Hypernuclear weak decay experiments at KEK: n-n and n-p coincidence measurement

H. Outa; S. Ajimura; K. Aoki; A. Banu; H. C. Bhang; T. Fukuda; O. Hashimoto; J. I. Hwang; S. Kameoka; B. H. Kang; E. H. Kim; J. H. Kim; M. J. Kim; T. Maruta; Y. Miura; Y. Miyake; T. Nagae; M. Nakamura; S. N. Nakamura; H. Noumi; S. Okada; Y. Okayasu; H. Park; P. K. Saha; Y. Sato; M. Sekimoto; T. Takahashi; H. Tamura; K. Tanida; A. Toyoda; K. Tsukada; T. Watanabe; H. J. Yim

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.007

Hypernuclear weak decay experiments at KEK: n-n and n-p coincidence measurement

H. Outa
, S. Ajimura
, K. Aoki
, A. Banu
, H. C. Bhang
, T. Fukuda
, O. Hashimoto
, J. I. Hwang
, S. Kameoka
, B. H. Kang
, E. H. Kim
, J. H. Kim
, M. J. Kim
, T. Maruta
, Y. Miura
, Y. Miyake
, T. Nagae
, M. Nakamura
, S. N. Nakamura
, H. Noumi

S. Okada, Y. Okayasu, H. Park, P. K. Saha, Y. Sato, M. Sekimoto, T. Takahashi, H. Tamura, K. Tanida, A. Toyoda, K. Tsukada, T. Watanabe, H. J. Yim

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We performed a coincidence measurement of two nucleons emitted from the nonmesonic weak decay (NMWD) of _Λ⁵He and _Λ¹²C formed via the (π⁺, K⁺) reaction. In both of n + p and n + n pair coincidence spectra, we observed a clean back-to-back correlation coming from the two-body decay of Λp → np and Λn → nn, respectively. We obtained the ratio of the nucleon pair numbers, N_nn/N_np (_Λ⁵He) = 0.45 ± 0.11 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst) in the kinematic region of cos θ_NN < -0.8. Since each decay mode was exclusively detected, the measured ratio should be close to the ratio of Γ(Λp → nn)/Γ (Λp → np). The Γ_n/Γ_p ratio was measured also for the NMWD of _Λ¹²C. It is also close to 0.5. Those ratios are consistent with recent theoretical calculations based on the heavy meson/direct quark exchange picture.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	157-167
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	754
Issue number	1-4 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.007
State	Published - 30 May 2005

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Outa, H., Ajimura, S., Aoki, K., Banu, A., Bhang, H. C., Fukuda, T., Hashimoto, O., Hwang, J. I., Kameoka, S., Kang, B. H., Kim, E. H., Kim, J. H., Kim, M. J., Maruta, T., Miura, Y., Miyake, Y., Nagae, T., Nakamura, M., Nakamura, S. N., ... Yim, H. J. (2005). Hypernuclear weak decay experiments at KEK: n-n and n-p coincidence measurement. Nuclear Physics A, 754(1-4 SPEC. ISS.), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.007

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Outa, H, Ajimura, S, Aoki, K, Banu, A, Bhang, HC, Fukuda, T, Hashimoto, O, Hwang, JI, Kameoka, S, Kang, BH, Kim, EH, Kim, JH, Kim, MJ, Maruta, T, Miura, Y, Miyake, Y, Nagae, T, Nakamura, M, Nakamura, SN, Noumi, H, Okada, S, Okayasu, Y, Park, H, Saha, PK, Sato, Y, Sekimoto, M, Takahashi, T, Tamura, H, Tanida, K, Toyoda, A, Tsukada, K, Watanabe, T & Yim, HJ 2005, 'Hypernuclear weak decay experiments at KEK: n-n and n-p coincidence measurement', Nuclear Physics A, vol. 754, no. 1-4 SPEC. ISS., pp. 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.03.007

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