Hyperon-nucleon potentials from lattice QCD

TL;DR

This study computes hyperon-nucleon potentials from lattice QCD, revealing strong spin dependence and weak attraction at medium distances, advancing understanding of baryon interactions.

Contribution

It provides the first lattice QCD calculation of $p ext{--} ext{Xi}^0$ potentials, demonstrating spin-dependent features and medium-range attraction.

Findings

Strong spin dependence in the $p ext{--} ext{Xi}^0$ potential.

Repulsive core in the $^1S_0$ channel.

Weak attraction in medium to long distances.

Abstract

We calculate $p\Xi^0$ potentials from the equal-time Bethe-Salpeter amplitude measured in the quenched QCD simulation with the spatial lattice volume, (4.4 fm)$^3$. The standard Wilson gauge action with the gauge coupling $\beta=5.7$ on $32^4$ lattice together with the standard Wilson quark action are used. The hopping parameter $\kappa_{ud}=0.1678$ is chosen for $u$ and $d$ quarks, which corresponds to $m_{\pi}\simeq 0.37$ GeV. The physical strange quark mass is used by taking the parameter $\kappa_s=0.1643$ which is deduced from the physical $K$ meson mass. The lattice spacing $a=0.1420$ fm is determined by the physical $\rho$ meson mass. We find that the $p\Xi^0$ potential has strong spin dependence. Strong repulsive core is found in $^1S_0$ channel while the effective central potential in the $^3S_1$ channel has relatively weak repulsive core. The potentials also have weak attractive parts in the medium to long distance region (0.6 fm $\lsim r \lsim 1.2$ fm) in both of the $^1S_0$ and $^3S_1$ channels.