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View SchemaTraces of Theta^+ pentaquark in K^+ nucleus dynamics
| Authors | A. Gal, E. Friedman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0411052 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0411052 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.072301 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 072301 |
Abstract
Long-standing anomalies in K^+ nucleus integral cross sections could be resolved by extending the impulse-approximation t*rho optical-potential framework to incorporate K^+ absorption on pairs of nucleons. Substantially improved fits to the data at p(lab)=500-700 MeV/c are obtained. An upper bound of 3.5 mb for the absorption cross section of K^+ per nucleon is derived. We conjecture that the underlying microscopic absorption process is K^+ n N --> Theta^+ N, where Theta^+(1540) is the newly discovered exotic Y=2, I=0, Z=1 pentaquark baryon, and estimate that the cross section for K^+ d --> Theta^+ p is a fraction of millibarn. Comments are made on Theta^+ production reactions on nuclei.
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