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Searchfor Double Antikaon Productionin Nuclei byStopped Antiproton AnnihilationP. Kienle, Excellence Cluster Universe, TU München

Introduction into the search for double kaonic

nuclear cluster production by stopped

antiproton annihilation

Experimental approach @ J-PARC

Experimental approach @ AD and FAIR

Possibility of “Double-Kaonic

Nuclear Cluster” Production

by Stopped-pbarAnnihilation

Preludeto „Double-Strange Nuclei“ @ LEAP

W. Weise, arXiv: 0507.058 (nucl-th) 2005

P. Kienle, J. Mod. Phys., A22 (2007) 365

P. Kienle, J. Mod. Phys., E16 (2007) 905

J. Zmeskal et al. EXA/LEAP 08, Hyper, Int

J. Zmeskal et al. „Double-Strangeness Pro-

ductionby Antiprotons, May 2009, CERN

DeeplyBound Di-Baryon Resonance

with Strangness S =-1

• Properties
• p+p -> K+ +X @ highmomentumtransfer
• MX = 2.265 (2) GeV/c² -> BX = 105(2) MeV
• ΓX = 118(8) MeV/c²
• Assignedtodeeplybound, denseK-ppclusterwithBxabouttwicethevaluepredictedby AY
• High observedproductionprobabilityispredictedbythe AY reaction model forthecaseof a highdensitycluster X
• Consequencesfor Double Strange Cluster
• Higher bindingenergyandhigherdensityexpectedcomparedwithsinglestrangecluster
• T. Yamazaki et al.Hyp. Inter.DO: 10.1007/ s 10751-0099997-5

• Double-kaonic nuclear clusters have been predicted theoretically.
• Double-kaonic clusters are expected to have a stronger binding
• energy and a higher density than single ones.

PL,B587,167 (2004). & NP, A754, 391c (2005).

• How to produce the double-kaonic nuclear cluster?
• heavy ion collision
• (K-,K+) reaction
• pbarA annihilation

We use pbarA annihilation

The elementary pbar-p annihilation reaction:

-98MeV

is forbidden for stopped pbar,

because of a negative Q-value of 98MeV

However, if deeply bound multi kaonic nuclear clusters exist, production by pbarannihilation reactions will be possible!

theoretical

prediction

B.E.=117MeV

G=35MeV

B.E.=221MeV

G=37MeV

Observations of the double-strangeness production in stopped pbar annihilation have been reported by 2 groups only, DIANA@ ITEP and OBELIX@ CERN/LEAR.

Although the observed statistics is very low,

their results have indicated a high yield of ~10-4

A double-strangeness production yield of ~10-4would make it

possible to explore the exotic systems with a dedicated experiment

Experimental Approach

for J-PARC

In the following discussion, we focus on the reaction:

(although K-K-pp decay modes are not known,)

we assume the most energetic favored decay mode:

final state = K+K0LL

• We can detect the K-K-pp signal with:
• exclusive measurement
• all charged particles, K+K0LL, using K0p+p- mode
• K0LL, and K+ ID using K0LL missing mass
• (semi-)exclusive measurement
• K+K0 missing mass with L-tag
• LL invariant mass

We need

wide-acceptance detectors.

• assumptions:
• widths of K-K-pp/H = 0
• many-body decay = isotropic decay

K+ K0 X momentum spectra

B.E=109MeV

B.E=150MeV

B.E=200MeV

(threshold)

In the K-K-pp production channel, the kaons have very small momentum of up to 300MeV/c, even if B.E.=200MeV.

We have to construct low mass material detectors.

We would like to perform the proposed experiment

at K1.1 or K1.8BR beam line

pbar stopping-rate evaluation by GEANT4

• Incident Beam
• momentum bite : +/-2.5% (flat)
• incident beam distribution : ideal

• Detectors
• Carbon Degrader : 1.99*g/cm3
• Plastic Scintillator : l=1cm, 1.032*g/cm3
• Liquid He3 target : f7cm, l=12cm, 0.080*g/cm3

1.3x103 stopped pbar/spill

@ 0.65GeV/c, ldegrader~14cm

• 30GeV-9mA,
• 6.0degrees
• Ni-target

pbar production yield

with a Sanford-Wang

pbar stopping-rate

• pbar beam momentum : 0.65GeV/c
• beam intensity : 3.4x104/spill/3.5s
• pbar stopping rate : 3.9%

• stopped-pbar yield : 1.3x103/spill/3.5s

• Double-strangeness production : 1x10-4/stopped-pbar

 9.6x104 double-strangeness/month

a mere assumption!

