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Phys. Rev. C 68, 065201 (2003) [5 pages]

Neutron energy spectra from the nonmesonic weak decay of Λ12C and Λ89Y hypernuclei

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J. H. Kim et al.
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Received 1 April 2002; revised 23 May 2003; published 16 December 2003

We have measured the neutron spectra emitted in the weak decay of Λ12C and Λ89Y over the energy region above 10 MeV in the (π+,K+) reaction with better statistics and an improved signal-to-background ratio. The neutron yields in the nonmesonic weak decays were obtained from the spectra. By using the proton yield of Λ12C, the ΓnΓp ratio was estimated to be 0.51±0.15 (stat) from the neutron-to-proton yield ratio for the first time, which suggests the ΓnΓp ratio is significantly less than unity.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.68.065201
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.68.065201
PACS:
21.80.+a, 13.30.Eg, 13.75.Ev