Spectroscopy of the neutron-rich hypernucleus He Λ7 from electron scattering

T. Gogami, C. Chen, D. Kawama, P. Achenbach, A. Ahmidouch, I. Albayrak, D. Androic, A. Asaturyan, R. Asaturyan, O. Ates, P. Baturin, R. Badui, W. Boeglin, J. Bono, E. Brash, P. Carter, A. Chiba, E. Christy, S. Danagoulian, R. De LeoD. Doi, M. Elaasar, R. Ent, Y. Fujii, M. Fujita, M. Furic, M. Gabrielyan, L. Gan, F. Garibaldi, D. Gaskell, A. Gasparian, Y. Han, O. Hashimoto, T. Horn, B. Hu, Ed V. Hungerford, M. Jones, H. Kanda, M. Kaneta, S. Kato, M. Kawai, H. Khanal, M. Kohl, A. Liyanage, W. Luo, K. Maeda, A. Margaryan, P. Markowitz, T. Maruta, A. Matsumura, HKS (JLab E05-115) Collaboration

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Abstract

The missing mass spectroscopy of the HeΛ7 hypernucleus was performed using the Li7(e,e′K+)HeΛ7 reaction at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Hall C. The Λ-binding energy of the ground-state (1/2+) was determined with a smaller error than that of the previous measurement, being BΛ=5.55±0.10stat.±0.11sys.MeV. The experiment also provided new insight into charge symmetry breaking in p-shell hypernuclear systems. Finally, a peak at BΛ=3.65±0.20stat.±0.11sys.MeV was observed and assigned as a mixture of 3/2+ and 5/2+ states, confirming the "gluelike" behavior of Λ, which makes an unstable state in He6 stable against neutron emission.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number021302
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume94
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 12 2016

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