Can pions be strongly bound in nuclei?

E. Friedman*, A. Gal, V. B. Mandelzweig

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Abstract

On the basis of new data on pionic atoms, it is argued that the criticality condition for the existence of strongly bound -nuclear states is likely to bemet in most nuclei. Numerical solutions for Al27, Ca48, and Bi209 are reported, with the conclusion that the widths of such states are generally prohibitively large for their observability except, possibly, in heavy nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)794-797
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume41
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1978

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