$σ$ meson exchange effect on nonmesonic hypernuclear weak decay observables

dc.creatorBarbero, C.
dc.creatorMariano, A.
dc.date2005-09-15
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dc.descriptionWe analyze the influence of $σ$ meson exchange on the main nonmesonic hypernuclear weak decay observables: the total rate, $Γ_{NM}$, the neutron-to-proton branching ratio, $Γ_{n/p}$, and the proton asymmetry parameter, $a_Λ$. The $σ$ meson exchange is added to the standard strangeness-changing weak $ΛN\to NN$ transition potential, which includes the exchange of the complete pseudoscalar and vector mesons octet ($π$, $η$, $K$, $ρ$, $ω$, $K^*$). Using a shell model formalism, the $σ$ meson weak coupling constants are adjusted to reproduce the recent $Γ_{NM}$ and $Γ_{n/p}$ experimental data for $^5_ΛHe$. Numerical results for the remaining observables of $^5_ΛHe$ and all the observables of $^{12}_ΛC$ decays are presented. They clearly show that the addition of the $σ$ meson, in spite of improving some observables values, is not enough to reproduce simultaneously all the measurements, and the puzzle posed by the experimental data remains unexplained.
dc.description4 pages, 1 figure. Submitted for publication in Phys. Rev
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0509037
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0509037
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C73:024309,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.73.024309
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178210
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.title$σ$ meson exchange effect on nonmesonic hypernuclear weak decay observables
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