Experimental Studies on the Weak Decay of Λ-Hypernuclei

Feliciello, A.

doi:10.7566/jpscp.17.021001

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“…As it can be seen in the figure, the analysis of hypernuclear lifetimes as a function of the mass number A shows that the mesonic decay mode gets blocked as A increases, while the non-mesonic decay increases up to a saturation value of the order of the free decay, reflecting the short-range nature of the weak S = 1 baryon-baryon interaction. The interested reader is referred to [147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155] and references therein for a detailed discussion on this topic.…”

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Hyperons: the strange ingredients of the nuclear equation of state

Vidaña

2018

Proc. R. Soc. A.

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In this article we will review the role and properties of hyperons in finite and infinite nuclear systems. In particular, we will revise different production mechanisms of hypernuclei, as well as several aspects of hypernuclear γ-ray spectroscopy, and the weak decay modes of hypernuclei. Then we will discuss the construction of hyperon-nucleon and hyperon-hyperon interactions on the basis of the meson-exchange and chiral effective field theories. Recent developments based on the socalled V low k approach and lattice QCD will also be adressed. Finally, we will go over some of the effects of hyperons on the properties of neutron and proto-neutron stars with an emphasis on the so-called "hyperon puzzle", i.e., the problem of the strong softening of the equation of state, and the consequent reduction of the maximum mass, induced by the presence of hyperons, a problem which has become more intringuing and difficult to solve due the recent measurements of ∼ 2M millisecond pulsars. We will discuss some of the solutions proposed to tackle this problem. We will also re-examine the role of hyperons on the cooling properties of newly born neutron stars and on the development of the so-called r-mode instability.

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