Hypertriton Lifetime Puzzle and Its Perspective

HAN Chengdong; CHEN Xurong; YUAN Xiaohua; ZHANG Hongqiang; ZHANG Pengming; ZHANG Yapeng; MA Yue

doi:10.11804/NuclPhysRev.36.03.273

Recent heavy ion experiments (HypHI, STAR) announced surprisingly short lifetime for _Λ³H mesonic weak decay (MWD), which is difficult to interpret given the fact that _Λ³H is a very loosely bound system. This intriguing issue is known as hypertriton lifetime puzzle. In order to test the lifetime of the hypertriton with different experimental methods, we propose to use the K^-beam of J-PARC to measure the lifetime of the hypertriton through the reaction channel of K^-+ ³He → _Λ³H + π⁰. In this article, we will summarize the situation and introduce some recent activities aiming at solving this puzzle. Our method will not suffer from the track reconstruction efficiency as the heavy ion based experiments; thus provide an important test for the hypertriton lifetime puzzle with comparable precision.

Hypertriton Lifetime Puzzle and Its Perspective

1. RIKEN, Wako 351-0106, Japan;

2. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;

3. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;

4. School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

Funds: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(A) of Japan (17H04842)

Received Date: 2019-05-24

Rev Recd Date: 2019-07-26

Publish Date: 2019-09-20

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Abstract: Recent heavy ion experiments (HypHI, STAR) announced surprisingly short lifetime for _Λ³H mesonic weak decay (MWD), which is difficult to interpret given the fact that _Λ³H is a very loosely bound system. This intriguing issue is known as hypertriton lifetime puzzle. In order to test the lifetime of the hypertriton with different experimental methods, we propose to use the K^-beam of J-PARC to measure the lifetime of the hypertriton through the reaction channel of K^-+ ³He → _Λ³H + π⁰. In this article, we will summarize the situation and introduce some recent activities aiming at solving this puzzle. Our method will not suffer from the track reconstruction efficiency as the heavy ion based experiments; thus provide an important test for the hypertriton lifetime puzzle with comparable precision.

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Hypertriton Lifetime Puzzle and Its Perspective

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