Observation of the Λ7^7_\LambdaHe Hypernucleus by the (e,eK+e, e′K^+) Reaction

Collaboration
Jul, 2012
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 110 (2013) 1, 012502
  • Published: Jan 2, 2013
e-Print:
Report number:
  • JLAB-PHY-12-1598

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Abstract: (APS)
An experiment with a newly developed high-resolution kaon spectrometer and a scattered electron spectrometer with a novel configuration was performed in Hall C at Jefferson Lab. The ground state of a neutron-rich hypernucleus, HeΛ7, was observed for the first time with the (e, e′K+) reaction with an energy resolution of ∼0.6  MeV. This resolution is the best reported to date for hypernuclear reaction spectroscopy. The HeΛ7 binding energy supplies the last missing information of the A=7, T=1 hypernuclear isotriplet, providing a new input for the charge symmetry breaking effect of the ΛN potential.
Note:
  • 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL
  • 21.80.+a
  • 25.30.Rw
  • 21.60.Gx
  • 13.75.Ev
  • Lambda: hypernucleus
  • Lambda: binding energy
  • charge: symmetry breaking
  • K
  • magnetic spectrometer
  • Jefferson Lab