$\Lambda^+_c$, $\Sigma_c$, $\Xi_c$ and $\Lambda_b$ hypernuclei in the quark-meson coupling model

Abstract

Charmed (and bottom) hypernuclei are studied in the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model. This completes systematic studies of charmed ($\Lambda_c^+, \Sigma_c, \Xi_c$), and $\Lambda_b$ hypernuclei in the QMC model. Effects of the Pauli blocking due to the underlying quark structure of baryons, and the $\Sigma_c N - \Lambda_c N$ channel coupling are phenomenologically taken into account at the hadronic level in the same way as those included for strange hypernuclei. Our results suggest that the $\Sigma_c^{++}$ and $\Xi_c^+$ hypernuclei are very unlikely to be formed, while the $\Lambda_c^+$, $\Xi_c^0$ and $\Lambda_b$ hypernuclei are quite likely to be formed. For the $\Sigma_c^+$ hypernuclei, the formation probability is non-zero though small. A detailed analysis is also made about the phenomenologically introduced Pauli blocking and channel coupling effects for the $\Sigma_c^0$ hypernuclei.