Evidence of kaon nuclear and Coulomb potential effects on soft K+ production from nuclei
M. Nekipelov, M. Buescher, W. Cassing, M. Hartmann, V. Hejny, V. Kleber, H. R. Koch, V. Koptev, Y. Maeda, R. Maier, S. Merzliakov, S. Mikirtychiants, H. Ohm, A. Petrus, D. Prasuhn, F. Rathmann, Z. Rudy, R. Schleichert, H. Schneider, K. Sistemich, H. J. Stein, H. Stroeher, K. -H. Watzlawik, C. Wilkin
Abstract
The ratio of forward K+ production on copper, silver and gold targets to that on carbon has been measured at proton beam energies between 1.5 and 2.3 GeV as a function of the kaon momentum pK using the ANKE spectrometer at COSY-Juelich. The strong suppression in the ratios observed for pK<200-250 MeV/c can be ascribed to a combination of Coulomb and nuclear repulsion in the K+A system. This opens a new way to investigate the interaction of K+-mesons in the nuclear medium. Our data are consistent with a K+A nuclear potential of VK~20 MeV at low kaon momenta and normal nuclear density. Given the sensitivity of the data to the kaon potential, the current experimental precision might allow one to determine VK to better than 3 MeV.
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