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Particle mixing and the breaking of charge symmetry in the\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \) interaction

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Electromagnetic mixing of isotopic-spin eigenstates leads to important charge-symmetry-breaking (CSB) elements in the\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \) interaction. The most important mixing is that for Σ0-Λ, which allows coupling of the (dominant)T=1 component of physical π0 and ρ0 to the physical Λ. π0-η and ρ0-ω-ϕ mixing give additional contributions. A single-meson-exchange CSB potential model is constructed from these mixings, with the help of the octet model ofSU 3 to relate meson-baryon couplings. The difference between Λ bindings in the mirror hypernuclei4HeΔ and4HΔ may be explained with this model, in which vector-meson exchange is more important than pseudoscalar-meson exchange. Predictions of the model for\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \) scattering and for binding energies of possible excited states of the four-body hypernuclei are given.

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La mescolanza elettromagnetica di autostati dello spin isotopico porta ad importanti elementi che rompono la simmetria della carica (CSB) nell’interazione\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \). La mescolanza più importante è quella per Σ0-Λ, che consente l’accoppiamento della componente (dominante)T=1 dei π0 e ρ0 fisici al Λ fisico. Le mescolanze π0-η e ρ0-ω-ϕ danno ulteriori contributi. Da queste mescolanze si costruisce un modello di potenziale CSB di scambio di un solo mesone, con l’aiuto del modello di ottetto dellaSU 3 per collegare gli accoppiamenti mesone-barione. La differenza fra i legami del Λ negli ipernuclei speculari4HeΔ e4HΔ può essere spiegata con questo modello, in cui lo scambio di mesoni vettoriali predomina sullo scambio di mesoni pseudoscalari. Si espongono le predizioni del modello per lo scattering\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \) e per le energie di legame dei possibili stati eccitati degli ipernuclei a quattro corpi.

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This work was partly supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

I have also benefited from discussions with Prof.F. Chilton, Dr.W. B. Campbell, Prof.R. H. Dalitz, Dr.A. Deloff, Prof.C. K. Iddings, Prof.H. Primakoff andProf. H. W. Wyld.

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Downs, B.W. Particle mixing and the breaking of charge symmetry in the\(u_1 (r, \alpha ) \simeq r^2 e^{ - \alpha r} \) interaction. Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970) 43, 454–467 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752871

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