arXiv · 1112.0153
Photoproduction of $Λ(1520)$ hyperons from nuclei near the threshold
Abstract
We present a theoretical investigation of $Λ(1520)$ attenuation in $γA$ reactions near the threshold. It is performed in the framework of a collision model based on the nuclear spectral function. The model accounts for both primary photon-nucleon $γN \to KΛ(1520)$ and secondary pion-nucleon $πN \to KΛ(1520)$ production processes. We calculate the target mass and momentum dependences of the forward $Λ(1520)$ hyperon production from nuclei at photon energy of 2 GeV as well as for two options for its in-medium width. We find that the considered dependences are markedly sensitive to this width. Our studies also demonstrate that the secondary channel $πN \to KΛ(1520)$ plays a substantial role in the intermediate momentum $Λ(1520)$ photoproduction on nuclei in the chosen kinematics and, hence, is to be taken into account in the analysis of $Λ(1520)$ hyperon photoproduction from nuclei with the aim to get information on its width in the matter.
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E. Ya. Paryev. 2011-12-01. Photoproduction of $Λ(1520)$ hyperons from nuclei near the threshold. https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0153
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