Pentaquark Theta+ in nuclear matter and Theta+ hypernuclei

Oct, 2004
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 71 (2005) 065208
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Abstract:
We study the properties of the Θ+\Theta^+ in nuclear matter and Θ+\Theta^+ hypernuclei within the quark mean-field (QMF) model, which has been successfully used for the description of ordinary nuclei and Λ\Lambda hypernuclei. With the assumption that the non-strange mesons couple only to the uu and dd quarks inside baryons, a sizable attractive potential of the Θ+\Theta^+ in nuclear matter is achieved as a consequence of the cancellation between the attractive scalar potential and the repulsive vector potential. We investigate the Θ+\Theta^+ single-particle energies in light, medium, and heavy nuclei. More bound states are obtained in Θ+\Theta^+ hypernuclei in comparison with those in Λ\Lambda hypernuclei.
  • 21.30.Fe
  • 21.65.+f
  • 21.60.-n
  • 21.80.-a
  • Theta(1540): mass
  • Theta(1540): form factor
  • nuclear matter
  • Theta(1540): hypernucleus
  • energy levels
  • quark: mean field approximation