Hypernuclear spectroscopy with K− at rest on 7Li, 9Be, 13C and 16O

• DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.02.060
• Publication Date: 2011-03-05T14:02:53Z
• Authors: M. Agnello; L. Benussi; M. Bertani; H.C. Bhang; G. Bonomi; E. Botta; M. Bregant; T. Bressani; S. Bufalino; L. Busso; D. Calvo; P. Camerini; B. Dalena; F. De Mori; G. DʼErasmo; F.L. Fabbri; A. Feliciello; A. Filippi; E.M. Fiore; A. Fontana; H. Fujioka; P. Genova; P. Gianotti; N. Grion; V. Lucherini; S. Marcello; N. Mirfakhrai; F. Moia; P. Montagna; O. Morra; T. Nagae; H. Outa; A. Pantaleo; V. Paticchio; S. Piano; R. Rui; G. Simonetti; R. Wheadon; A. Zenoni
• Keywords: hypernuclei; spectroscopy; Hypermnucleus; kaon; spectroscopy; FOS: Physical sciences; 530; 01 natural sciences; Hypernuclei; Spectroscopy; Hypermnucleu; 0103 physical sciences; kaon; Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex); Nuclear Experiment

The FINUDA experiment collected data to study the production of hypernuclei on different nuclear targets. The hypernucleus formation occurred through the strangeness-exchange reaction $K^-_{stop} + \; ^AZ \rightarrow \; ^A_��Z + ��^-$. From the analysis of the momentum of the emerging $��^-$, binding energies and formation probabilities of $^7_��$Li, $^9_��$Be, $^{13}_��$C and $^{16}_��$O have been measured and are here presented. The behavior of the formation probability as a function of the atomic mass number A is also discussed.<br/>Accepted for publication in PLB<br/>