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HK: Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 37: Elektromagnetische und Hadronische Proben
HK 37.7: Talk
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 15:30–15:45, TU MA001
Physics of Hypernuclei - from FINUDA to PANDA — •O.N. Hartmann1, P. Gianotti1, J. Pochodzalla2, A. Sanchez Lorente2, T. Saito3, and C. Sfienti3,4 — 1INFN–LNF, Frascati, Italy — 2U Mainz, Germany — 3GSI, Darmstadt, Germany — 4U Catania, Italy
The FINUDA [1] experiment at the DAΦNE e+e−-collider (φ-factory, [2]) has completed its first data taking on hypernuclei produced by stopping K−-mesons from the φ decay in various target nuclei. The FINUDA apparatus performs studies on hypernuclear spectroscopy and the decay of hypernuclei.
The hypernuclei physics part of the PANDA [3] program at FAIR [4] will be an extension of this type of physics to double hypernuclei. This experiment uses the antiproton beam of HESR [4,3] on a primary heavy target producing a ΞΞ pair. The Ξ−-hyperon is stopped in a secondary target, captured into the atomic shell of the target nucleus and finally absorbed in the nucleus producing a ΛΛ pair. This will make the study of the strong interaction strength between Λ-hyperons possible, as well as the investigation of a possibly existing double strange six quark state (H-dibaryon).
In this contribution first results from FINUDA will be presented as well as an overview on the future plans in PANDA.
[1] P. Gianotti et al., NPA691(2001), 483c
[2] C. Milardi et al., hep-ph/0408073
[3] Letter of Intent, PANDA collaboration, 2004
[4] http://www.gsi.de/zukunftsprojekt/index_e.html