Production of Kaonic Nuclei K‾ pp by p(p, K+) and p(d, Kº) Reactions

Reactions P(P,K+) K‾pp and d(P,K+) K‾pp are promising means to populate kaonic nuclei and in this work, the differential cross sections of the above reactions have been investigated theoretically. Existence of kaonic nuclear bound states is of utmost significance in studying antikaon nucleon interactions. The present work would provide experimentalists with important information on setting up experiments to search for bound state kaonic nuclear systems. Green's function method have been employed to determine the cross sections and it is found that there is a remarkable peak structure in spectrum which indicates the formation of K‾PP. kaonic nuclei. The optimum incident proton energy for P(P,K+) and d(P,K+) reactions to produce K‾pp is proposed to be 4GeV