New method of studying slow strange meson properties in nuclear matter
Yu. T. Kiselev, V. A. Sheinkman
Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218 Moscow, Russia
PACS: 13.60.Le, 24.85.+p, 25.40.-h
Abstract
We suggest the new experimental method to explore the properties
of slow strange mesons at normal nuclear matter density. We show
that the K+ and K- mesons with extremely small momenta
relative to the surrounding medium rest frame can be produced in
nucleus-nucleon collisions and their production cross sections are
experimentally measurable. The experiments on study of the
momentum dependence of meson-nuclear potentials are discussed.