Systematic calculation of s-wave pion and kaon self-energies in asymmetric nuclear matter

Abstract

We calculate the pion self-energies in asymmetric nuclear matter in the two-loop approximation of chiral perturbation theory. We find three types of corrections beyond the well-known linear density approximation. The resulting s-wave potential (or equivalent mass-shift) of a ${\pi }^{-}$ in the center of a heavy nucleus like Pb turns out to be $U_{{\pi }^{-}}=\Delta m_{{\pi }^{-}}\simeq 14$ MeV, about half of what is needed to form the deeply bound and narrow pionic atom-states recently observed at GSI. The potential for a ${\pi }^{+}$ under the same conditions is $U_{{\pi }^{+}}=\Delta m_{{\pi }^{+}}\simeq -1$ MeV. In the same way we calculate the mass-shifts of $K^{+}$-mesons in symmetric nuclear matter and neutron matter and find an increase of the $K^{+}$-mass by 9% and 5%, respectively. As a further application we give an analytical result for the third order term in the scattering length expansion of the in-medium self-energy of an interacting light-boson/heavy-fermion system.

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