Toward establishing low-lying $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ hyperon resonances with the $\bar K + d \to \pi + Y + N$ reaction

TL;DR

This paper develops a theoretical model for the $ar K d o ext{pi} Y N$ reactions to identify low-lying $ ext{Lambda}$ and $ ext{Sigma}$ hyperon resonances, using dynamical coupled-channels amplitudes to predict experimental outcomes at J-PARC.

Contribution

It introduces a model combining off-shell amplitudes from a DCC model to analyze hyperon resonances in $ar K d$ reactions, aiding the interpretation of upcoming experimental data.

Findings

Predicted cross sections can test $ ext{Lambda}(1405)$ resonance poles.

Momentum dependence of cross sections can reveal a low-lying $ ext{Sigma}$ resonance.

Model reliably predicts data when using amplitudes from a comprehensive $ar K N$ model.

Abstract

A model for the $\bar K d \to \pi Y N$ reactions with $Y=\Lambda, \Sigma$ is developed, aiming at establishing the low-lying $\Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ hyperon resonances through analyzing the forthcoming data from the J-PARC E31 experiment. The off-shell amplitudes generated from the dynamical coupled-channels (DCC) model, which was developed in Kamano et al. [Phys. Rev. C 90, 065204 (2014)], are used as input to the calculations of the elementary $\bar K N \to \bar K N$ and $\bar K N \to \pi Y$ subprocesses in the $\bar K d \to \pi Y N$ reactions. It is shown that the cross sections for the J-PARC E31 experiment with a rather high incoming-$\bar{K}$ momentum, $|\vec p_{\bar K}|= 1$ GeV, can be predicted reliably only when the input $\bar K N \to \bar K N$ amplitudes are generated from a $\bar KN$ model, such as the DCC model used in this investigation, which describes the data of the $\bar K N$ reactions at energies far beyond the $\bar K N$ threshold. We find that the data of the threefold differential cross section $d\sigma/(dM_{\pi\Sigma}d\Omega_{p_n})$ for the $K^- d \to \pi \Sigma n$ reaction below the $\bar K N$ threshold can be used to test the predictions of the resonance poles associated with $\Lambda(1405)$. We also find that the momentum dependence of the threefold differential cross sections for the $K^- d \to \pi^- \Lambda p$ reaction can be used to examine the existence of a low-lying $J^P=1/2^+$ $\Sigma$ resonance with a pole mass $M_R = 1457 -i39$ MeV, which was found from analyzing the $K^-p$ reaction data within the employed DCC model.