Asymmetries in the nonmesonic weak decay of polarized Lambda-hypernuclei

The nonmesonic weak decay of polarized Λ hypernuclei is studied for the first time by taking into account, with a Monte Carlo intranuclear cascade code, the nucleon final state interactions. A one-meson-exchange model is employed to describe the → Λ N → n N processes in a finite nucleus framework. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Alberico, W. M., Garbarino, G., Parreño García, Assumpta, Ramos Gómez, Àngels
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/12837
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/12837
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Estructura nuclear
Hiperons
Reaccions nuclears
Nuclear structure
Hyperons
Nuclear reactions
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Sumario:The nonmesonic weak decay of polarized Λ hypernuclei is studied for the first time by taking into account, with a Monte Carlo intranuclear cascade code, the nucleon final state interactions. A one-meson-exchange model is employed to describe the → Λ N → n N processes in a finite nucleus framework. The relationship between the intrinsic Λ asymmetry parameter a Λ and the asymmetry a M Λ accessible in experiments is discussed. A strong dependence of a M Λ on nucleon final state interactions and detection threshold is obtained. Our results for a M Λ are consistent with 11 Λ → B and 12 Λ → C data but disagree with observations in 5 Λ → H e .