Hypernuclear weak decay puzzle

A general shell model formalism for the nonmesonic weak decay of the hypernuclei has been developed. It involves a partial wave expansion of the emitted nucleon waves, preserves naturally the antisymmetrization between the escaping particles and the residual core, and contains as a particular case t...

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Autores principales: Barbero, César Alberto, Horvat, Dubravko, Krmpotić, Francisco, Kuo, T. T. S., Narančić, Zoran, Tadić, Dubravko
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Publicado: 2002
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125943
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Física
general shell model formalism
nonmesonic weak decay
hypernuclei
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Física
general shell model formalism
nonmesonic weak decay
hypernuclei
Barbero, César Alberto
Horvat, Dubravko
Krmpotić, Francisco
Kuo, T. T. S.
Narančić, Zoran
Tadić, Dubravko
Hypernuclear weak decay puzzle
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Física
general shell model formalism
nonmesonic weak decay
hypernuclei
description A general shell model formalism for the nonmesonic weak decay of the hypernuclei has been developed. It involves a partial wave expansion of the emitted nucleon waves, preserves naturally the antisymmetrization between the escaping particles and the residual core, and contains as a particular case the weak Λ-core coupling formalism. The extreme particle-hole model and the quasiparticle Tamm-Dancoff approximation are explicitly worked out. It is shown that the nuclear structure manifests itself basically through the Pauli principle, and a very simple expression is derived for the neutron- and proton-induced decays rates Γ<sub>n</sub> and Γ<sub>p</sub>, which does not involve the spectroscopic factors. We use the standard strangeness-changing weak ΛN→NN transition potential which comprises the exchange of the complete pseudoscalar and vector meson octets (π,η,K,ρ,ω,K*), taking into account some important parity-violating transition operators that are systematically omitted in the literature. The interplay between different mesons in the decay of ¹²<sub>Λ</sub>C is carefully analyzed. With the commonly used parametrization in the one-meson-exchange model (OMEM), the calculated rate Γ<sub>NM</sub> = Γ<sub>n</sub> + Γ<sub>p</sub> is of the order of the free Λ decay rate Γ⁰(Γ<sup>th</sup><sub>NM</sub> ≅ Γ⁰) and is consistent with experiments. Yet the measurements of Γ<sub>n/p</sub> = Γ<sub>n</sub> / Γ<sub>p</sub> and of Γ<sub>p</sub> are not well accounted for by the theory (Γ<sup>th</sup><sub>n/p</sub> ≲ 0.42,Γ<sup>th</sup><sub>p</sub> ≳ 0.60Γ⁰). It is suggested that, unless additional degrees of freedom are incorporated, the OMEM parameters should be radically modified.
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author Barbero, César Alberto
Horvat, Dubravko
Krmpotić, Francisco
Kuo, T. T. S.
Narančić, Zoran
Tadić, Dubravko
author_facet Barbero, César Alberto
Horvat, Dubravko
Krmpotić, Francisco
Kuo, T. T. S.
Narančić, Zoran
Tadić, Dubravko
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title Hypernuclear weak decay puzzle
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