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Oka, Makoto

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DOE OSTI2026

Mass radius and D-term of atomic nuclei in relativistic mean field theory

Based on relativistic mean field theory for atomic nuclei, we compute the mass radius and other radii associated with the energy momentum tensor for dozens of spin-0 nuclei across the nuclear chart. We also compute the D-term of these nuclei, the forward limit of the gravitational form factor 𝐷⁡(𝑡=0)=𝐷. The dependence on the neutron number 𝑁 is systematically studied for calcium (Ca), nickel (Ni), zirconium (Zr), tin (Sn), and lead (Pb) isotopes. Remarkably, |𝐷| does not monotonically increase with 𝑁. Instead, it exhibits local maxima and minima when 𝑁 equals a magic number and even a submagic number. This results in characteristic kinks in the mass, scalar, tensor, and shear radii of these isotopes. Our work for the first time elucidates the strong sensitivity of the various mechanical properties of nuclei to the nuclear shell structure.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗

DOE OSTI2016

Resonances in QCD

We report on the EMMI Rapid Reaction Task Force meeting 'Resonances in QCD', which took place at GSI October 12-14, 2015 (Fig.~1). A group of 26 people met to discuss the physics of resonances in QCD. The aim of the meeting was defined by the following three key questions; what is needed to understand the physics of resonances in QCD?; where does QCD lead us to expect resonances with exotic quantum numbers?; and what experimental efforts are required to arrive at a coherent picture? For light mesons and baryons only those with up, down and strange quark content were considered. For heavy-light and heavy-heavy meson systems, those with charm quarks were the focus.This document summarizes the discussions by the participants, which in turn led to the coherent conclusions we present here.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗

DOE OSTI2016

D mesons in a magnetic field

In this paper, we investigate the mass spectra of open heavy flavor mesons in an external constant magnetic field within QCD sum rules. Spectral Ansatze on the phenomenological side are proposed in order to properly take into account mixing effects between the pseudoscalar and vector channels, and the Landau levels of charged mesons. The operator product expansion is implemented up to dimension-5 operators. As a result, we find for neutral D mesons a significant positive mass shift that goes beyond simple mixing effects. In contrast, charged D mesons are further subject to Landau level effects, which together with the mixing effects almost completely saturate the mass shifts obtained in our sum rule analysis.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗

DOE OSTI2011

Possible {Lambda}{sub c}N molecular bound state

{Lambda}{sub c}N bound state problem is investigated in the one-meson-exchange potential model. The potentials are obtained from an effective Lagrangian reflecting the heavy quark symmetry, chiral symmetry, and hidden local symmetry. We also consider the contributions from the coupled channels of {Sigma}{sub c}N and {Sigma}{sub c}*N. It is found that the channel coupling is very important in binding the baryons. We find that the formation of the nearly degenerate J{sup P} = 0{sup +} and J{sup P} = 1{sup +} {Lambda}{sub c}N molecular bound states is plausible, although the results are sensitive to the cutoff parameters.

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DOE OSTI2011

Possible molecular bound state of two charmed baryons

One-boson-exchange approach is widely used in the study of baryon-baryon interactions. Because of the higher masses, charmed baryons are likely to form molecular bound states. We here investigate this possibility in the {Lambda}{sub c{Lambda}c}(J{sup P} = 0{sup +}, I = 0) system, which may be the lowest mass state composed of two charmed baryons. Since the long-range interactions must play an important role for the formation of possible molecular bound states, we consider the one-pion-exchange potential explicitly and embed the short-range effects into a phenomenological cutoff parameter. As single pion exchange does not occur between two {Lambda}{sub c}'s, couplings to the nearby {Sigma}{sub c{Sigma}c}, {Sigma}{sub c{Sigma}c}* and {Sigma}{sub c}*{Sigma}{sub c}{sup *} channels may be crucial in binding two {Lambda}{sub c}'s. We find that it is possible to have a molecular bound state of two {Lambda}{sub c}'s, where the tensor force plays a crucial role, although the predicted binding energies are sensitive to the cutoff parameter.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗

DOE OSTI2011

{Lambda}* hypernuclei with chiral dynamics

As a strangeness S = -1 and baryon number B = 2 system, the two-body bound state of {Lambda}* = {Lambda}(1405) and a nucleon is studied. To solve the {Lambda}*N system, we construct the {Lambda}*N potential by extending the Juelich model with couplings estimated in the chiral unitary approach. We have the {Lambda}*N quasi-bound state with the mass, M{sub {Lambda}}*N{approx}2366 MeV which is shallowly bound with the binding energy B{approx}9 MeV in terms of the K-barNN system. Decay width of the fall apart process, where the {Lambda}*N resonance decays to {pi}{Sigma}N with a nucleon being as a spectator, is estimated to be {Gamma}{sub F.A}{approx}49 MeV.

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DOE OSTI2011

Determination of the {pi}{Sigma} scattering lengths from the weak decays of {Lambda}{sub c}

The scattering lengths of the {pi}{Sigma} systems are key quantities in understanding the structure of the {Lambda}(1405) resonance and the subthreshold extrapolation of the KN interaction. We demonstrate that the {pi}{Sigma} scattering lengths can be extracted from the threshold cusp phenomena in the weak {Lambda}{sub c}{yields}{pi}{pi}{Sigma} decays, analogously with Cabibbo's method for determination of the {pi}{pi} scattering length. We show that the substantial cusp effect should be observed in the spectrum, when the {pi}{Sigma} interaction in I=0 is strongly attractive to generate a near-threshold singularity, such as a bound state or a virtual state.

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