Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling

The nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei is studied within a microscopic diagrammatic approach which is extended to include the ΛN - ΣN strong interaction coupling. We adopt a nuclear matter formalism which, through the local density approximation, allows us to model finite hypernuclei. One-meson-...

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Autores principales: Bauer, Eduardo, Garbarino, G., Rodríguez Peña, Carlos Andrés
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126543
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topic Astronomía
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Physics
hypernuclei
microscopic diagrammatic approach
nuclear matter
meson
nonmesonic weak decay
spellingShingle Astronomía
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Physics
hypernuclei
microscopic diagrammatic approach
nuclear matter
meson
nonmesonic weak decay
Bauer, Eduardo
Garbarino, G.
Rodríguez Peña, Carlos Andrés
Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
topic_facet Astronomía
Ciencias Exactas
Física
Physics
hypernuclei
microscopic diagrammatic approach
nuclear matter
meson
nonmesonic weak decay
description The nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei is studied within a microscopic diagrammatic approach which is extended to include the ΛN - ΣN strong interaction coupling. We adopt a nuclear matter formalism which, through the local density approximation, allows us to model finite hypernuclei. One-meson-exchange potentials are used for the weak and strong four-baryon interactions. The rates for the neutron- and proton-induced weak decays, ΛN → nN and ΛN → ΣN → nN (N = n or p; Σ = Σ⁻, Σ⁰, and Σ⁺), are predicted for <sub>Λ</sub>¹²C, <sub>Λ</sub>²⁸Si, <sub>Λ</sub>⁵⁶Fe, and <sub>Λ</sub>²⁰⁸Pb. The ΛN - ΣN coupling turns out to provide a contribution of about 23% (5%) to the total neutron-induced rate (proton-induced rate). Again as an effect of the hyperon coupling, the total one-nucleon-induced rate increases by about 9%, while the Γ<sub>n</sub>/Γ<sub>p</sub> ratio increases by about 17%. The saturation property of the nonmesonic rates with increasing hypernuclear mass number is clearly obtained and explained. The above percentage modifications remain almost unaltered through the hypernuclear mass number. All the non-negligible changes introduced by the ΛN - ΣN coupling lead to a definite improvement of our predictions once compared with the available KEK and FINUDA data.
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author Bauer, Eduardo
Garbarino, G.
Rodríguez Peña, Carlos Andrés
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Garbarino, G.
Rodríguez Peña, Carlos Andrés
author_sort Bauer, Eduardo
title Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
title_short Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
title_full Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
title_fullStr Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
title_full_unstemmed Nonmesonic weak decay of Λ hypernuclei: The ΛN - ΣN coupling
title_sort nonmesonic weak decay of λ hypernuclei: the λn - σn coupling
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126543
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