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Single-$\Xi^-$ hypernuclei with quark mean field model

Nuclear Theory 2017-11-22 v1

Abstract

The single-Ξ\Xi^- hypernuclei are studied using a quark mean field model. At the quark level, the Ξ\Xi^- hyperon is composed of one dd quark and two ss quarks, which are confined by the harmonic oscillator potentials. In the case of hadrons, the baryons interact with each other by exchanging σ, ω\sigma, ~\omega, and ρ\rho mesons between quarks in different baryons. The single-Ξ\Xi^- binding energies of Ξ\Xi hypernuclei are investigated from \ceΞ12Be\ce{_{\Xi^{-}}^{12}Be} to \ceΞ208Tl\ce{^{208}_{\Xi^-}Tl} using different parameter sets, which are determined by the ground-state properties of several stable nuclei and the empirical values of the single-Λ\Lambda and Ξ\Xi potentials at the nuclear saturation density. For the bound states of \ceΞ+14N\ce{\Xi^{-}{+}^{14}N} (i.e., \ceΞ15C\ce{^{15}_{\Xi^-}C}) system named as KISO event in KEK-E373 experiment, it is found that the Ξ\Xi^- binding energies are around 5.615.895.61-5.89 MeV for 1s1s state and 0.941.210.94-1.21 MeV for 1p1p state with QMF-NK1S, QMF-NK2S, and QMF-NK3S parameter sets, whose single Ξ\Xi potentials are 12-12 MeV. These results and those from cluster models with the Gaussian expansion method concerning on the \ceΞ+12Be\ce{\Xi^{-}{+}^{12}Be} show that in the KISO event, the Ξ\Xi^- hyperon may occupy the 1p1p state. Furthermore, the Ξ\Xi^- binding energies are achieved around 2727 MeV for the \ceΞ+207Pb\ce{\Xi^{-}{+}^{207}Pb} (i.e., \ceΞ208Tl\ce{^{208}_{\Xi^-}Tl}) system. The energies were nearly comparable to the single-Λ\Lambda binding energy of \ceΛ208Pb\ce{^{208}_{\Lambda}Pb} observed by experiments. It demonstrates that the Λ\Lambda and Ξ\Xi^- hyperons seem to appear simultaneously in a neutron star.

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@article{arxiv.1710.08613,
  title  = {Single-$\Xi^-$ hypernuclei with quark mean field model},
  author = {Jinniu Hu and Hong Shen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08613},
  year   = {2017}
}

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17 pages, 3 figures, 1 tables, accepted to Phys. Rev. C

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