ϕ\phi meson in nuclear matter and nuclei

Nov 27, 2017
6 pages
Published in:
  • PoS Hadron2017 (2018) 209
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  • Published: Nov 27, 2017 by SISSA
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  • LFTC-17-20-20

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Abstract: (SISSA)
The mass and decay width of the ϕ\phi meson in cold nuclear matter are computed in an effective Lagrangian approach, with the mediumdependence of these properties obtained by evaluating kaon-antikaon loop contributions to the ϕ\phi self-energy.At normal nuclear matter density, we find a downward shift of the ϕ\phi mass by a few percent, while the decay width is enhanced by an order of magnitude. We also present ϕ\phi--nucleus bound state energies and absorption widths for some selected nuclei, using complex optical potentials obtained in the local density approximation. Our results suggest that the ϕ\phi should form bound states with all the nuclei considered. However, the identification of the signal for these predicted bound states will need careful investigation because of their sizable absorption widths.
Note:
  • To appear in the proceedings of the XVII International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy and Structure, Hadron2017, 25-29 September 2017, Salamanca, Spain. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1711.06358
  • approximation: density
  • nuclear matter: density
  • bound state: energy
  • potential: optical
  • density: local
  • meson nucleus
  • numerical calculations
  • Klein-Gordon equation
  • effective Lagrangian
  • Phi(1020): propagator