Measurement of the mass difference and the binding energy of the hypertriton and antihypertriton

Adam, Jaroslav

doi:10.1038/s41567-020-0799-7

Title: Measurement of the mass difference and the binding energy of the hypertriton and antihypertriton

Journal Article · Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0799-7· OSTI ID:1615588

Adam, Jaroslav ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). et al.

© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. According to the CPT theorem, which states that the combined operation of charge conjugation, parity transformation and time reversal must be conserved, particles and their antiparticles should have the same mass and lifetime but opposite charge and magnetic moment. Here, we test CPT symmetry in a nucleus containing a strange quark, more specifically in the hypertriton. This hypernucleus is the lightest one yet discovered and consists of a proton, a neutron and a Λ hyperon. With data recorded by the STAR detector1–3 at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, we measure the Λ hyperon binding energy BΛ for the hypertriton, and find that it differs from the widely used value4 and from predictions5–8, where the hypertriton is treated as a weakly bound system. Our results place stringent constraints on the hyperon–nucleon interaction9,10 and have implications for understanding neutron star interiors, where strange matter may be present11. A precise comparison of the masses of the hypertriton and the antihypertriton allows us to test CPT symmetry in a nucleus with strangeness, and we observe no deviation from the expected exact symmetry.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: The STAR Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1615588

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1616102

Report Number(s):: BNL-213863-2020-JAAM; BNL-211607-2019-JAAM; TRN: US2106366

Journal Information:: Nature Physics, Vol. 16, Issue 4; ISSN 1745-2473

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group (NPG)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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