eta-prime nucleus optical potential and possible eta-prime bound states
eta-prime nucleus optical potential and possible eta-prime bound states
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eta素核光学势和可能的eta素束缚态
DOI:
10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.061
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
4.4
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et al
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作者:
Hideko Nagahiro;et al
Starting from a recent model of the η′N interaction, we evaluate the η′-nucleus optical potential, including the contribution of lowest order in density, [Formula: see text] , together with the second-order terms accounting for η′absorption by two nucleons. We also calculate the formation cross section of the η′bound states from (π+,p) reactions on nuclei. The η′-nucleus potential suffers from uncertainties tied to the poorly known η′N interaction, which can be partially constrained by the experimental modulus of the η′N scattering length and/or the recently measured transparency ratios in η′nuclear photoproduction. Assuming an attractive interaction and taking the claimed experimental value [Formula: see text] , we obtain an η′optical potential in nuclear matter at saturation density of [Formula: see text] , not attractive enough to produce η′bound states in light nuclei. Larger values of the scattering length give rise to deeper optical potentials, with moderate enough imaginary parts. For a value [Formula: see text] , which can still be considered to lie within the uncertainties of the experimental constraints, the spectra of light and medium nuclei show clear structures associated to η′-nuclear bound states and to threshold enhancements in the unbound region.