Hyperons in nuclear matter from SU(3) chiral effective field theory

S. Petschauer, J. Haidenbauer, N. Kaiser, Ulf G. Meißner, W. Weise

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Abstract

Brueckner theory is used to investigate the properties of hyperons in nuclear matter. The hyperon-nucleon interaction is taken from chiral effective field theory at next-to-leading order with SU(3) symmetric low-energy constants. Furthermore, the underlying nucleon-nucleon interaction is also derived within chiral effective field theory. We present the single-particle potentials of Λ and Σ hyperons in symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter computed with the continuous choice for intermediate spectra. The results are in good agreement with the empirical information. In particular, our calculation gives a repulsive Σ -nuclear potential and a weak Λ -nuclear spin-orbit force.

Original languageEnglish
Article number15
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalEuropean Physical Journal A
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016

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