First observation of the hyper superheavy hydrogen 6ΛH

Details First observation of the hyper superheavy hydrogen 6ΛH First observation of the hyper superheavy hydrogen 6ΛH

2012-03-08

arxiv.org/abs/1203.1954v1

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Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

20 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication on Nuclear Physics A

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Three candidate events of the neutron-rich hypernucleus 6{\Lambda}H were uniquely identified in the FINUDA experiment at DA{\Phi}NE, Frascati, by observing {\pi}+ mesons from the (K-stop,{\pi}+) production reaction on 6Li targets, in coincidence with {\pi}-mesons from 6{\Lambda}H \rightarrow 6He+{\pi}- weak decay. Details of the experiment and the analysis of its data are reported, leading to an estimate of (2.9\pm2.0)\cdot10-6/K- stop for the 6{\Lambda}H production rate times the two-body {\pi}- weak decay branching ratio. The 6{\Lambda}H binding energy with respect to 5H + {\Lambda} was determined jointly from production and decay to be B{\Lambda} = (4.0 \pm 1.1) MeV, assuming that 5H is unbound with respect to 3H + 2n by 1.7 MeV. The binding energy determined from production is higher, in each one of the three events, than that determined from decay, with a difference of (0.98 \pm 0.74) MeV here assigned to the 0+g.s. \rightarrow 1+ excitation. The consequences of this assignment to {\Lambda} hypernuclear dynamics are briefly discussed.

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