https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01427-y
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Towards hypernuclei from nuclear lattice effective field theory
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Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University, 27010, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik and Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Universität Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany
Received:
1
July
2024
Accepted:
4
October
2024
Published online:
30
October
2024
Understanding the strong interactions within baryonic systems beyond the up and down quark sector is pivotal for a comprehensive description of nuclear forces. This study explores the interactions involving hyperons, particularly the 
particle, within the framework of nuclear lattice effective field theory (NLEFT). By incorporating hyperons into the NLEFT framework, we extend our investigation into the 
sector, allowing us to probe the third dimension of the nuclear chart. We calculate the separation energies (
) of hypernuclei up to the medium-mass region, providing valuable insights into hyperon–nucleon (YN) and hyperon–nucleon–nucleon (YNN) interactions. Our calculations employ high-fidelity chiral interactions at N
LO for nucleons and extend it to hyperons with leading-order S-wave YN interactions as well as YNN forces constrained only by the 
systems. Our results contribute to a deeper understanding of the SU(3) symmetry breaking and establish a foundation for future improvements in hypernuclear calculations.
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