INDUCED LAMBDA-HYPERON DECAY - HOW MANY NUCLEONS ARE INVOLVED

Authors
SHMATIKOV M
Citation
M. Shmatikov, INDUCED LAMBDA-HYPERON DECAY - HOW MANY NUCLEONS ARE INVOLVED, Physics letters. Section B, 337(1-2), 1994, pp. 48-52
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
337
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
48 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1994)337:1-2<48:ILD-HM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The decay of the Lambda-hyperon in the lightest hypemuclei induced by the correlated two-nucleon pair is considered. This mechanism alone is shown to reproduce reasonably well the experimental data on (the rati os of) nonmesonic decay widths and isotopic relations (ratio of neutro n- to proton-induced conversion rates). The obtained results signal th e importance of the Lambda NN --> NNN channel in the nonmesonic decays of light hypernuclei.