Towards a field theoretical understanding of kaonic deuterium: leading order retardation effects

Mar 31, 2015
9 pages
Published in:
  • Hyperfine Interact. 233 (2015) 1-3, 141-149
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  • Published: Mar 31, 2015

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Abstract: (Springer)
Antikaon-deuteron scattering is studied at low energies within the non-relativistic effective field theory (EFT) approach. The largest contribution to the Kˉd\bar K d scattering length stems from the multiple scattering series with infinitely heavy (static) nucleons. While the leading static contribution is inherently non-perturbative and requires resummation, the correction to the scattering length due to the nucleon recoil (retardation) effect is amenable to the perturbative treatment with respect to the small parameter ξ=MK_{K} /mN_{N} . The first order correction to the K^{−} d scattering length due to single insertion of the retardation term in the multiple-scattering series is calculated. The leading recoil effect turns out to be reasonably small and contributes less than 10 % to the scattering length.
  • 36.10.Gv
  • 12.39.Fe
  • 13.75.Cs
  • 13.75.Jz
  • Kaonic atoms
  • EFT
  • Nucleon recoil
  • higher-order: 1
  • K- deuteron: scattering
  • nucleon: recoil