Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei

A novel comparison between the data and the theory is proposed for the nonmesonic (NM) weak decay of hypernuclei. Instead of confronting the primary decay rates, as is usually done, we focus our attention on the effective decay rates that are straightforwardly related with the number of emitted part...

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Autores principales: Krmpotić, Francisco, de Conti, Cláudio
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Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129641
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topic Física
Hypernuclei
Hyperon-nucleon interaction
Nuclear structure models and methods
spellingShingle Física
Hypernuclei
Hyperon-nucleon interaction
Nuclear structure models and methods
Krmpotić, Francisco
de Conti, Cláudio
Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
topic_facet Física
Hypernuclei
Hyperon-nucleon interaction
Nuclear structure models and methods
description A novel comparison between the data and the theory is proposed for the nonmesonic (NM) weak decay of hypernuclei. Instead of confronting the primary decay rates, as is usually done, we focus our attention on the effective decay rates that are straightforwardly related with the number of emitted particles. Proton kinetic energy spectra of 5∧Be, 11 ∧ B, 12∧C, 13∧C, 15∧N, and 16∧O , measured by FINUDA, are evaluated theoretically. The independent particle shell model (IPSM) is used as the nuclear structure framework, while the dynamics is described by the one-meson-exchange (OME) potential. Only for the , and hypernuclei it is possible to make a comparison with the data, since for the rest there is no published experimental information on number of produced hypernuclei. Considering solely the one-nucleon-induced (1N-NM) decay channel, the theory reproduces correctly the shapes of all three spectra at medium and high energies (Ep ≳ 40 MeV). Yet, it greatly overestimates their magnitudes, as well as the corresponding transition rates when the full OME (π + K + η + ρ + ω + K*) model is used. The agreement is much improved when only the π + K mesons with soft dipole cutoff parameters participate in the decay process. We find that the IPSM is a fair first-order approximation to disentangle the dynamics of the 1N-NM decay, the knowledge of which is indispensable to inquire about the baryon–baryon strangeness–flipping interaction. It is shown that the IPSM provides very useful insights regarding the determination the 2N-NM decay rate. In a new analysis of the FINUDA data, we derive two results for this quantity with one of them close to that obtained previously.
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Preprint
author Krmpotić, Francisco
de Conti, Cláudio
author_facet Krmpotić, Francisco
de Conti, Cláudio
author_sort Krmpotić, Francisco
title Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
title_short Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
title_full Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
title_fullStr Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
title_full_unstemmed Nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of Λ-hypernuclei
title_sort nonmesonic weak decay dynamics from proton spectra of λ-hypernuclei
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