the measured
observables, including the ratio .Comment: 20 pages, 2 eps figure
Coincidence Measurement of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay of ^{12}_{Lambda}C
We have measured the angular correlation of the pair nucleons np and nn
emitted from the nonmesonic weak decay (NMWD) of ^{12}_{Lambda}C produced via
the (pi^+,K^+) reaction in coincidence measurement. The Lambda p -> np and
Lambda n -> nn modes were clearly identified by measuring the back-to-back
correlation of the emitted nucleon pairs which is the characteristic of
two-body kinematics. From the measured nucleon pair numbers N_{nn} and N_{np},
the ratio Gamma_n/Gamma_p of the partial decay widths Gamma_n(Lambda n -> nn)
and Gamma_p(Lambda p -> np) of ^{12}_{Lambda}C was extracted to be
0.51+-0.13(stat) +- 0.05(syst); this result is almost free from the ambiguity
due to the nuclear final state interaction and 3-body decay process, which were
inherent in the previous results. The obtained Gamma_n/Gamma_p ratio of
^{12}_{Lambda}C (p-shell) is close to that of ^5_{Lambda}He (s-shell). The
results are consistent with those of recent theoretical calculations.Comment: 13 pages, 4figures, 1 table,re-submitted to Physics Letters
The HypHI project: Hypernuclear spectroscopy with stable heavy ion beams and rare isotope beams at GSI and FAIR
The HypHI collaboration aims to perform a precise hypernuclear spectroscopy
with stable heavy ion beams and rare isotope beams at GSI and fAIR in order to
study hypernuclei at extreme isospin, especially neutron rich hypernuclei to
look insight hyperon-nucleon interactions in the neutron rich medium, and
hypernuclear magnetic moments to investigate baryon properties in the nuclei.
We are currently preparing for the first experiment with Li and C
beams at 2 AGeV to demonstrate the feasibility of a precise hypernuclear
spectroscopy by identifying H, H and
He. The first physics experiment on these hypernuclei is
planned for 2009. In the present document, an overview of the HypHI project and
the details of this first experiment will be discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, French-Japanese symposium 2008, Paris (France
Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of O and N Hypernuclei via the O reaction
he bound-state level structures of the O and
N hypernuclei were studied by -ray spectroscopy using
a germanium detector array (Hyperball) via the O ()
reaction. A level scheme for O was determined from the
observation of three -ray transitions from the doublet of states
(,) at MeV to the ground-state doublet (,). The
N hypernuclei were produced via proton emission from unbound
states in O . Three -rays were observed and the
lifetime of the state in N was measured by the
Doppler shift attenuation method. By comparing the experimental results with
shell-model calculations, the spin-dependence of the interaction is
discussed. In particular, the measured O ground-state doublet
spacing of 26.4 1.6 0.5 keV determines a small but nonzero strength
of the tensor interaction.Comment: 22 pages, 17 figure
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