Towards exclusive antikaonic nuclear cluster search with AMADEUS

The recently proposed AMADEUS project makes use of mono energetic, low energy K- beams from the upgraded high luminosity DA Phi NE (e(+)e(-))-collider of the LNF Frascati for the production of antikaon mediated deeply bound nuclear states using the (K-stopped(-), n/p) reaction. The existing KLOE detector with a target for stopping the K- surrounded by trigger detectors will be used for an exclusive detection of all particles in the production and decay processes of the antikaonic nuclei formed. Using missing mass and invariant mass spectroscopy a conclusive observation of these exotic objects should be in reach and then their properties, such as binding energies, total and partial widths, size and density could be determined, thus opening a new spectroscopy of exotic strongly bound nuclear systems. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.