A search for the K−pp bound state in the 3He(K−in-flight, n) reaction at J-PARC

• Main Authors: Hashimoto T., Ajimura S., Beer G., Bhang H., Bragadireanu M., Buehler P., Busso L., Cargnelli M., Choi S., Curceanu C., Enomoto S., Faso D., Fujioka H., Fujiwara Y., Fukuda T., Guaraldo C., Hayano R. S., Hiraiwa T., Iio M., Iliescu M., Inoue K., Ishiguro Y., Ishikawa T., Ishimoto S., Ishiwatari T., Itahashi K., Iwai M., Iwasaki M., Kato Y., Kawasaki S., Kienle P., Kou H., Ma Y., Marton J., Matsuda Y., Mizoi Y., Morra O., Nagae T., Noumi H., Ohnishi H., Okada S., Outa H., Piscicchia K., Poli Lener M., Romero Vida A., Sada Y., Sakaguchi A., Sakuma F., Sato M., Scordo A., Sekimoto M., Shi H., Sirghi D., Sirghi F., Suzuki K., Suzuki S., Suzuki T., Tanida K., Tatsuno H., Tokuda M., Tomono D., Toyoda A., Tsukada K., Vazquez Doce O., Widmann E., Wuenschek B. K., Yamaga T., Yamazaki T., Yim H., Zhang Q., Zmeska J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2100-014X
• DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146609008

We have collected the first physics data of an experimental search for the simplest kaonic nuclear bound state, “K− pp”, by the 3He(K− n) reaction at J-PARC. We confirmed that our spectrometer system works as designed and observed clear peak structure composed of the quasi-elastic K−“n” → K−n and the charge-exchange K−“p” → ¯̅K0n reactions in the forward neutron spectrum.