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First observation of a nuclear $s$-state of $\Xi$ hypernucleus, $^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}$

Nuclear Experiment 2021-09-27 v2 Nuclear Theory Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

Bound-systems of Ξ\Xi^---14N^{14}_{}{\rm N} are studied via Ξ\Xi^- capture at rest followed by emission of a twin single-Λ\Lambda hypernucleus in the emulsion detectors. Two events forming extremely deep Ξ\Xi^- bound states were obtained by analysis of a hybrid method in the E07 experiment at J-PARC and reanalysis of the E373 experiment at KEK-PS. The decay mode of one event was assigned as Ξ+14NΛ5He\Xi^-+^{14}_{}{\rm N}\to^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}+Λ5He^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He}+4He^{4}_{}{\rm He}+n. Since there are no excited states for daughter particles, the binding energy of the Ξ\Xi^- hyperon, BΞB_{\Xi^-}, in 14N^{14}_{}{\rm N} nucleus was uniquely determined to be 6.27 ±\pm 0.27 MeV. Another Ξ\Xi^---14N^{14}_{}{\rm N} system via the decay Λ9Be^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be} + Λ5He^{5}_{\Lambda}{\rm He} + n brings a BΞB_{\Xi^-} value, 8.00 ±\pm 0.77 MeV or 4.96 ±\pm 0.77 MeV, where the two possible values of BΞB_{\Xi^-} correspond to the ground and the excited states of the daughter Λ9Be^{9}_{\Lambda}{\rm Be} nucleus, respectively. Because the BΞB_{\Xi^-} values are larger than those of the previously reported events (KISO and IBUKI), which are both interpreted as the nuclear 1p1p state of the Ξ\Xi^---14N^{14}_{}{\rm N} system, these new events give the first indication of the nuclear 1s1s state of the Ξ\Xi hypernucleus, Ξ15C^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}.

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@article{arxiv.2103.08793,
  title  = {First observation of a nuclear $s$-state of $\Xi$ hypernucleus, $^{15}_{\Xi}{\rm C}$},
  author = {M. Yoshimoto and J. K. Ahn and B. Bassalleck and H. Ekawa and Y. Endo and M. Fujita and Y. Han and T. Hashimoto and S. H. Hayakawa and K. Hicks and K. Hoshino and S. Hoshino and S. H. Hwang and Y. Ichikawa and M. Ichikawa and K. Imai and Y. Ishikawa and H. Kanauchi and A. Kasagi and S. H. Kim and S. Kinbara and P. M. Lin and T. L. Ma and K. Miwa and A. T. Moe and Y. Nagase and K. Nakazawa and T. Nanamura and M. Naruki and A. N. L. Nyaw and J. Pochodzalla and H. Sako and S. Sato and M. M. Soe and M. K. Soe and J. Y. Sohn and H. Takahashi and T. Takahashi and H. Tamura and K. Tanida and A. M. M. Theint and K. T. Tint and M. Ukai and T. O. Yamamoto and S. B. Yang and C. S. Yoon and J. Yoshida and D. H. Zhang and Z. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.08793},
  year   = {2021}
}

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26 pages, 7 figures