Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2009-09-09
Nucl.Phys.A831:163-183,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
30 pages, 5 figures, elsart class, minor corrections, to be published in Nuclear Physics A
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.10.083
A previously derived relativistic energy density functional for nuclei, based on low-energy in-medium chiral dynamics, is generalized to implement constraints from chiral SU(3) effective field theory and applied to $\Lambda$ hypernuclei. Density-dependent central and spin-orbit mean fields are calculated for a $\Lambda$ hyperon using the SU(3) extension of in-medium chiral perturbation theory to two-loop order. Long range $\Lambda N$ interactions arise from kaon-exchange and from two-pion-exchange with a $\Sigma$ hyperon in the intermediate state. Short-distance dynamics is encoded in contact interactions. They include scalar and vector mean fields reflecting in-medium changes of quark condensates, constrained by QCD sum rules. The $\Lambda$ single particle orbitals are computed for a series of hypernuclei from $^{13}_{\Lambda}$C to $^{208}_{\Lambda}$Pb. The role of a surface (derivative) term is studied. Its strength is found to be compatible with a corresponding estimate from in-medium chiral perturbation theory. Very good agreement with hypernuclear spectroscopic data is achieved. The smallness of the $\Lambda$-nuclear spin-orbit interaction finds a natural explanation in terms of an almost complete cancellation between short-range scalar/vector contributions and longer range terms generated by two-pion exchange.
Finelli Paolo
Kaiser Nicholas
Vretenar Dario
Weise Wolfram
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