Improved Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State
Abstract
Strange matter is believed to exist in the cores of neutron stars based on simple kinematics. If this is true, then hyperon-nucleon interactions will play a significant part in the neutron star equation of state. Yet, compared to other elastic scattering processes, there is very little data on Λ-N scattering. This experiment utilized the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) detector to study the Λp → Λp elastic scattering cross section in the incident Λ momentum range 0.9–2.0 GeV/c. These are the first data on this reaction since the 1970s. The new cross sections have significantly better accuracy and precision than the existing world data, and the techniques developed here can also be used in future experiments.
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- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Chilean Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); National Science Foundation (NSF); Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC-UK); Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA)
- Contributing Org.:
- CLAS Collaboration; Clas Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1837784
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1837943; OSTI ID: 1882386; OSTI ID: 1895035
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-21-3474; DOE-OR-23177-5290; arXiv:2108.03134
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; 272303
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-07ER41528
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 127 Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; secondary beams; hyperons; spectroscopy
Citation Formats
Rowley, J., Compton, N., Djalali, C., Hicks, K., Price, J., Zachariou, N., Adhikari, K. P., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dupré, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Korover, I., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O’Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Yurov, M., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and CLAS Collaboration. Improved Λ p Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV / c as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.272303.
Rowley, J., Compton, N., Djalali, C., Hicks, K., Price, J., Zachariou, N., Adhikari, K. P., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dupré, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Korover, I., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O’Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Yurov, M., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., & CLAS Collaboration. Improved Λ p Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV / c as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.272303
Rowley, J., Compton, N., Djalali, C., Hicks, K., Price, J., Zachariou, N., Adhikari, K. P., Armstrong, W. R., Atac, H., Baashen, L., Barion, L., Bashkanov, M., Battaglieri, M., Bedlinskiy, I., Benmokhtar, F., Bianconi, A., Biondo, L., Biselli, A. S., Bondi, M., Bossù, F., Boiarinov, S., Briscoe, W. J., Brooks, W. K., Bulumulla, D., Burkert, V. D., Carman, D. S., Carvajal, J. C., Celentano, A., Chatagnon, P., Chesnokov, V., Chetry, T., Ciullo, G., Clark, L., Cole, P. L., Contalbrigo, M., Costantini, G., Crede, V., D’Angelo, A., Dashyan, N., De Vita, R., Defurne, M., Deur, A., Diehl, S., Dupré, R., Egiyan, H., Ehrhart, M., El Alaoui, A., El Fassi, L., Eugenio, P., Fedotov, G., Fegan, S., Fersch, R., Filippi, A., Fradi, A., Gavalian, G., Girod, F. X., Glazier, D. I., Golubenko, A., Gothe, R. W., Griffioen, K., Guo, L., Hafidi, K., Hakobyan, H., Hattawy, M., Hayward, T. B., Heddle, D., Hobart, A., Holtrop, M., Ilieva, Y., Ireland, D. G., Isupov, E. L., Jenkins, D., Jo, H. S., Joo, K., Keller, D., Khanal, A., Khandaker, M., Kim, A., Korover, I., Kripko, A., Kubarovsky, V., Kuhn, S. E., Lanza, L., Leali, M., Lenisa, P., Livingston, K., MacGregor, I. J. D., Marchand, D., Markov, N., Marsicano, L., Mascagna, V., McCracken, M. E., McKinnon, B., McLauchlin, C., Meziani, Z. E., Migliorati, S., Mineeva, T., Mirazita, M., Mokeev, V., Munevar, E., Munoz Camacho, C., Nadel-Turonski, P., Neupane, K., Niccolai, S., Niculescu, G., O’Connell, T. R., Osipenko, M., Ostrovidov, A. I., Pandey, P., Paolone, M., Pappalardo, L. L., Pasyuk, E., Pogorelko, O., Prok, Y., Reed, T., Ripani, M., Ritman, J., Rizzo, A., Rosner, G., Sabatie, F., Salgado, C., Schmidt, A., Schumacher, R. A., Sharabian, Y. G., Shrestha, U., Sokhan, D., Soto, O., Sparveris, N., Strakovsky, I. I., Strauch, S., Tyson, R., Ungaro, M., Venturelli, L., Voskanyan, H., Vossen, A., Voutier, E., Watts, D. P., Wei, K., Wei, X., Wishart, R., Wood, M. H., Yale, B., Yurov, M., Zhang, J., Zhao, Z. W., and CLAS Collaboration. Thu .
