YN and YY interactions from lattice QCD simulations Original Research Article

One of the main motivations for investing human and economic effort in Lattice QCD calculations of nuclear physics quantities is to explore sectors that cannot be accessed experimentally, or which can be measured with only limited precision. Two lines of research where such kind of calculations may have a clear impact are the study of the evolution of supernova and of the structure and decay of conventional and strange nuclei. Key ingredients for both investigations are the low energy interactions among baryons. Unfortunately, due to the short lifetime of hyperons, the interactions among baryons in the strange sector are only approximately known. The unsatisfactory amount of data coming from scattering experiments produces large uncertainties in the scattering amplitudes. Lattice QCD simulations of baryon-baryon interactions can play a crucial role, and points out as a reliable way to obtain complementary information to what can be obtained from experiments involving baryons in the low energy region.