Theoretical study on 16O(K−,p)K−15C reaction

We have conducted theoretical study on a production reaction 16O(K−,p)K−15C which populates kaonic nuclei CK−15 (=15N-K− bound system). The main purpose of this study is to deduce the kaon-nucleus interaction from the present existing and future experimental observations of kaon-nuclear production through (K−, p) reaction with different targets. Our analysis using 16O target is the first step for our upcoming systematic study by employing wide range of targets. We have considered two models, namely K−pp and Λ*p models in our analysis to determine the formation mechanism of kaonic nucleus and find out the differences between the two models. We have investigated the missing mass spectrum for the above (K−, p) reaction by using Green's function method. The interaction between K− and nucleus is taken to be Woods-Saxon potential. We have analyzed the characteristic of the spectrum by varying the potential strengths as well as scattering angles by using the above two models. It is observed that a large component of quasi free K− is compatible with the Λ*p model.