Investigation of the low energy kaons hadronic interactions in light nuclei by AMADEUS

K. Piscicchia, M. Bazzi, C. Berucci, D. Bosnar, A. M. Bragadireanu, M. Cargnelli, A. Clozza, C. Curceanu, R. Del Grande, A. D’uffizi, L. Fabbietti, C. Fiorini, F. Ghio, C. Guaraldo, M. Iliescu, P. Levi Sandri, J. Marton, P. Moskal, D. Pietreanu, M. Poli LenerR. Quaglia, A. Romero Vidal, E. Sbardella, A. Scordo, H. Shi, M. Skurzok, M. Silarski, D. Sirghi, F. Sirghi, I. Tucakovic, O. Vazquez Doce, E. Widmann, J. Zmeskal

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Abstract

The AMADEUS experiment aims to provide unique quality data for K interaction with nucleons and light nuclei, both at-rest and in-flight (for K momenta of about 100 MeV). The goal is to solve longstanding open issues in the non-perturbative QCD in the strangeness sector, like the nature of the Λ(1405) state, the resonant versus non-resonant yield in nuclear K capture and the properties of kaonic nuclear clusters which are strongly related to the multi-nucleon absorption processes. We can take advantage of the DA ΦNE collider representing a unique source of monochromatic low-momentum kaons, whose nuclear interaction with the materials of the KLOE detector (used as an active target) furnish us excellent acceptance and resolution data for K capture on H, 4He, 9Be and 12C, both at-rest and in-flight. AMADEUS step 0 consisted in the analysis of the 2004-2005 KLOE data. A second step consisted in the implementation in the central region of the KLOE detector of a pure graphite target, providing a high statistic sample of K12C nuclear captures at rest. For the future, new setups for various dedicated targets are under preparation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9-15
Number of pages7
JournalHyperfine Interactions
Volume234
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Aug 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 13.75.Jz Kaon-baryon interactions
  • 21.65.Jk Mesons in nuclear matter
  • 25.80.Nv Kaon-induced interactions

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