Producing K+ from K0L via 'charge exchange'?

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The discussion revolves around the process of generating a K+ from a KL0 through a 'charge exchange' mechanism. Participants explore theoretical aspects, potential interactions, and the underlying quark exchanges involved in this process.

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  • One participant seeks clarification on the charge exchange process involving KL0 and K+, mentioning difficulties accessing relevant literature.
  • Another participant describes a specific interaction involving a K- and a nucleon, suggesting that a proton in silicon can interact with a negative kaon to produce a neutron and a neutral kaon.
  • A different participant discusses the quark-level interactions that could facilitate the charge exchange, noting the exchange of quarks and the potential for annihilation processes to produce K- from KL0.
  • This participant also mentions the energy scales involved, indicating that the incident momenta discussed in the literature are comparable to kaon masses, suggesting a strong interaction framework.

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Participants express varying levels of understanding and access to the literature, with some proposing specific mechanisms while others seek clarification. There is no consensus on the details of the charge exchange process, and multiple interpretations of the interactions are presented.

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Some participants reference specific interactions and theoretical frameworks without providing full context or definitions, leading to potential ambiguities in understanding the charge exchange process.

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I'm looking for ways that a [itex]K^{0}_{L}[/itex] can generate a [itex]K^{+}[/itex] and I'm aware that a so-called 'charge exchange' process can allow this. However, I can't access the well-cited publication that appears when googling, ("Kaon inelastic scattering and charge exchange on nuclei - Phys. Rev. C 19 1393 - CB Dover, 1979"), nor can I find a full downloadble version of any textbook that googling turns up, or even any powerpoint showing what happens.

Can anyone explain what such a process involves?
 
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I guess it means that the Kaon interacts with a nucleon and changes...
for example in the paper you are asking they have:
[itex]^{30}Si (K^- \bar{K}^0) ^{30}Al^{*}[/itex]
charge exchange..
So the Si's proton interacted with the negative charged Kaon and became a neutron for Al and a neutral Kaon...
 
ChrisVer said:
I guess it means that the Kaon interacts with a nucleon and changes...
for example in the paper you are asking they have:
[itex]^{30}Si (K^- \bar{K}^0) ^{30}Al^{*}[/itex]
charge exchange..
So the Si's proton interacted with the negative charged Kaon and became a neutron for Al and a neutral Kaon...

I'm not quite understanding... not sure why there's a negative kaon being mentioned now... is it illegal or against forum rules for you to post the pdf if you've been able to access it?
 
I don't have access to the paper right now, but I can discuss generalities. First of all, ##K^0+X \rightarrow K^\pm +Y## implies that we are exchanging a ##d## or ##\bar{d}## for a ##u## or ##\bar{u}## quark, respectively. For the ##s\bar{d}## component, this is kind of easy, since we have ##d##s directly in ##p## or ##n## so an annihilation process can produce a ##u\bar{u}## and pair the ##\bar{u}## with the ##s## to get a ##K^-##. There are other processes available at higher orders.

From the abstract of the paper, they are talking about incident momenta of order ##300-800~\text{MeV}##, which is still of order the kaon masses, so one could imagine that an adequate description would be in terms of pion-intermediated strong interactions with the nucleus. This gives plenty of opportunities to match up ##u## and ##d## quark exchanges with the kaons.
 
fzero said:
I don't have access to the paper right now, but I can discuss generalities. First of all, ##K^0+X \rightarrow K^\pm +Y## implies that we are exchanging a ##d## or ##\bar{d}## for a ##u## or ##\bar{u}## quark, respectively. For the ##s\bar{d}## component, this is kind of easy, since we have ##d##s directly in ##p## or ##n## so an annihilation process can produce a ##u\bar{u}## and pair the ##\bar{u}## with the ##s## to get a ##K^-##. There are other processes available at higher orders.

From the abstract of the paper, they are talking about incident momenta of order ##300-800~\text{MeV}##, which is still of order the kaon masses, so one could imagine that an adequate description would be in terms of pion-intermediated strong interactions with the nucleus. This gives plenty of opportunities to match up ##u## and ##d## quark exchanges with the kaons.

OK, many thanks.
 

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