Spectroscopy of eta' nuclear bound states at GSI and FAIR --- very preliminary results and future prospects

18 Sep 2014, 16:30
30m

Speaker

Dr Hiroyuki Fujioka (Kyoto University)

Description

We have been working on a spectroscopy experiment searching for eta'-nucleus bound states at GSI. The binding of an eta' meson may arise from an attractive etaprime-nucleus interaction which leads to a mass reduction at finite density, as a result of partial restoration of chiral symmetry in association with the U_A(1) anomaly. The first experiment, GSI S-437, will take place in July and August, 2014. We will make use of the 12C(p,d) reaction; the ejectile deuterons will be momentum-analyzed by the fragment separator (FRS). Furthermore, we will upgrade the experimental setup at Super-FRS in the FAIR era, so as to improve the sensitivity. In this contribution, very preliminary results of the analysis of brand-new data will be reported. In addition, we will discuss future plans towards FAIR experiments.

Primary author

Dr Hiroyuki Fujioka (Kyoto University)

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