S-wave KN Scattering in Chiral EFT

Physics#Nuclear Physics/Particle Physics🔬 Research|Analyzed: Jan 3, 2026 08:46
Published: Dec 31, 2025 08:33
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This paper investigates KN scattering using a renormalizable chiral effective field theory. The authors emphasize the importance of non-perturbative treatment at leading order and achieve a good description of the I=1 s-wave phase shifts at next-to-leading order. The analysis reveals a negative effective range, differing from some previous results. The I=0 channel shows larger uncertainties, highlighting the need for further experimental and computational studies.
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"The non-perturbative treatment is essential, at least at lowest order, in the SU(3) sector of $KN$ scattering."
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