Partial Wave Analysis of the Reaction to Search for the "" Bound State
Oct 29, 20147 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 742 (2015) 242-248
- Published: Mar 6, 2015
e-Print:
- 1410.8188 [nucl-ex]
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Employing the Bonn–Gatchina partial wave analysis framework (PWA), we have analyzed HADES data of the reaction p(3.5 GeV)+p→pK+Λ . This reaction might contain information about the kaonic cluster “ ppK− ” (with quantum numbers JP=0− and total isospin I=1/2 ) via its decay into pΛ . Due to interference effects in our coherent description of the data, a hypothetical K¯NN (or, specifically “ ppK− ”) cluster signal need not necessarily show up as a pronounced feature (e.g. a peak) in an invariant mass spectrum like pΛ . Our PWA analysis includes a variety of resonant and non-resonant intermediate states and delivers a good description of our data (various angular distributions and two-hadron invariant mass spectra) without a contribution of a K¯NN cluster. At a confidence level of CLs=95% such a cluster cannot contribute more than 2–12% to the total cross section with a pK+Λ final state, which translates into a production cross-section between 0.7 μb and 4.2 μb, respectively. The range of the upper limit depends on the assumed cluster mass, width and production process.Note:
- 7 Pages, 5 Figures
- Kaonic nuclei
- Anti-kaon–nucleon physics
- ppK−
- Low energy QCD
- Partial wave analysis
- [formula omitted]
- cluster: mass
- interference: effect
- partial wave analysis
- mass spectrum: two-particle
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