• branching ratio to K+K0LL final state : 0.1

 9.6x103 K+K0LL/month

• design concept
• low material detector system
• wide acceptance with PID
• useful for other experiments

We are considering

2-types of detector

E15 setup @ K1.8BR

• B = 0.5T
• CDC resolution : srf = 0.2mm
• sz’s depend on the tilt angles (~3mm)
• ZTPC resolution : sz = 1mm
• srf is not used for present setup

New dipole setup @ K1.1

• The design goal is to become the common setup for the f-nuclei experiment with in-flight pbar-beam
• B = 0.5T
• Double Cylindrical-Drift-Chamber setup
• pID is performed with dE/dx measurement by the INC
• INC resolution : srf = 0.2mm , sz = 2mm (UV)
• CDC resolution : srf = 0.2mm, sz = 2mm (UV)
• CDC is NOT used for the stopped-pbar experiment

LL inv-mass with NEW setup

LL inv-mass with E15 setup

53 K-K-pp events/month

42 K-K-pp events/month

sK-K-pp = 27MeV

sH = 0.7MeV

sK-K-pp = 34MeV

sH = 14MeV

Backgrounds from S0gL have to be taken into account

K+K0 miss-mass with NEW setup

K+K0 miss-mass with E15 setup

sK-K-pp = 8MeV

sH = 25MeV

sK-K-pp = 12MeV

sH = 45MeV

17 K-K-pp events/month

24 K-K-pp events/month

• We propose to search for double strangeness production by pbar annihilation on helium nuclei at rest.
• The proposed experiment will provide significant information on double strangeness production and double strangeness cluster states, like K-K-pp.

Outlook

• We are investigating further realistic estimation of the K+K0LL yield and the backgrounds for (semi-)inclusive measurements.
• We are now preparing the proposal for J-PARC based on the LoI.

• Although observed statistics are very small, the results have indicated a high yield of ~10-4, which is naively estimated to be ~10-5.
• Possible candidates of the double-strangeness production mechanism are:
• rescattering cascades,
• exotic B>0 annihilation (multi-nucleon annihilation)
• formation of a cold QGP, deeply-bound kaonic nuclei,
• H-particle, and so on

the mechanism is NOT known well

because of low statistics

of the experimental results!

single-nucleon

annihilation

rescattering

cascades

multi-nucleon

annihilation

B=0

B>0

B>0

• DIANA[Phys.Lett., B464, 323 (1999).]
• pbarXe annihilation
• p=<1GeV/c pbar-beam @ ITEP 10GeV-PS
• 700-liter Xenon bubble chamber, w/o B-field
• 106 pictures7.8x105pbarXe inelastic  2.8x105pbarXe @ 0-0.4GeV/c

• OBELIX(’86~’96) [Nucl. Phys., A797, 109 (2007).]
• pbar4He annihilation
• stopped pbar @ CERN/LEAR
• gas target (4He@NTP, H2@3atm)
• cylindrical spectrometer w/ B-field
• spiral projection chamber,
• scintillator barrels, jet-drift chambers
• 2.4x105/4.7x104 events of 4/5-prong in 4He
• pmin = 100/150/300MeV/c for p/K/p

they discuss the possibility of formation and decay of K-K-nn and K-K-pnn bound system

MH= 2ML

LL spectra

L-L opening-angle

L momentum

LL inv. mass

strong correlation of LL opening-angle

in K-K-pp/H productions

pbar3He charged particle multiplicity at rest

CERN LEAR, streamer chamber exp. NPA518,683 91990).

&

expected stopped-pbar yield = 1.3x103/spill

All events with a scintillator hit will be accumulated

• pbar+3HeK+K0S+ X (X=KKpp/H/LL) events are generated isotropically at the center of the detector system
• # of generated events is 200k for each case
• obtained yields are scaled by the estimated K+K0LL yield
• chamber resolution, multiple scattering and energy losses are fully took into account using GEANT4 toolkit
• charged particles are traced with spiral fit

• assumptions:
• widths of K-K0pp/H = 0
• B.E. of K-K-pp = 200MeV
• MH = 2xML
• branching ratio to K+K0LL final state = 0.1
• DAQ & analysis efficiency = 0.7  6.7x103 K+K0LL/month
• Generated ratio  K-K-pp:H:LL = 0.1:0.1:0.8
• KKppLL and HLL decay branches are assumed to be 100%
• S0gL contribution is NOT considered for the inclusive measurements

LL invariant mass : inclusive events

K+K0 missing mass : semi-inclusive events (w/ one more L)

This exclusive channel study is equivalent to

the unbound (excited) H-dibaryon search!

Possible background channels

• direct K+K0LL production channels, like:

be distinguished by inv.-mass only

 major background source

• S0gL contaminations, like:

be eliminated by

the kinematical constraint