Light Kaonic Nuclei at J-PARC
The possible existence of deeply bound $\bar K$-nucleus bound states (kaonic nuclei) has been widely discussed as a consequence of the strongly attractive $\bar K N$ interaction in I = 0 channels. For the simplest kaonic nucleus, $\bar KNN$, we observed a significant peak structure that can be interpreted as the ``$K^-pp$’’ bound state using the $^3$He$(K^-,N)$ reactions at J-PARC. To further understand the kaonic nuclei, we have proposed and prepared an experiment to precisely measure the $\bar K NNN$ system using the $^4$He$(K^-,N)$ reactions as a first step towards a comprehensive study of the light kaonic nuclei from ``$\bar K N$'' (=$\Lambda$(1405)) to ``$\bar K NNNN$''. Through the experiments and detailed theoretical calculations, we will unravel the nature of the kaonic nuclei from the changes in their properties with increasing mass number~$A$.
Authors
- T. Yamaga
- Francesco Sgaramella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0011-8864)
- E. Widmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0486-6023)
- Catalina Curceanu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1990-0127)
- Sachihiro Suzuki
- Y. Kimura
- K. Shirotori
- F. Sakuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2490-0508)
- T. Nagae
- K. Ozawa
- Masaya Oonaka
- A. Clozza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-1725)
- Simone Manti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-0863)
- Shingo Kawasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-2195)
- M. Iliescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-3451)
- Shunsaku Okada
- M. Bazzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1699-7138)
- A. Scordo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-7050)
- Y. Makida
- M. Iwasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3460-9469)
- T. Nanamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-9048)
- K. Tanida
- M. Tsuruta
- Iio M (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-6402)
- R. Murayama
- H. Ohhata
- K. Toho
- K. Itahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-2796)
- Florin Catalin Sirghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6143-3200)
- G. Kojima
- H. Noumi
- K. Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1546-1657)
- N. Sumi
- C. Guaraldo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8923-3438)
- Hiroyuki Fujioka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8653-3761)
- Ye Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9427-2477)
- Kentaro Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-533X)
- Johann Zmeskal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0815-0639)
- S. Sasaki
- S. Ishimoto
- T. Hashimoto
- P. Buehler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-1380)
- M. Yoshida
- D. Sirghi
- Kenichi Sasaki
- Hideomi Ohnishi
- Takaya Akaishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1469-4563)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22323/1.465.0211
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00