Three-Body nonmesonic weak decay of the CΛ12 hypernucleus

M. Kim, S. Ajimura, K. Aoki, A. Banu, H. Bhang, T. Fukuda, O. Hashimoto, J. I. Hwang, S. Kameoka, B. H. Kang, E. Kim, J. H. Kim, T. Maruta, Y. Miura, Y. Miyake, T. Nagae, M. Nakamura, S. N. Nakamura, H. Noumi, S. OkadaY. Okayasu, H. Outa, H. Park, P. K. Saha, Y. Sato, M. Sekimoto, T. Takahashi, H. Tamura, K. Tanida, A. Toyoda, K. Tshoo, K. Tsukada, T. Watanabe, H. J. Yim

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Abstract

We have measured the branching ratio of the three-body process in the nonmesonic weak decay of CΛ12 to be 0.29±0.13. This result was obtained by reproducing the nucleon and the nucleon pair yields introducing a measured final state interaction. At the same time, we have determined the absolute decay widths, Γn and Γp, along with Γ2N, whose relative ratio has been a long-standing puzzle. Including the three-body process, we have successfully reproduced the nucleon energy distribution, the coincidence two-nucleon angular correlation, and the momentum sum distribution simultaneously.

Original languageEnglish
Article number182502
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume103
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Oct 30

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