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The kaonic atoms research program at DAΦNE : From SIDDHARTA to SIDDHARTA-2

Scordo, A. ; Amirkhani, A. ; Bazzi, M. ; Bellotti, G. ; Berucci, C. ; Bosnar, D. ; Bragadireanu, A. M. ; Cargnelli, M. ; Curceanu, C. and Dawood Butt, A. , et al. (2018) 2017 International Conference on Exotic Atoms and Related Topics, EXA 2017 In EPJ Web of Conferences 181.
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The interaction of antikaons with nucleons and nuclei in the low-energy regime represents an active research field in hadron physics with still many important open questions. The investigation of light kaonic atoms, in which one electron is replaced by a negatively charged kaon, is a unique tool to provide precise information on this interaction; the energy shift and the broadening of the low-lying states of such atoms, induced by the kaon-nucleus hadronic interaction, can be determined with high precision from the atomic X-ray spectroscopy, and this experimental method provides unique information to understand the low energy kaon-nucleus interaction at the production threshold. The lightest atomic systems, like the kaonic hydrogen and... (More)

The interaction of antikaons with nucleons and nuclei in the low-energy regime represents an active research field in hadron physics with still many important open questions. The investigation of light kaonic atoms, in which one electron is replaced by a negatively charged kaon, is a unique tool to provide precise information on this interaction; the energy shift and the broadening of the low-lying states of such atoms, induced by the kaon-nucleus hadronic interaction, can be determined with high precision from the atomic X-ray spectroscopy, and this experimental method provides unique information to understand the low energy kaon-nucleus interaction at the production threshold. The lightest atomic systems, like the kaonic hydrogen and the kaonic deuterium deliver, in a model-independent way, the isospin-dependent kaon-nucleon scattering lengths. The most precise kaonic hydrogen measurement to-date, together with an exploratory measurement of kaonic deuterium, were carried out in 2009 by the SIDDHARTA collaboration at the DAΦNE electron-positron collider of LNF-INFN, combining the excellent quality kaon beam delivered by the collider with new experimental techniques, as fast and very precise X-ray detectors, like the Silicon Drift Detectors. The SIDDHARTA results triggered new theoretical work, which achieved major progress in the understanding of the low-energy strong interaction with strangeness reflected by the antikaon-nucleon scattering lengths calculated with the antikaon-proton amplitudes constrained by the SIDDHARTA data. The most important open question is the experimental determination of the hadronic energy shift and width of kaonic deuterium; presently, a major upgrade of the setup, SIDDHARTA-2, is being realized to reach this goal. In this paper, the results obtained in 2009 and the proposed SIDDHARTA-2 upgrades are presented.

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01004
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EDP Sciences
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2017 International Conference on Exotic Atoms and Related Topics, EXA 2017
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Vienna, Austria
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2017-09-11 - 2017-09-15
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2101-6275
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10.1051/epjconf/201818101004
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English
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  author       = {{Scordo, A. and Amirkhani, A. and Bazzi, M. and Bellotti, G. and Berucci, C. and Bosnar, D. and Bragadireanu, A. M. and Cargnelli, M. and Curceanu, C. and Dawood Butt, A. and Del Grande, R. and Fabbietti, L. and Fiorini, C. and Ghio, F. and Guaraldo, C. and Hayano, R. S. and Iliescu, M. and Iwasaki, M. and Levi Sandri, P. and Marton, J. and Miliucci, M. and Moskal, P. and Pietreanu, D. and Piscicchia, K. and Shi, H. and Silarski, M. and Sirghi, D. and Sirghi, F. and Skurzok, M. and Spallone, A. and Tatsuno, H. and Vazquez Doce, O. and Widmann, E. and Zmeskal, J.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  publisher    = {{EDP Sciences}},
  series       = {{EPJ Web of Conferences}},
  title        = {{The kaonic atoms research program at DAΦNE : From SIDDHARTA to SIDDHARTA-2}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201818101004}},
  doi          = {{10.1051/epjconf/201818101004}},
  volume       = {{181}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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