Ground-state properties of light kaonic nuclei signaling symmetry energy at high densities

Rongyao Yang; Sina Wei; Weizhou Jiang

doi:10.1088/1674-1137/42/2/024102

Chinese Physics C> 2018, Vol. 42> Issue(2) : 024102 DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/42/2/024102

Ground-state properties of light kaonic nuclei signaling symmetry energy at high densities

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School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China

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A sensitive correlation between the ground-state properties of light kaonic nuclei and the symmetry energy at high densities is constructed under the framework of relativistic mean-field theory. Taking oxygen isotopes as an example, we see that a high-density core is produced in kaonic oxygen nuclei, due to the strongly attractive antikaon-nucleon interaction. It is found that the 1S_1/2 state energy in the high-density core of kaonic nuclei can directly probe the variation of the symmetry energy at supranormal nuclear density, and a sensitive correlation between the neutron skin thickness and the symmetry energy at supranormal density is established directly. Meanwhile, the sensitivity of the neutron skin thickness to the low-density slope of the symmetry energy is greatly increased in the corresponding kaonic nuclei. These sensitive relationships are established upon the fact that the isovector potential in the central region of kaonic nuclei becomes very sensitive to the variation of the symmetry energy. These findings might provide another perspective to constrain high-density symmetry energy, and await experimental verification in the future.
- symmetry energy ,
- neutron skin thickness ,
- kaonic nuclei ,
- relativistic mean-field theory

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