High-precision spectroscopy of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei with electron and meson beams

High-precision spectroscopy of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei provides essential information on the $$\Lambda N$$ interaction and on the structure of strange nuclear many-body systems. It is also closely related to current topics in few-body physics and nuclear astrophysics, including charge-symmetry breaking in $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei, the hypertriton puzzle, possible neutron-rich light hypernuclear systems, and the hyperon puzzle in neutron stars. In this article, I review ongoing and planned spectroscopic studies of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei with complementary probes at JLab, MAMI, and J-PARC. Electron-induced reactions such as $$(e,e'K^+)$$ offer excellent absolute energy calibration and high-resolution spectroscopy for light-to-heavy hypernuclei. Decay-pion spectroscopy of electroproduced hypernuclei provides a powerful method for precise binding-energy studies of light systems, particularly the hypertriton. At J-PARC, the planned High-Intensity, High-Resolution beamline will enable high-intensity, high-resolution $$(\pi ^+,K^+)$$ spectroscopy over a wide mass range and open a path toward a hypernuclear factory. The complementarity of these approaches will play a key role in establishing a comprehensive and precise picture of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclear structure from few-body systems to heavy hypernuclei.

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Few-Body Systems
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2026-04-14
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-026-02044-9
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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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High-precision spectroscopy of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei with electron and meson beams

S N Nakamura
Few-Body Systems
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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High-precision spectroscopy of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei with electron and meson beams

S N Nakamura
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Abstract

High-precision spectroscopy of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei provides essential information on the $$\Lambda N$$ interaction and on the structure of strange nuclear many-body systems. It is also closely related to current topics in few-body physics and nuclear astrophysics, including charge-symmetry breaking in $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei, the hypertriton puzzle, possible neutron-rich light hypernuclear systems, and the hyperon puzzle in neutron stars. In this article, I review ongoing and planned spectroscopic studies of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclei with complementary probes at JLab, MAMI, and J-PARC. Electron-induced reactions such as $$(e,e'K^+)$$ offer excellent absolute energy calibration and high-resolution spectroscopy for light-to-heavy hypernuclei. Decay-pion spectroscopy of electroproduced hypernuclei provides a powerful method for precise binding-energy studies of light systems, particularly the hypertriton. At J-PARC, the planned High-Intensity, High-Resolution beamline will enable high-intensity, high-resolution $$(\pi ^+,K^+)$$ spectroscopy over a wide mass range and open a path toward a hypernuclear factory. The complementarity of these approaches will play a key role in establishing a comprehensive and precise picture of $$\Lambda $$ hypernuclear structure from few-body systems to heavy hypernuclei.

Few-Body SystemsVol. 67(2)
The University of Tokyo (JP)
National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London, European Commission, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Natural Science Foundation of China, University of Tokyo, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
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