<p>A new elementary operator for kaon photoproduction on the nucleon and nuclei has been developed within a Feynman diagrammatic framework. By fitting the unknown coupling strengths at the electromagnetic and hadronic vertices of the baryon resonances to all available experimental data across the six isospin channels, the model achieves excellent agreement with the data. The operator includes 26 nucleon resonances in the <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$K\Lambda $</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi>K</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> channels and 17 additional <InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\Delta $</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> resonances in the <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$K\Sigma $</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi>K</mi> <mi mathvariant="normal">Σ</mi> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> channels. For applications to nuclear reactions, such as hypernuclear photoproduction, the operator is formulated in Pauli space, allowing a straightforward implementation of the nonrelativistic approximation. Several alternative forms for expressing the operator output are proposed. In one of them, the spin operators and photon polarization vectors are separated from the operator, since both are frame dependent, thereby enhancing its versatility in nuclear applications. As an illustration of the operator’s application in the nuclear sector, we present the results for hypertriton photoproduction on <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$^3$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mmultiscripts> <mrow /> <mrow /> <mn>3</mn> </mmultiscripts> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>He and compare the calculations based on the present operator with those obtained by using Kaon-Maid.</p>

New Elementary Operator for Kaon Photoproduction on the Nucleon and Nuclei

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2026年4月6日

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Terry Mart,
Jovan Alfian Djaja

摘要

A new elementary operator for kaon photoproduction on the nucleon and nuclei has been developed within a Feynman diagrammatic framework. By fitting the unknown coupling strengths at the electromagnetic and hadronic vertices of the baryon resonances to all available experimental data across the six isospin channels, the model achieves excellent agreement with the data. The operator includes 26 nucleon resonances in the $K\Lambda $ $K Λ$ channels and 17 additional $\Delta $ $Δ$ resonances in the $K\Sigma $ $K Σ$ channels. For applications to nuclear reactions, such as hypernuclear photoproduction, the operator is formulated in Pauli space, allowing a straightforward implementation of the nonrelativistic approximation. Several alternative forms for expressing the operator output are proposed. In one of them, the spin operators and photon polarization vectors are separated from the operator, since both are frame dependent, thereby enhancing its versatility in nuclear applications. As an illustration of the operator’s application in the nuclear sector, we present the results for hypertriton photoproduction on $^3$ $^{3}$ He and compare the calculations based on the present operator with those obtained by using Kaon-Maid.