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Coupling of \bar K*N to the Lambda(1520)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We study the coupling of the Lambda(1520)= Lambda* resonance to the \bar K* vector meson and nucleon. This coupling is not directly measured from the resonance decay, but is expected to be important in hyperon production reactions, in particular for the exotic Theta+ production. We compute the coupling in two different schemes, one in the chiral unitary model where the Lambda* is dominated by the quasibound state of mesons and baryons, and the other in the quark model where the resonance is a p-wave excitation in the three valence quarks. Although it is possible to construct both models such that they reproduce the \bar K N and pi Sigma decays, there is a significant difference between the Lambda* \bar K* N couplings in the two models. In the chiral unitary model gΛKˉN1.5|g_{\Lambda^*\bar{K}^* N}| \sim 1.5, while in the quark model gΛKˉN10|g_{\Lambda^*\bar{K}^* N}| \sim 10. The difference of the results stems from the different structure of the Lambda* in both models, and hence, an experimental determination of this coupling would shed light on the nature of the resonance.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0601026,
  title  = {Coupling of \bar K*N to the Lambda(1520)},
  author = {T. Hyodo and Sourav Sarkar and A. Hosaka and E. Oset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0601026},
  year   = {2014}
}

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RevTeX4, 8 pages, 6 figures, Version to appear in Phys. Rev. C

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