Effects of a kaonic meson on the ground-state properties of nuclei

The effects of an additional K-meson on the ground-state properties of nuclei are investigated within an axially-deformed Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach combined with a Skyrme-type kaon-nucleon interaction.The K-meson increases the binding energies of all nuclei,whereas it affects deformations only for light nuclei without shell closure.The nucleon drip lines are modified due to the strongly attractive K-N interaction.This is attributed to the behavior of the highest-occupied nucleon single-particle levels near the drip lines,which is analyzed in detail.