Physics Letters B (Feb 2023)

Pole position of Λ(1405) measured in d(K−,n)πΣ reactions

  • S. Aikawa,
  • S. Ajimura,
  • T. Akaishi,
  • H. Asano,
  • G. Beer,
  • C. Berucci,
  • M. Bragadireanu,
  • P. Buehler,
  • L. Busso,
  • M. Cargnelli,
  • S. Choi,
  • C. Curceanu,
  • S. Enomoto,
  • H. Fujioka,
  • Y. Fujiwara,
  • T. Fukuda,
  • C. Guaraldo,
  • T. Hashimoto,
  • R.S. Hayano,
  • T. Hiraiwa,
  • M. Iio,
  • M. Iliescu,
  • K. Inoue,
  • Y. Ishiguro,
  • S. Ishimoto,
  • T. Ishikawa,
  • K. Itahashi,
  • M. Iwai,
  • M. Iwasaki,
  • K. Kanno,
  • K. Kato,
  • Y. Kato,
  • S. Kawasaki,
  • P. Kienle,
  • Y. Komatsu,
  • H. Kou,
  • Y. Ma,
  • J. Marton,
  • Y. Matsuda,
  • Y. Mizoi,
  • O. Morra,
  • R. Murayama,
  • T. Nagae,
  • H. Noumi,
  • H. Ohnishi,
  • S. Okada,
  • Z. Omar,
  • H. Outa,
  • K. Piscicchia,
  • Y. Sada,
  • A. Sakaguchi,
  • F. Sakuma,
  • M. Sato,
  • A. Scordo,
  • M. Sekimoto,
  • H. Shi,
  • K. Shirotori,
  • D. Sirghi,
  • F. Sirghi,
  • K. Suzuki,
  • S. Suzuki,
  • T. Suzuki,
  • K. Tanida,
  • H. Tatsuno,
  • A.O. Tokiyasu,
  • M. Tokuda,
  • D. Tomono,
  • A. Toyoda,
  • K. Tsukada,
  • O. Vazquez-Doce,
  • E. Widmann,
  • T. Yamaga,
  • T. Yamazaki,
  • H. Yim,
  • Q. Zhang,
  • J. Zmeskal

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 837
p. 137637

Abstract

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We measured a set of π±Σ∓, π0Σ0, and π−Σ0 invariant mass spectra below and above the K¯N mass threshold in K−-induced reactions on deuteron. The measured πΣ mass spectral shape is well reproduced via the two-step mechanism, i.e., a neutron knocked out at a forward angle from a deuteron by an incident K−, with the K¯ recoiled backward reacting with the residual nucleon to produce π and Σ. We deduced the S-wave K¯N→πΣ and K¯N→K¯N scattering amplitudes in the isospin 0 channel in the framework of a K¯N and πΣ coupled channel. We find that a resonance pole corresponding to Λ(1405) is located at 1417.7−7.4+6.0 (fitting errors)−1.0+1.1 (systematic errors) + [−26.1−7.9+6.0 (fitting errors)−2.0+1.7 (systematic errors)] i MeV/c2, closer to the K¯N mass threshold than the value determined by the Particle Data Group.

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