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The inclusive $K^+$ mesons production in $\pi^+$--nucleus reactions in the subthreshold energy regime is analyzed with respect to the one--step ($\pi^+n\to K^+\Lambda$) and the two--step ($\pi^+n\to \eta p_1,~ \eta p_2\to K^+\Lambda$)…
We study the $K^+p\to \pi^+K^+n$ reaction with some kinematics suited to the production of the $\Theta^+$ resonance recently observed and show that the measurement of cross sections and polarization observables can shed light on the…
We study the binding energy and the width of the $\Theta^+$ in nuclei, associated to the $K N$ and $ K \pi N$ components. The first one leads to negligible contributions while the second one leads to a sizeable attraction, enough to bind…
We have searched for $\Theta^{+}$ via $\pi^{-}p \to K^{-}X$ reaction using 1.87 and 1.92 GeV/c $\pi^{-}$ beam at the K2 beam line of the KEK 12 GeV Proton Synchrotron. In the missing mass spectrum at beam momentum of 1.92 GeV/$c$, a bump…
We investigate Theta^+ production via photon and nucleon induced reactions. We observe that the positive parity Theta^+ production provides about ten times larger total cross sections than those of the negative parity one in both photon and…
We estimate the reaction mechanisms for the photoproduction of the Theta^+(1540) resonance on the nucleon, through K and K^* Regge exchanges. We compare the size of the cross sections for the gamma n -> K^- Theta^+ and gamma p -> K^0 bar…
The production of neutron rich $\Lambda$-hypernuclei via the ($K^-_stop$,$\pi^+$) reaction has been studied using data collected with the FINUDA spectrometer at the DA$\Phi$NE $\phi$-factory (LNF). The analysis of the inclusive $\pi^+$…
We investigate the production of a cascade hyperon ($\Xi$) and bound $\Xi^-$ hypernuclei in the $(K^-,K^+)$ reaction on proton and nuclear targets, respectively, within a covariant effective Lagrangian model. The $K^+\Xi^-$ production…
We study $\Theta^+(1540)$ productions in kaon-nucleon ($KN$) and nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interactions by assuming that the $\Theta^+$ is an isosinglet with $J^P = \frac12^+$. Possible $t$-channel diagrams with $K^*$ exchange are considered…
Evidence for excitation of exotic S=+1 pentaquark degrees of freedom is presented by studying optical-potential fits to K^+ - nucleus total, reaction and elastic-differential cross section data at p(lab) = 500 - 700 MeV/c. Estimates of the…
We study the production of bound cascade hypernuclei via the (K-,K+) reaction on 12C and 28Si targets within a covariant effective Lagrangian model, employing the cascade bound state spinors derived from the latest quark-meson coupling…
Optical potentials for $K^+$-nucleus interactions are constructed from $K^+$-nucleon amplitudes using recently developed algorithm based on $K^+$-N kinematics in the nuclear medium. With the deep penetration of $K^+$ mesons into the nucleus…
We study the $K^+p\to \pi^+KN$ reaction with kinematical condition suited to the production of the $\Theta^+$ resonance. It is shown that in this reaction with the polarization experiment, a combined consideration of the strength at the…
The cross section for $\Theta^+$ production from the reaction $\gamma p\to\pi^+K^-\Theta^+$, which was observed in the CLAS experiment at the Jefferson National Laboratory, is evaluated in a hadronic model that includes couplings of…
We perform calculations for \omega production in nuclei by means of the (\gamma,p) reaction for photon energies and proton angles suited to running and future experiments in present Laboratories. For some cases of possible \omega optical…
We address mixing of different baryonic states in hypernuclei and formation of strange nuclei of various kinds. First, production of neutron-rich Lambda hypernuclei by the (pi-,K+) reaction is considered, and one-step production via…
We present calculations for \Delta excitation in the (K^+,K^+) reaction in nuclei. The background from quasielastic K^+ scattering in the \Delta region is also evaluated and shown to be quite small in some kinematical regions, so as to…
We have searched for a bound state of kaon and pion denoted by $X$. The $X$ was conjectured to explain the so-called $\Theta^+$ resonance as a bound state of kaon, pion and nucleon. This model explains almost all properties of the…
We investigate the photoproduction of the $\Theta^+(1540)$ on a nucleon ($\gamma n \to K^- \Theta^+$, $\gamma p \to \bar{K}^0 \Theta^+$) and the pion-induced $\Theta^+$ production reaction on the proton ($\pi^- p \to K^- \Theta^+$). The…
Long-standing anomalies in K^+ nucleus integral cross sections could be resolved by extending the impulse-approximation t*rho optical-potential framework to incorporate K^+ absorption on pairs of nucleons. Substantially improved fits to the…