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$K^- d\rightarrow \pi \Lambda N$ reaction for studying charge symmetry breaking in the $\Lambda N$ interaction

Nuclear Theory 2023-08-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We discuss charge symmetry breaking in the ΛN\Lambda N interaction. In order to investigate the Λp\Lambda p and Λn\Lambda n interactions at low energies, we propose to utilize the KdπΛpK^-d\to \pi^-\Lambda p and Kdπ0ΛnK^-d\to \pi^0\Lambda n reactions. They are symmetric under the exchange of both the pion and nucleon isospin partners in the final states. This advantage allows us to study charge symmetry breaking in the ΛN\Lambda N interaction. We calculate the differential cross sections of these reactions with stopped kaons theoretically and discuss the possibility to extract the scattering length and effective range of the ΛN\Lambda N scattering. With stopped kaons, the ΛN\Lambda N interaction takes place dominantly in the spin-triplet state thanks to the deuteron spin and ss-wave dominance of the scattering amplitudes at the low energy. We find that the ratio of the differential cross sections as a function of the ΛN\Lambda N invariant mass between the two reactions is useful for revealing how charge symmetry breaking, or isospin symmetry breaking appears in the low-energy ΛN\Lambda N scattering.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06737,
  title  = {$K^- d\rightarrow \pi \Lambda N$ reaction for studying charge symmetry breaking in the $\Lambda N$ interaction},
  author = {Yutaro Iizawa and Daisuke Jido and Takatsugu Ishikawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06737},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages, 19 figures, 1table

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