2026-08-05 大阪大学
図1. 反Kメソンが入り込み、糊のように陽子や中性子(合わせて核子)を強く結びつける原子核。
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- https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/research/2026/20260805_1
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026932600571X
証拠KーNN γd → K 0 Λ p反応における準束縛状態 Evidence for a KーNN quasi-bound state in the γd → K0Λp reaction
R. Kobayakawa, J.K. Ahn, S. Ajimura, W.-C. Chang, M.-L. Chu, S. Daté, T. Gogami, T.A. Hashimoto, T. Hotta, T. Ishikawa, H. Katsuragawa, H. Kohri, Y. Ma, M. Miyabe, K. Mizutani, N. Muramatsu, T. Nakano, T.H. Nam, M. Niiyama, Y. Nozawa…M. Yosoi
Physics Letters B Available online: 7 July 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2026.140719
Abstract
The γd → K0Λp reaction has been studied to search for a KーNN quasi-bound state using the LEPS2 solenoid spectrometer at SPring-8. A localized enhancement concentrated at low q is observed in the (MΛp, q) distribution below the K– pp mass threshold, where MΛp is the Λp invariant mass and q≡|p→γ -p→K0|=|p→Λp|is the momentum transfer. A two-dimensional (MΛp, q) fit demonstrates that the enhancement near the threshold is statistically significant, yielding a local significance of 7.3 σ. The enhancement is characterized by effective shape parameters including the Breit–Wigner mass M and width Γ, and a Gaussian form-factor momentum scale Q:
M=2.354±0.011(stat.)+0.009-0.005(syst.) GeV/c2,
Γ=0.055±0.023(stat.)+0.031-0.009(syst.) GeV/c2,and
Q=0.350±0.041(stat.)+0.035-0.010(syst.) GeV/c. The obtained results support the existence of a quasi-bound state in photoproduction.

