Absorption of stopped K mesons by light nuclei

Abstract

The non-mesonic and non-radiative capture processes of K mesons in light nuclei, K+2N -> +N and K+2N -> +N, have been investigated using a pair-absorption model. It is shown that the ratio of the capture rate by the relative D-state pair to that by the relative S-state pair is very sensitive to the short-range nuclear correlations.