"Improved Λ p Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV / c as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.272303.
@article{osti_1837784,
title = {Improved Λ p Elastic Scattering Cross Sections between 0.9 and 2.0 GeV / c as a Main Ingredient of the Neutron Star Equation of State},
author = {Rowley, J. and Compton, N. and Djalali, C. and Hicks, K. and Price, J. and Zachariou, N. and Adhikari, K. P. and Armstrong, W. R. and Atac, H. and Baashen, L. and Barion, L. and Bashkanov, M. and Battaglieri, M. and Bedlinskiy, I. and Benmokhtar, F. and Bianconi, A. and Biondo, L. and Biselli, A. S. and Bondi, M. and Bossù, F. and Boiarinov, S. and Briscoe, W. J. and Brooks, W. K. and Bulumulla, D. and Burkert, V. D. and Carman, D. S. and Carvajal, J. C. and Celentano, A. and Chatagnon, P. and Chesnokov, V. and Chetry, T. and Ciullo, G. and Clark, L. and Cole, P. L. and Contalbrigo, M. and Costantini, G. and Crede, V. and D’Angelo, A. and Dashyan, N. and De Vita, R. and Defurne, M. and Deur, A. and Diehl, S. and Dupré, R. and Egiyan, H. and Ehrhart, M. and El Alaoui, A. and El Fassi, L. and Eugenio, P. and Fedotov, G. and Fegan, S. and Fersch, R. and Filippi, A. and Fradi, A. and Gavalian, G. and Girod, F. X. and Glazier, D. I. and Golubenko, A. and Gothe, R. W. and Griffioen, K. and Guo, L. and Hafidi, K. and Hakobyan, H. and Hattawy, M. and Hayward, T. B. and Heddle, D. and Hobart, A. and Holtrop, M. and Ilieva, Y. and Ireland, D. G. and Isupov, E. L. and Jenkins, D. and Jo, H. S. and Joo, K. and Keller, D. and Khanal, A. and Khandaker, M. and Kim, A. and Korover, I. and Kripko, A. and Kubarovsky, V. and Kuhn, S. E. and Lanza, L. and Leali, M. and Lenisa, P. and Livingston, K. and MacGregor, I. J. D. and Marchand, D. and Markov, N. and Marsicano, L. and Mascagna, V. and McCracken, M. E. and McKinnon, B. and McLauchlin, C. and Meziani, Z. E. and Migliorati, S. and Mineeva, T. and Mirazita, M. and Mokeev, V. and Munevar, E. and Munoz Camacho, C. and Nadel-Turonski, P. and Neupane, K. and Niccolai, S. and Niculescu, G. and O’Connell, T. R. and Osipenko, M. and Ostrovidov, A. I. and Pandey, P. and Paolone, M. and Pappalardo, L. L. and Pasyuk, E. and Pogorelko, O. and Prok, Y. and Reed, T. and Ripani, M. and Ritman, J. and Rizzo, A. and Rosner, G. and Sabatie, F. and Salgado, C. and Schmidt, A. and Schumacher, R. A. and Sharabian, Y. G. and Shrestha, U. and Sokhan, D. and Soto, O. and Sparveris, N. and Strakovsky, I. I. and Strauch, S. and Tyson, R. and Ungaro, M. and Venturelli, L. and Voskanyan, H. and Vossen, A. and Voutier, E. and Watts, D. P. and Wei, K. and Wei, X. and Wishart, R. and Wood, M. H. and Yale, B. and Yurov, M. and Zhang, J. and Zhao, Z. W. and CLAS Collaboration},
abstractNote = {Strange matter is believed to exist in the cores of neutron stars based on simple kinematics. If this is true, then hyperon-nucleon interactions will play a significant part in the neutron star equation of state. Yet, compared to other elastic scattering processes, there is very little data on Λ-N scattering. This experiment utilized the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) detector to study the Λp → Λp elastic scattering cross section in the incident Λ momentum range 0.9–2.0 GeV/c. These are the first data on this reaction since the 1970s. The new cross sections have significantly better accuracy and precision than the existing world data, and the techniques developed here can also be used in future experiments.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.272303},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 27,
volume = 127,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Thu Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.272303
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