Distortion effects in light hypernuclei

Abstract

We have studied the particle-bound levels in the hypernucleiΛ3,4H,Λ5He,Λ8Li andΛ8,9Be in the framework of the full microscopic Resonating Group Method (RGM). In a first step we have solved the respective nuclear many-body problem within the RGM. For each hypernucleus we have then performed a static calculation, in which the nuclear degrees of freedom were kept fixed, and a dynamical calculation in which nuclear degrees of freedom were allowed to vary. The differences between these two studies allowed us to investigate nuclear distortion effects caused by the presence of theΛ-particle. We find the nuclear distortion effects to be inverse proportional to the binding of the nuclear constituents. Thus, the strongest effects are observed forΛ3H and forΛ9Be. Our dynamical approach does not show the strong overbinding ofΛ3H andΛ9Be as reported in other cluster model studies. Our results for thep-shell hypernuclei agree reasonably well with those obtained in a semi-microscopic Orthogonal Condition Model (OCM) study which used the same effectiveΛN-interaction as employed in our calculation.