Interpretation of a double hypernucleus event

C. B. Dover*, D. J. Millener, A. Gal, D. H. Davis

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Abstract

Arguments are put forward to suggest that a double hypernucleus event, recently reported by Aoki et al. as either B10 or B13, should be interpreted as B13. It is proposed that the formation of B13 occurs sequentially via an intermediate excited state of C14, which decays by proton emission: +N14n+C*14, C*14p+B13. Moreover, it is shown that particular excited states are favored in the hyperon capture process. The binding energy of the two hyperons in B13 is B=27.50.7 MeV, corresponding to an attractive s2 matrix element B=4.80.7 MeV, in good agreement with values of B obtained from previous events.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1905-1909
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume44
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1991

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