Vertex constants (asymptotic normalization coefficients) and mean-square radii of hypernuclei in the potential model

Abstract

The vertex constants, asymptotic normalization coefficients, and mean-square radii for a number of Λ hypernuclei have been calculated in a wide range of mass numbers. Interaction of a Λ hyperon with a core nucleus was described by the Woods-Saxon, Hulten, and Yukawa potentials. Geometric parameters of the Woods-Saxon potential were taken from the data in the literature, and the interaction force was fitted to the experimental binding energy of the ground state of this hypernucleus. The parameters of the Hulthen and Yukawa potentials were chosen so as to reproduce simultaneously the binding energy of the hyperon and its mean-square radius calculated with the Woods-Saxon potential. Within the effective-radius approximation, the low-energy parameters for hyperon scattering by the core nucleus are expressed in terms of vertex constants and the numerical values of these parameters are determined.