$\Lambda NN$ and $\Sigma NN$ systems at threshold

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We calculate the hypertriton binding energy and the $\Lambda d$ and $\Sigma d$ scattering lengths using baryon-baryon interactions obtained from a chiral constituent quark model. We study consistently the $\Lambda NN$ and $\Sigma NN$ systems analyzing the effect of the $\Sigma \leftrightarrow \Lambda$ conversion. Our interactions correctly predict the hypertriton binding energy. The $(I,J)=(0,3/2)$ $\Lambda NN$ channel is also attractive and it might have a bound state. From the condition of nonexistence of a (0,3/2) $\Lambda NN$ bound state, an upper limit for the spin-triplet $\Lambda N$ scattering length is obtained. We also present results for the elastic and inelastic $\Sigma N$ and $\Lambda N$ cross sections. The consistent description of the $\Sigma N$ scattering cross sections imposes a lower limit for the corresponding spin-triplet scattering lengths. In the $\Sigma NN$ system the only attractive channels are $(I,J)=(1,1/2)$ and $(0,1/2)$, the $(1,1/2)$ state being the most attractive one.

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Soft-core hyperon-nucleon potentials

Y. Yamamoto, V. Stoks, Th. Rijken (1998)

A new Nijmegen soft-core OBE potential model is presented for the low-energy YN interactions. Besides the results for the fit to the scattering data, which largely defines the model, we also present some applications to hypernuclear systems using the G-matrix method. An important innovation with respect to the original soft-core potential is the assignment of the cut-off masses for the baryon-baryon-meson (BBM) vertices in accordance with broken SU(3)$_F$, which serves to connect the NN and the YN channels. As a novel feature, we allow for medium strong breaking of the coupling constants, using the $^3P_0$ model with a Gell-Mann--Okubo hypercharge breaking for the BBM coupling. We present six hyperon-nucleon potentials which describe the available YN cross section data equally well, but which exhibit some differences on a more detailed level. The differences are constructed such that the models encompass a range of scattering lengths in the $\Sigma N$ and $\Lambda N$ channels. For the scalar-meson mixing angle we obtained values $\theta_S=37$ to 40 degrees, which points to almost ideal mixing angles for the scalar $q\bar{q}$ states. The G-matrix results indicate that the remarkably different spin-spin terms of the six potentials appear specifically in the energy spectra of $\Lambda$ hypernuclei.

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Properties of the bound Λ(Σ)NNsystem and hyperon-nucleon interactions

K. Miyagawa, H. Kamada, W. Glöckle … (1995)

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The Hypernuclei $^4_\Lambda$He and $^4_\Lambda$H: Challenges for Modern Hyperon-Nucleon Forces

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The hypernuclei $^4_\Lambda$He and $^4_\Lambda$H provide important information on the hyperon-nucleon interaction. We present accurate Faddeev-Yakubovsky calculations for the $\Lambda$ separation energies of the $0^+$ ground and the $1^+$ excited states based on the Nijmegen SC YN interactions. We explicitly take the $\Sigma$ admixture into account. Mass differences of the baryons and the charge-dependence of the interaction are considered. The results show that the Nijmegen models cannot predict all separation energies simultaneously hinting to failures of the current interaction models.