Strangeness in nuclear physics

A Gal, EV Hungerford, DJ Millener - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
Extensions of nuclear physics to the strange sector are reviewed, covering data and models
of Λ and other hypernuclei, multistrange matter, and antikaon bound states and …

[HTML][HTML] Search for η-mesic He4 in the dd→ He3nπ0 and dd→ He3pπ− reactions with the WASA-at-COSY facility

P Adlarson, W Augustyniak, W Bardan, M Bashkanov… - Nuclear Physics A, 2017 - Elsevier
The search for He 4-η bound states was performed with the WASA-at-COSY facility via the
measurement of the excitation function for the dd→ He 3 n π 0 and dd→ He 3 p π …

[HTML][HTML] The pion-nucleon σ term from pionic atoms

E Friedman, A Gal - Physics Letters B, 2019 - Elsevier
Earlier work suggested that the in-medium πN threshold isovector amplitude b 1 (ρ) gets
renormalized in pionic atoms by∼ 30% away from its ρ= 0 free-space value, relating such …

[HTML][HTML] Onset of η-nuclear binding in a pionless EFT approach

N Barnea, B Bazak, E Friedman, A Gal - Physics Letters B, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract η NNN and η NNNN bound states are explored in stochastic variational method
(SVM) calculations within a pionless effective field theory (EFT) approach at leading order …

[HTML][HTML] Onset of η-meson binding in the He isotopes

N Barnea, E Friedman, A Gal - Nuclear Physics A, 2017 - Elsevier
The onset of binding η (548) mesons in nuclei is studied in the He isotopes by doing precise
η NNN and η NNNN few-body stochastic variational method calculations for two semi …

[HTML][HTML] Few-body calculations of η-nuclear quasibound states

N Barnea, E Friedman, A Gal - Physics Letters B, 2015 - Elsevier
We report on precise hyperspherical-basis calculations of ηNN and η NNN quasibound
states, using energy dependent ηN interaction potentials derived from coupled-channel …

[HTML][HTML] In-medium ηN interactions and η nuclear bound states

A Cieplý, E Friedman, A Gal, J Mareš - Nuclear Physics A, 2014 - Elsevier
The in-medium ηN interaction near and below threshold is constructed from a free-space
chirally-inspired meson–baryon coupled-channel model that captures the physics of the …

[PDF][PDF] Light η-mesic Nuclei

C Wilkin - Acta Phys. Polon. B, 2014 - s3.cern.ch
Although the idea of quasi-bound states of an η meson with a nucleus has been around for a
quarter of a century [1], no experiment has yet shown incontrovertible evidence for their …

[HTML][HTML] Testing in-medium πN dynamics on pionic atoms

E Friedman, A Gal - Nuclear Physics A, 2014 - Elsevier
A general algorithm for handling the energy dependence of meson–nucleon amplitudes in
the nuclear medium has been recently applied to antikaons and to eta mesons. Here we test …

Search for the manifestation of the mesic-nuclei on the dd--> 3HeNpi excitation function measured with WASA-at-COSY

W Krzemien, P Moskal, M Skurzok - arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.6644, 2014 - arxiv.org
We search for an evidence of eta-mesic 4He with the WASA-at-COSY detector. Two
dedicated experiments were performed at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY-Juelich. The …