${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{4}$H in halo effective field theory

Abstract

The ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\ \ 4}$H bound state and the $S$-wave hypertriton(${}_\Lambda^{ \, 3}$H)-$\Lambda$ scattering in spin singlet and triplet channels below the hypertriton breakup momentum scale are studied in halo/cluster effective field theory at leading order by treating the ${}_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\ \ 4}$H system as a three-cluster ($\Lambda$-$\Lambda$-deuteron) system. In the spin singlet channel, the amplitude is insensitive to the cutoff parameter $\Lambda_c$ introduced in the integral equation, and we find that there is no bound state. In this case, the scattering length of the hypertriton-$\Lambda$ scattering is found to be $a_0^{} = 16.0\pm 3.0$ fm. In the spin triplet channel, however, the amplitude obtained by the coupled integral equations is sensitive to $\Lambda_c$, and we introduce the three-body contact interaction $g_1^{} (\Lambda_c)$. After phenomenologically fixing $g_1^{} (\Lambda_c)$, we find that the correlation between the two-$\Lambda$ separation energy $B_{\Lambda\Lambda}$ from the $_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{\ \ 4}$H bound state and the scattering length $a_{\Lambda\Lambda}^{}$ of the $S$-wave $\Lambda$-$\Lambda$ scattering is significantly sensitive to the value of $\Lambda_c$.