Experiments with $Ξ^-$ atoms

Details Experiments with $Ξ^-$ atoms Experiments with $Ξ^-$ atoms

1998-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9809042v1

Phys.Rev.C59:295-304,1999

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

27 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.59.295

Experiments with $\Xi^-$ atoms are proposed in order to study the nuclear interaction of $\Xi$ hyperons. The production of $\Xi^-$ in the ($K^{-}$, $K^{+}$) reaction, the $\Xi^-$ stopping in matter, and its atomic cascade are incorporated within a realistic evaluation of the results expected for $\Xi^-$ X-ray spectra across the periodic table, using an assumed $\Xi$-nucleus optical potential $V_{opt}$. Several optimal targets for measuring the strong-interaction shift and width of the X-ray transition to the `last' atomic level observed are singled out: F, Cl, I, Pb. The sensitivity of these observables to the parameters of $V_{opt}$ is considered. The relevance of such experiments is discussed in the context of strangeness -2 nuclear physics and multistrange nuclear matter. Finally, with particular reference to searches for the $H$ dibaryon, the properties of $\Xi^-d$ atoms are also discussed. The role of Stark mixing, its effect on $S$ and $P$ state capture of $\Xi^-$ by the deuteron, together with estimates of the resulting probability for producing the $H$ dibaryon are considered in detail.

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