Effects of the next-to-leading order terms in the chiral SU(3) Lagrangian on the strangeness -1 s-wave meson-baryon interactions

TL;DR

This paper investigates how next-to-leading order terms in the chiral SU(3) Lagrangian influence s-wave meson-baryon interactions in the strangeness -1 sector, with a focus on the $ar{K} N ightarrow K \Xi$ reaction.

Contribution

It introduces a chiral unitarity model incorporating NLO terms and fits it to experimental data, highlighting their impact on reaction cross sections.

Findings

NLO terms significantly affect the $ar{K} N ightarrow K \Xi$ cross section.

The model successfully describes various two-body channels.

Next-to-leading order contributions are crucial for accurate reaction predictions.

Abstract

The meson-baryon interactions in s-wave in the strangeness S=-1 sector are studied using a chiral unitarity approach based on the next-to-leading order chiral SU(3) Lagrangian. The model is fitted to the large set of experimental data in different two-body channels. Particular attention is paid to the $\Xi$ hyperon production reaction, $\bar{K} N \rightarrow K \Xi$, where the effect of the next-to-leading order terms in the Lagrangian play a crucial role, since the cross section of this reaction at tree level is zero.