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Applying the sum rule approach, we investigate the energy of a soft dipole motion in $Lambda$ hypernuclei, which results from a dipole oscillation of a $Lambda$ hyperon against the core nucleus. To this end, we systematically study single-$Lambda$ hypernuclei, from $^{16}_{;,Lambda}$O to $^{208}_{;;;Lambda}$Pb, for which the ground state wave function is obtained in the framework of Hartree-Fock method with several Skyrme-type $Lambda N$ interactions. Our results indicate that the excitation energy of the soft dipole $Lambda$ mode, $E_{sdLambda}$, decreases as the mass number increases. We find that the excitation energy is well parametrized as $E_{sdLambda}=26.6A^{-1/3}+11.2A^{-2/3}$ MeV as a function of mass number $A$.
We calculate the $Lambda Lambda to YN$ transition rate of ${^{phantom{Lambda}6}_{Lambda Lambda}}$He by the hybrid picture, the $pi$ and $K$ exchanges plus the direct quark processes. It is found that the hyperon-induced decay is weaker than the nucleon-induced decay, but the former may reveal the short-range mechanism of the weak transition and also give a clear signal of the strong $Delta I=3/2$ transition. The $Lambda Lambda to Y N$ transition in double-$Lambda$ hypernucleus is complement to the $Lambda N to NN$ transition as it occurs only in the J=0 channel, while the J=1 transition is dominant in the $Lambda N to NN$ case.
The nonmesonic weak decay of $Lambda$ hypernuclei is studied within a microscopic diagrammatic approach which is extended to include the three--nucleon induced mechanism. We adopt a nuclear matter formalism which, through the local density approximation, allows us to model finite hypernuclei, a one--meson--exchange weak transition potential and a Bonn nucleon--nucleon strong potential. One--, two-- and three--nucleon induced weak decay rates are predicted for $^{12}_Lambda$C by including ground state correlations up to second order in the nucleon--nucleon potential and the recoil of the residual nucleus. Three--nucleon stimulated decays, $Lambda NNNto nNNN$ ($N=n$ or $p$), are considered here for the first time. The obtained decay rates compare well with the latest KEK and FINUDA data. The three--nucleon induced rate turns out to be dominated by $nnp$-- and $npp$--induced decays, it amounts to $sim$ 7% of the total nonmesonic rate and it is $sim 1/2$ of the neutron--induced decay rate. The reduction effect of the nuclear recoil is particularly relevant for the three--nucleon induced rates ($sim$ 15%), less important for the two--nucleon induced rates ($sim$ 4%) and negligible for the one--nucleon induced rates. Given the non--negligible size of the three--nucleon induced contribution and consequently its importance in the precise determination of the complete set of decay rates, new measurements and/or experimental analysis are encouraged.
The non--mesonic weak decay of double--$Lambda$ hypernuclei is studied within a microscopic diagrammatic approach. Besides the nucleon--induced mechanism, $Lambda Nto nN$, widely studied in single--$Lambda$ hypernuclei, additional hyperon--induced mechanisms, $Lambda Lambdato Lambda n$, $Lambda Lambdato Sigma^0 n$ and $Lambda Lambdato Sigma^-p$, are accessible in double--$Lambda$ hypernuclei and are investigated here. As in previous works on single--$Lambda$ hypernuclei, we adopt a nuclear matter formalism extended to finite nuclei via the local density approximation and a one--meson exchange weak transition potential (including the ground state pseudoscalar and vector octets mesons) supplemented by correlated and uncorrelated two--pion--exchange contributions. The weak decay rates are evaluated for hypernuclei in the region of the experimentally accessible light hypernuclei $^{10}_{LambdaLambda}$Be and $^{13}_{LambdaLambda}$B. Our predictions are compared with a few previous evaluations. The rate for the $Lambda Lambdato Lambda n$ decay is dominated by $K$--, $K^*$-- and $eta$--exchange and turns out to be about 2.5% of the free $Lambda$ decay rate, $Gamma_{Lambda}^{rm free}$, while the total rate for the $Lambda Lambdato Sigma^0 n$ and $Lambda Lambdato Sigma^- p$ decays, dominated by $pi$--exchange, amounts to about 0.25% of $Gamma_{Lambda}^{rm free}$. The experimental measurement of these decays would be essential for the beginning of a systematic study of the non--mesonic decay of strangeness $-2$ hypernuclei. This field of research could also shed light on the possible existence and nature of the $H$--dibaryon.
This research article is a follow up of earlier work by M. Ikram et al., reported in International Journal of Modern Physics E {bf{25}}, 1650103 (2016) wherein we searched for $Lambda$ magic numbers in experimentally confirmed doubly magic nucleonic cores in light to heavy mass region (ie.$^{16}O - ^{208}Pb$) by injecting $Lambda$s into them. In present manuscript, working within the state-of-art relativistic mean field theory with inclusion of $Lambda N$ and $LambdaLambda$ interaction in hypernuclei using the predicted doubly magic nucleonic cores ie. $^{292}$120, $^{304}$120, $^{360}$132, $^{370}$132, $^{336}$138, $^{396}$138 of elusive superheavy mass regime. In analogy to well established signatures of magicity in conventional nuclear theory, the prediction of hypernuclear magicity are made on the basis of one-, two-$Lambda$ separation energy ($S_Lambda, S_{2Lambda}$) and two lambda shell gaps ($delta_{2Lambda}$) in multi-$Lambda$ hypernuclei. The calculations suggest that the $Lambda$ numbers 92, 106, 126, 138, 184, 198, 240, and 258 might be the $Lambda$ shell closures after introducing the $Lambda$s in elusive superheavy nucleonic cores. Moreover, in support of $Lambda$ shell closure the investigation of $Lambda$ pairing energy and effective $Lambda$ pairing gap has also been made. The appearance of new lambda shell closures other than the nucleonic ones predicted by various relativistic and non-relativistic theoretical investigations can be attributed to the relatively weak strength of spin-orbit coupling in hypernuclei compared to normal nuclei.
By using the 1H(6Li,6Be)n charge-exchange reaction, continuum states in 6Be were populated up to E_t=16 MeV, E_t being the 6Be energy above its three-body decay threshold. In kinematically complete measurements performed by detecting alpha+p+p coincidences, an E_t spectrum of high statistics was obtained, containing approximately ~5x10^6 events. The spectrum provides detailed correlation information about the well-known 0^+ ground state of 6Be at E_t=1.37 MeV and its 2^+ state at E_t=3.05 MeV. Moreover, a broad structure extending from 4 to 16 MeV was observed. It contains negative parity states populated by Delta L=1 angular momentum transfer without other significant contributions. This structure can be interpreted as a novel phenomenon, i.e. the isovector soft dipole mode associated with the 6Li ground state. The population of this mode in the charge-exchange reaction is a dominant phenomenon for this reaction, being responsible for about 60% of the cross section obtained in the measured energy range.