We develop a Thomas Fermi theory to study the core polarization effects in Λ hypernuclei. Nuclei in the range of 10B to 243Am are included. Core polarization energies and changes in rms radii due to presence of Λ are ...

The response of the core nucleus to the L in a hypernucleus is studied with a local density approximation. This reproduces the energies and radii of the core nuclei as well as the L-single particle (s.p.) energies quite ...