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Observation of Coulomb-assisted nuclear bound state of $\Xi^-$-$^{14}$N system

Nuclear Experiment 2021-02-17 v3

Abstract

In an emulsion-counter hybrid experiment performed at J-PARC, a Ξ\Xi^- absorption event was observed which decayed into twin single-Λ\Lambda hypernuclei. Kinematic calculations enabled a unique identification of the reaction process as Ξ+14\Xi^{-} + ^{14}N  Λ10\ \rightarrow\ ^{10}_\LambdaBe + Λ5^5_\LambdaHe. For the binding energy of the Ξ\Xi^{-} hyperon in the Ξ\Xi^--14^{14}N system a value of 1.27±0.211.27 \pm 0.21 MeV was deduced. The energy level of Ξ\Xi^- is likely a nuclear 1p1p state which indicates a weak ΞN{\Xi}N-ΛΛ\Lambda\Lambda coupling.

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@article{arxiv.2010.14317,
  title  = {Observation of Coulomb-assisted nuclear bound state of $\Xi^-$-$^{14}$N system},
  author = {S. H. Hayakawa and K. Agari and J. K. Ahn and T. Akaishi and Y. Akazawa and S. Ashikaga and B. Bassalleck and S. Bleser and H. Ekawa and Y. Endo and Y. Fujikawa and N. Fujioka and M. Fujita and R. Goto and Y. Han and S. Hasegawa and T. Hashimoto and T. Hayakawa and E. Hayata and K. Hicks and E. Hirose and M. Hirose and R. Honda and K. Hoshino and S. Hoshino and K. Hosomi and S. H. Hwang and Y. Ichikawa and M. Ichikawa and K. Imai and K. Inaba and Y. Ishikawa and H. Ito and K. Ito and W. S. Jung and S. Kanatsuki and H. Kanauchi and A. Kasagi and T. Kawai and M. H. Kim and S. H. Kim and S. Kinbara and R. Kiuchi and H. Kobayashi and K. Kobayashi and T. Koike and A. Koshikawa and J. Y. Lee and T. L. Ma and S. Y. Matsumoto and M. Minakawa and K. Miwa and A. T. Moe and T. J. Moon and M. Moritsu and Y. Nagase and Y. Nakada and M. Nakagawa and D. Nakashima and K. Nakazawa and T. Nanamura and M. Naruki and A. N. L. Nyaw and Y. Ogura and M. Ohashi and K. Oue and S. Ozawa and J. Pochodzalla and S. Y. Ryu and H. Sako and S. Sato and Y. Sato and F. Schupp and K. Shirotori and M. M. Soe and M. K. Soe and J. Y. Sohn and H. Sugimura and K. N. Suzuki and H. Takahashi and T. Takahashi and T. Takeda and H. Tamura and K. Tanida and A. M. M. Theint and K. T. Tint and Y. Toyama and M. Ukai and E. Umezaki and T. Watabe and K. Watanabe and T. O. Yamamoto and S. B. Yang and C. S. Yoon and J. Yoshida and M. Yoshimoto and D. H. Zhang and Z. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14317},
  year   = {2021}
}