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The Weak ΛΛK0 Interaction

Martin J. Savage, Roxanne P. Springer

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9708049

Abstract

We calculate the leading contribution to the weak ΛΛK coupling in heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory, including the SU(3) breaking terms arising at one-loop. This coupling gives the leading one-boson exchange amplitude for the process ΛΛΛn and is an important component in understanding the decay of ΛΛ-hypernuclei. We find the S-wave and P-wave amplitudes to be stable under one-loop corrections, but the associated errors become large. We discuss the theoretical errors and potential effects of higher order terms.

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