Markus Büscher, HYP Strangeness COSY Proton Induced Strangeness Production on Protons and Nuclei Near Threshold Markus Büscher Forschungszentrum Jülich Germany ANKE COSY-11 COSY-TOF

Markus Büscher, HYP The Accelerator: COSY-Jülich COSY (Cooler Synchroton) at FZ-Jülich (Germany): (polarized) p & d beams phase-space cooling –electron & stochasting cooling p = 0.30 – 3.65 GeV/c –pp  pp X (m X  1.1 GeV/c 2 ) –dd   X (m X  1.0 GeV/c 2 ) –pp  pK + Y* (m Y*  1.5 GeV/c 2 ) internal & external beams

Markus Büscher, HYP COSY vs. Other Accelerators Production Thresholds: p p  p K +  T p = 1.58 GeV p p  p K +  0 T p = 1.79 GeV p p  p K 0  + T p = 1.80 GeV p p  p p K + K - T p = 2.50 GeV Some interesting reactions: –pp  pK + Y (m Y  1.5 GeV/c 2 ) –pp  pp a 0 /f 0 (980) –pA  pK + X (T p = GeV) Several dedicated detection systems... Hadron accelerators Electron accelerators

Markus Büscher, HYP COSY Detectors at COSY Cluster target drift chambers scintillator ANKE, COSY-11: –circulating beam –thin internal targets –forward spectrometer (small acceptance) -magnetic spectrometer COSY-TOF: –extracted beam –small target (vertex) –nearly 4  coverage (no charge id) -non-magnetic MOMO (at BIG KARL)

Markus Büscher, HYP COSY-TOF: Detection Principle No magnetic field Detection of charged ejectiles Complete geometrical reconstruction of each event  kinematical variables Start detector optimized for track/vertex reconstruction Additionally: TOF &  E Trigger: charge 2  4 double-sided ring  -strip Start scintillator Fiber hodoscope intermediate fiber hodoscope Flight path for TOF measurement “Quirl“

Markus Büscher, HYP Strangeness Production … Initial- (ISI) and Final State Interactions (FSI): If (p,Y), (p,K), or (K,Y) travel along with each other, they interact and „distort“ spectra (observables):  exploit this to study such interactions !!  reactions close to threshold Example: (p  )-FSI  (p  ) scattering length FSI ISIProduction NN  NN X NYK

Markus Büscher, HYP Exp. N* & FSI p-  FSI N*(1650)  -Hyperon Production Dalitz-plots: (analysis w/ theoretical model of A. Sibirtsev) at 2.85 GeV/c (see Fig.)  in addition to p-  FSI, a strong contribution of the N*(1650) nucleon resonance is needed At higher energies, also the N*(1710) has to be included [FSI+N*(1650)] : N*(1710) ~ 1 p p  p K +  (COSY-TOF) W. Schröder, Ph.D. thesis Uni Erlangen, to be published p p p  K+K+ N*

Markus Büscher, HYP  p Interaction Total cross section for pp  p K +  a) phase space b) ____ p-K + Coulomb repulsion and p-  strong FSI Dalitz-pot analysis:  spin-averaged  p-scattering length: a = - (2.0 ± 0.2) fm But: a and r are correlated Watson formula applicable? Spin dependence (a s /a t )? J.T. Balewski et al., EPJ A 2, 99 (1998) p p  p K +  (COSY-11) Theory can help... !

Markus Büscher, HYP  p Scattering Length Polarisation measurements (COSY)  a s, a t Formula also applicable for  d  K  N A. Gasparian et al., subm. to PRC p pp p pp  K +  p SATURNE (  m=2 MeV) a = (–1.5 ± 0.15 exp ± 0.3 th ) fm Data: -  p elastic scattering (  el = ¼  s + ¾  t ) - Bubble chamber Fit: - Effective-range expansion G. Alexander et al., PR 173, 1452 (1968) observable S = s or t

Markus Büscher, HYP  -Hyperon Production Dalitz-plots: at 3.20 GeV/c (see Fig.)  rather smooth distribution p p  p K 0   (COSY-TOF) ++ “pentaquark“ states (  + )??? observed in (nK + ) in photo- nuclear reactions  here: pp   +  + K 0 p “... we are optimistic to significantly contribute to the topic...“ pp  pK 0  +, 3.30 GeV/c preliminary!  nothing seen in pp   K + p) !!

