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Structure of the $\Lambda(1405)$ and the $K^-d\rightarrow\pi\Sigma n$ reaction

Nuclear Theory 2016-03-08 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The Λ(1405)\Lambda(1405) resonance production reaction is investigated within the framework of the coupled-channels Alt-Grassberger-Sandhas (AGS) equations. We perform full three-body calculations for the KˉNNπYN\bar{K}NN-\pi YN amplitudes on the physical real energy axis and investigate how the signature of the Λ(1405)\Lambda(1405) appears in the cross sections of the KdπΣnK^-d\rightarrow \pi\Sigma n reactions, also in view of the planned E31 experiment at J-PARC. Two types of meson-baryon interaction models are considered: an energy-dependent interaction based on chiral SU(3)SU(3) effective field theory, and an energy-independent version that has been used repeatedly in phenomenological approaches. These two models have different off-shell properties that imply correspondingly different behavior in the three-body system. We investigate how these features show up in differential cross sections of KdπΣnK^- d\rightarrow \pi\Sigma n reactions. Characteristic patterns distinguishing between the two models are found in the invariant mass spectrum of the final πΣ\pi\Sigma state. The KdπΣnK^-d\rightarrow \pi\Sigma n reaction, with different (π±Σ\pi^{\pm}\Sigma^{\mp} and π0Σ0\pi^{0}\Sigma^{0}) charge combinations in the final state, is thus demonstrated to be a useful tool for investigating the subthreshold behavior of the KˉN\bar{K}N interaction.

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@article{arxiv.1512.00123,
  title  = {Structure of the $\Lambda(1405)$ and the $K^-d\rightarrow\pi\Sigma n$ reaction},
  author = {Shota Ohnishi and Yoichi Ikeda and Tetsuo Hyodo and Wolfram Weise},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.00123},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 14 figures