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Two-Pole Nature of the Λ ( 1405 ) Resonance from Lattice QCD

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

This Letter presents the first lattice QCD computation of the coupled channel π Σ K ¯ N scattering amplitudes at energies near 1405 MeV. These amplitudes contain the resonance Λ ( 1405 ) with strangeness S = 1 and isospin, spin, and parity quantum numbers I ( J P ) = 0 ( 1 / 2 ) . However, whether there is a single resonance or two nearby resonance poles in this region is controversial theoretically and experimentally. Using single-baryon and meson-baryon operators to extract the finite-volume stationary-state energies to obtain the scattering amplitudes at slightly unphysical quark masses corresponding to m π 200 MeV and m K 487 MeV , this study finds the amplitudes exhibit a virtual bound state below the π Σ threshold in addition to the established resonance pole just below the K ¯ N threshold. Several parametrizations of the two-channel K matrix are employed to fit the lattice QCD results, all of which support the two-pole picture suggested by SU(3) chiral symmetry and unitarity.

Published by the American Physical Society 2024
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
Baryon Scattering (BaSc) Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; SC0011090; SC0012704; SC0021006
OSTI ID:
2283257
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2370335
Report Number(s):
BNL--225664-2024-JAAM; 051901
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 132; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Publisher:
American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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