Kaon electromagnetic production and hypernuclear excitation

Conference · Thu Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1984 · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5646254

Contanch, S R; Hsiao, S S

Kaon (K/sup +/ meson) photo and electroproduction of ..lambda.. hypernuclei is theoretically investigated. Impulse approximation calculations using elementary amplitudes describing the ..gamma..+p..-->..K/sup +/+..lambda.. process are performed for d, /sup 4/He, /sup 12/C, and /sup 208/Pb targets at lab energies between threshold and several GeV. Predicted cross sections yield reasonable count rates for meaningful measurements using continuous, intense electron beams. First generation experiments should provide new and improved information concerning: 1) the ..lambda.. nucleon and nucleus interaction; 2) the longitudinal hypernuclear form factor; 3) unnatural parity high spin states. Calculations are also reported for the deuteron electrodisintegration process d(e,e'K/sup +/)..lambda..n. Study of this reaction will permit an accurate extraction of the isospin zero KN scattering amplitude and needed information about the kaon form factor.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
• OSTI ID: 5646254
• Report Number(s): CONF-8405193-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 123:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
CARBON 12 TARGET
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DEUTERIUM TARGET
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON REACTIONS
ELECTROPRODUCTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HADRONS
HELIUM 4 TARGET
HYPERNUCLEI
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
INTERACTIONS
KAONS
LEAD 208 TARGET
LEPTON REACTIONS
MESONS
NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS
PHOTOPRODUCTION
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
STRANGE MESONS
STRANGE PARTICLES
TARGETS