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Current Results on Light Hypernuclei in the WASA-FRS HypHI Experiment

C. Rappold, P. Achenbach, H. Alibrahim Alfaki, F. Amjad, M. Armstrong, K. H. Behr, J. Benlliure, Z. Brencic, D. Calongue González, T. Dickel, V. Drozd, S. Dubey, H. Ekawa, S. Escrig, M. Feijoo-Fontan, H. Fujioka, Y. Gao, H. Geissel, F. Goldenbaum, A. Graña Gonzalez, E. Haettner, M. N. Harakeh, Y. He, H. Heggen, C. Hornung, N. Hubbard, K. Itahashi, M. Iwasaki, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, A. Kasagi, M. Kavatsyuk, E. Kazantseva, A. Khreptak, B. Kindler, R. Knoebel, H. Kollmus, D. Kostyleva, S. Kraft-Bermuth, N. Kurz, E. Liu, B. Lommel, V. Metag, S. Minami, D. J. Morrissey, P. Moskal, I. Mukha, A. Muneem, M. Nakagawa, K. Nakazawa, C. Nociforo, H. J. Ong, S. Pietri, J. Pochodzalla, S. Purushothaman, E. Rocco, J. L. Rodríguez-Sánchez, P. Roy, R. Ruber, T. R. Saito, S. Schadmand, C. Scheidenberger, P. Schwarz, R. Sekiya, V. Serdyuk, M. Skurzok, B. Streicher, K. Suzuki, B. Szczepanczyk, Y. K. Tanaka, X. Tang, N. Tortorelli, M. Vencelj, H. Wang, T. Weber, H. Weick, M. Will, K. Wimmer, A. Yamamoto, A. Yanai, J. Yoshida, J. Zhao

nucl-exarXiv:2611.00385

Abstract

The current understanding of light hypernuclei, subatomic nuclei exhibiting strangeness, is being actively investigated by several collaborations. Recent studies employing high-energy heavy-ion beams have revealed unexpected results for the three-body bound state 3ΛH, known as the hypertriton. Experimental measurements of its lifetime and binding energy across multiple experiments have produced a puzzling situation referred to as the ``hypertriton puzzle''. This puzzle is the central focus of the data analysis from the WASA-FRS HypHI experiment at GSI-FAIR within the SuperFRS Experiment collaboration. Light hypernuclei are being investigated using 1.96 GeV/u 6Li beams impinging on a fixed carbon target, in conjunction with the WASA detector system and the Fragment Separator (FRS) at GSI-FAIR. The WASA-FRS experimental campaign was carried out during the first quarter of 2022. The primary objective of the experiment is to measure the lifetimes of 3ΛH and 4ΛH. The possible observation of the nnΛ state constitutes the second component of the WASA-FRS research program. This contribution provides an overview of our investigation of hypernuclei. Focusing on the WASA-FRS HypHI experiment, details of the current analysis status are presented.

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