Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions

The hypertriton is predicted to have a small binding energy (a weighted average of about 150 keV), consistent with a large matter radius (∼10 fm), larger than the historical 11Li halo discovered more than 35 years ago. But the reported experimental values of the binding energy of the hypertriton ran...

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Main Author: C.A. Bertulani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322007730
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description The hypertriton is predicted to have a small binding energy (a weighted average of about 150 keV), consistent with a large matter radius (∼10 fm), larger than the historical 11Li halo discovered more than 35 years ago. But the reported experimental values of the binding energy of the hypertriton range from 70 to 400 keV. In this work I discuss the electromagnetic response and interaction radius of the hypertriton and how high energy heavy ion collisions (∼1−2 GeV/nucleon) can help achieving a higher accuracy for the determination of its size and binding energy.
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spelling doaj.art-16a50de85a12451eac11b028e334ddd42023-01-24T04:07:18ZengElsevierPhysics Letters B0370-26932023-02-01837137639Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisionsC.A. Bertulani0Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University-Commerce, TX 75429-3011, USAThe hypertriton is predicted to have a small binding energy (a weighted average of about 150 keV), consistent with a large matter radius (∼10 fm), larger than the historical 11Li halo discovered more than 35 years ago. But the reported experimental values of the binding energy of the hypertriton range from 70 to 400 keV. In this work I discuss the electromagnetic response and interaction radius of the hypertriton and how high energy heavy ion collisions (∼1−2 GeV/nucleon) can help achieving a higher accuracy for the determination of its size and binding energy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322007730
spellingShingle C.A. Bertulani
Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
Physics Letters B
title Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
title_full Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
title_fullStr Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
title_full_unstemmed Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
title_short Probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
title_sort probing the size and binding energy of the hypertriton in heavy ion collisions
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269322007730
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