Properties of charmed and bottom hadrons in nuclear matter: A plausible study

K. Tsushima, F. C. Khanna

Published 2002-07-12, updated 2002-12-03Version 2

Changes in properties of heavy hadrons with a charm or a bottom quark are studied in nuclear matter. Effective masses (scalar potentials) for the hadrons are calculated using quark-meson coupling model. Our results also suggest that the heavy baryons containing a charm or a bottom quark will form charmed or bottom hypernuclei, which was first predicted in mid 70's. In addition a possibility of $B^-$-nuclear bound (atomic) states is briefly discussed.