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Electromagnetic production of polarization in hypernuclei.

C. Bennhold

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Nuclear physicsPhysicsNuclear reactionNuclear and High Energy PhysicsMesonMomentum transferHadronElementary particleWoods–Saxon potentialAtomic physicsPolarization (waves)Boson

description

The formation of polarized hypernuclei through kaon photoproduction is investigated in a distorted-wave impulse approximation approach. The polarization depends strongly on the model used to describe the elementary process. For one particular model and certain well populated states the amount of polarization may reach up to 50%. We present cross sections and polarizations for kaon photoproducton on $^{16}\mathrm{O}$, $^{28}\mathrm{Si}$, $^{56}\mathrm{Fe}$, and $^{89}\mathrm{Y}$ and demonstrate the sensitivity of polarization to distortion and nonlocal effects. More information on the elementary process is needed before the feasibility of such measurements can be established.

10.1103/physrevc.43.775https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9967119