Recent studies of kaonic atoms and nuclear clusters

Abstract

Recent studies of kaonic atoms, few-body kaonic quasibound states and kaonic nuclei are reviewed, with emphasis on implementing the subthreshold energy dependence of the Kbar-N interaction in chiral interaction models that are consistent with the SIDDHARTA K- hydrogen data. Remarks are made on the possible role of the p-wave Sigma(1385) resonance with respect to that of the s-wave Lambda(1405) resonance in searches for strangeness S=-1 dibaryons.

Comments: plenary talk at HYP2012, Barcelona, October 2012, matches published version with updated and correct references