Constraints on the spin-averaged Lambda-p scattering length and effective range have been obtained from measurements of the pp->pK+Lambda reaction close to the production threshold by comparing model phase-space Dalitz plot occupations with experimental ones. The data fix well the position of the virtual bound state in the Lambda-p system. Combining this with information from elastic Lambda-p scattering measurements at slightly higher energies, together with the fact that the hyperdeuteron is not bound, leads to a new determination of the low energy Lambda-p scattering parameters.
Preprint: FZJ-IKP(I)-1998-2 in
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E-print:
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Publication:
Eur.Phys.Jou. A
2
(1998)
1,
99-104