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Scattering of Λ0 hyperons by nucleons at intermediate energies

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A calculation is made of the Λ0-nucleon scattering cross-section at 75 and 150 MeV laboratory energies, based on a phenomenological central potential with a hard core to describe the Λ0-nucleon interaction. The potential is chosen so as to give agreement with hyperfragment data and at the same time to have reasonable properties from a meson-theoretical viewpoint. With this potential the Λ0-nucleon cross-section is calculated numerically, assuming that scattering occurs only in states with orbital angular momentum ⩽ 2. The result is that the Λ0-nucleon cross-section is approximately constant in the energy range considered. The variation is from 26 mb at 75 MeV to 21 mb at 150 MeV without a spin-orbit force, and from 34 mb at 75 MeV to 32 mb at 150 MeV with a spin-orbit force. These results are consistent with the very preliminary measurement ofCrawford et al.

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Si calcola la sezione d’urto per lo scattering Λ0-nucleone a 75 e 150 MeV nel sistema del laboratorio basandosi su un potenziale centrale fenomenologico con un hard core per descrivere l’interazione Λ0-nucleone. Il potenziale è scelto in modo da dare accordo coi dati sugli iperframmenti e contemporaneamente avere proprietà compatibili col punto di vista della teoria dei mesoni. Con questo potenziale si calcola numericamente la sezione d’urto Λ0-nucleone, assumendo che lo scattering avvenga solo in stati con momento angolare orbitale 2. Risulta che la sezione d’urto Λ0-nucleone è pressochè costante nel campo d’energia considerato. La variazione è da 26 mb a 75 MeV a 21 mb a 150 MeV senza la forza spin-orbita, e da 34 mb a 75 MeV a 32 mb a 150 MeV con la forza spin-orbita. Questi risultati si accordano con le misure del tutto preliminari diCrawford et al.

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Work supported in part by an All-University Research Grant.

This calculation was previously reported inBull. Am. Phys. Soc.,3, 402 (1958).

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Kovacs, J.S., Lichtenberg, D.B. Scattering of Λ0 hyperons by nucleons at intermediate energies. Nuovo Cim 13, 371–375 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02732946

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