Markus Büscher, HYP The Light Scalar Resonances COSY S I K * (?) a 0 - (?)a 0 0 (?)f 0 (?)a 0 + (?) f 0 (?) Nonet of light scalar mesons J P =0 + f 0 (500) (“  “)  f 0 (980) a 0 (980) f 0 (1370) K 0 *(1430) a 0 (1450) f 0 (1500) Possible candidates 9 states } }

Markus Büscher, HYP The a 0 /f 0 (980) at ANKE/COSY pp  d ++ _ K+K0 K+K0 pp  pp K + K - COSY-11 dd  4 He  0  pN  d ()()  +/0   0 Summer 2003 pn  d K+K-K+K- MOMO pd  3 He K + K - Defined FS isospin Angular symmetries a 0 -f 0 mixing Charge-symmetry breaking a 0 -f 0 mixing  (pn  d a 0 0 /f 0 ) vs.  (pp  d a 0 + )  (pd  3 He a 0 0 /f 0 ) vs.  (pd  3 H a 0 + ) Angular asymmetries ANKE Photon detector (WASA) dd  4 He K + K -  (pp  da 0 +  dK + K 0 ) = 83% · 38 nb Photon detector for  identification needed M. Büscher et al., hep-ph/

Markus Büscher, HYP K + Production from pA Reactions Inclusive cross sections for –D, C, Cu, Ag, Au Targets –T = GeV (T NN = 1.58 GeV)  Reaction mechanisms –Strong collectivity below threshold –Model calculations (CBUU transport, folding model...) –Correlation measurements  pD data: –  (pn  K + X)  4·  (pp  K + X) taken from: K.Tsushima et al., PRC 59, 369 (1999) pD  K + X T p = 2.0 GeV p A  K  X (ANKE) pC  K + X preliminary Publication in preparation

Markus Büscher, HYP Nuclear Medium Effects M.Nekipelov et al., PLB 540, 207 (2002)  pA  K + X (ANKE) V K = +20 MeV R(Au/C) T=2.3 GeV Transport model: Z.Rudy et al., EPJ A 15, 303 (2002) K + rescattering, Coulomb repulsion Nuclear potential cross section ratio (Au/C) w/o potentials MeV Cross-section ratios R(A/C) have very small systematic uncertainties V K + is sensitive to peak position in R(A/C) pA reactions probe nuclear medium at    0 Best agreement with calculations for V K + (  0 ) = +20 MeV Expected accuracy <3 MeV p A  K  X (ANKE)

Markus Büscher, HYP Strangeness Production … “Exotic“ states -  + in pp  pK 0  + ??? Charge-symmetry breaking -dd   (  0  ) and a 0 -f 0 mixing SU(3) flavor symmetry breaking -NY interaction at low relative energies (compare with NN) In-medium masses... fundamental issues can be addressed needs to (and will) be vigorously investigated (at COSY)! pp  pK 0  +, 3.30 GeV/c preliminary! R(Au/C) V K = +20 MeV pA  K + X

Markus Büscher, HYP I.d. of pp  dK + K 0 ANKE K+K+ d T = 2.65 GeV tt p K + -d coincidence measurement Identification of pp  dK + X events via TOF,  E and particle momenta Identification of pp  dK + K 0 events via dK + missing mass Background < 10% COSY beam Spectrometer dipole

Markus Büscher, HYP First Results on the a 0 + V.Kleber et al., PRL in print; nucl-ex/ Q = 46 MeVFit: [(K K ) P d] S + [(K K ) S d] P  tot (pp  dK + K 0 ) = (38 ± 2 stat ± 14 sys ) nb  (pp  da 0 +  dK + K 0 ) = 83% ·  tot p p  d K + K 0 (ANKE)

Markus Büscher, HYP  vs.  0 Production …  0 ratio (same excess energy above threshold): R ~ 25 at threshold, R(E)  3 Difference between  and    ? |  > = |(ud)[I=0, 1 S 0 ], s> I=0, ½ +    = |(ud)[I= 1, 3 S 1 ], s> I=1, ½ +  R ~ 3 coupling: g N  K, g N  K  R ~ 27  N   p transition destructive π /K interference NPA 684 (2001) 397 effective Lagrangian / N* PRC 63 (2001) incoh. π /K nucl-th/ resonance + π/ρ/η nucl-th/ S. Sewerin et al., PRL 83, 682 (1999) pp  pK +  /   (COSY-11)

Markus Büscher, HYP Experimental challenges... NN Partial Cross Sections: p p  N Y K (mostly COSY data) more specifically: p p  p  K + p p  p    K + p p  p    K 0 p p  n    K + (p p  pp K + K - )