Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DA$\Phi$NE
Abstract
\noindent In this work, new measurements of absolute X-ray yields for several transitions in kaonic copper and, for the first time, in kaonic fluorine are reported. The data were collected by the SIDDHARTA-2 collaboration at the DANE collider using a novel room-temperature Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) detection system. Detection efficiencies were evaluated through a dedicated Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the full experimental setup, enabling the extraction of absolute yields per stopped kaon. \noindent The measured yields exhibit a systematic dependence on the principal quantum number, reflecting the interplay between radiative transitions, Auger de-excitation, and strong-interaction-induced nuclear capture. In kaonic fluorine, a suppression of the 43 transition yield relative to higher-n transitions is observed, providing evidence for the onset of strong-interaction effects already at the level. From this behaviour, a conservative lower limit on the corresponding strong-interaction width is derived. \noindent These results provide new quantitative constraints for cascade models of exotic atoms and extend experimental access to intermediate atomic levels where strong-interaction effects are not directly observable via level shifts and widths. They also establish CZT-based detection as a powerful and versatile approach for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic atoms in collider environments.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.10477,
title = {Kaonic Copper and Fluorine Absolute Yields Measurement with a CZT-based Detection System at DA$\Phi$NE},
author = {Francesco Artibani and Simone Manti and Leonardo Abbene and Antonino Buttacavoli and Manuele Bettelli and Gaetano Gerardi and Fabio Principato and Andrea Zappettini and Massimiliano Bazzi and Giacomo Borghi and Damir Bosnar and Mario Bragadireanu and Marco Carminati and Alberto Clozza and Francesco Clozza and Raffaele Del Grande and Luca De Paolis and Carlo Fiorini and Ivica Friscic and Carlo Guaraldo and Mihail Iliescu and Masahiko Iwasaki and Aleksander Khreptak and Johann Marton and Pawel Moskal and Fabrizio Napolitano and Hiroaki Ohnishi and Kristian Piscicchia and Francesco Sgaramella and Michal Silarski and Diana Laura Sirghi and Florin Sirghi and Magdalena Skurzok and Antonio Spallone and Kairo Toho and Oton Vazquez Doce and Johann Zmeskal and Catalina Curceanu and Alessandro Scordo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.10477},
year = {2026}
}
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6 Figures, 16 pages