Kaon condensation and multi-strange matter

✍ Scribed by D. Gazda; E. Friedman; A. Gal; J. Mareš

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 317 KB
• Volume: 835
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2010.01.204

✦ Synopsis

We report on dynamical calculations of multi-K hypernuclei, which were performed by adding K mesons to particle-stable configurations of nucleons, Λ and Ξ hyperons. The K separation energy as well as the baryonic densities saturate with the number of antikaons. We demonstrate that the saturation is a robust feature of multi-K hypernuclei. Because the K separation energy B K does not exceed 200 MeV, we conclude that kaon condensation is unlikely to occur in finite strong-interaction self-bound {N, Λ, Ξ} strange hadronic systems.