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Kenji Aoki

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arXiv2018

KN scattering amplitude revisited in a chiral unitary approach and a possible broad resonance in S=+1 channel

We revisit the $KN$ scattering amplitude in order to investigate the possibility for the existence of a broad resonance in the $I=0$ $KN$ channel around the energy of 1617 MeV with 305 MeV width. We use the chiral unitary model to describe the $KN$ scattering amplitudes and determine the model parameters so as to reproduce the differential cross sections of the $K^{+}N$ scatterings and the $I=0$ and 1 total cross sections up to $p_{lab} = 800$ MeV/c, from which inelastic contributions start to be significant. Performing analytic continuation of the determined amplitude to the complex energy plane, we find a pole for a broad resonance state. We point out that the rapid increase appearing in the $I=0$ total cross section around $p_{lab}=500$ MeV/c is a hint of the possible broad resonance of strangeness $S=+1$.

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arXiv2017

$K^+$-nucleus elastic scattering revisited from perspective of partial restoration of chiral symmetry

The $K^{+}$ meson properties in the nuclear medium are investigated by considering the wavefunction renormalization as a first step to reveal the in-medium properties of the $K^{+}$ meson in the context of partial restoration of chiral symmetry. The $K^{+}N$ elastic scattering amplitude is constructed using chiral perturbation theory up to the next-to-leading order. Using the constructed amplitude, we calculate the wavefunction renormalization in the Thomas-Fermi approximation. We obtained a good description of the $K^{+}N$ elastic scattering amplitude. The obtained wavefunction renormalization factor suggests the 2 to 6% enhancement of the $K^{+}N$ interaction at the saturation density. We conclude that the wavefunction renormalization could be one of the important medium effects for the $K^{+}$ meson.

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