The properties of the D-meson in dense matter

Abstract

We study the D-meson spectral density in dense matter within the framework of a coupled-channel self-consistent calculation taking, as bare meson-baryon interaction, a separable potential. Our coupled-channel model generates dynamically the ${\Lambda }_c(2593)$ resonance. The medium modifications of the D-meson properties due to Pauli blocking and the dressing of D-mesons, nucleons and pions are also discussed. We found that the coupled-channel effects in the self-consistent process reduce the in-medium effects on the D-meson compared to previous works.

Comments: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Strangeness in Quark Matter 2004 (SQM2004), Cape Town, South Africa, 15-20 September 2004