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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne
HK 63: Schwerionenkollisionen und QCD Phasen
HK 63.1: Talk
Friday, March 21, 2014, 14:00–14:15, HZ 6
Production of hypernuclei from excited nuclear residues in relativistic ion collisions — •Alexander Botvina1, Marcus Bleicher1, and Josef Pochodzalla2 — 1FIAS, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main — 2IKP, J.Gutenberg University, Mainz
Within dynamical and statistical theories we study the main regularities in the production of hypernuclei emerging from the projectile and target residues in relativistic ion collisions. We demonstrate that the yields of hypernuclei increase considerably at beam energies above the energy threshold for Lambda hyperons, followed by a saturation for yields of hypernuclei with increasing the beam energy up to few TeV [1]. These hypernuclei have a broad distribution in masses and isospin. They can even reach beyond the neutron and proton drip-lines since they are stable with respect to nucleon emission [2]. Weak decay of such hypernuclei may lead to formation of normal nuclei beyond the drip-lines also, thus providing a unique chance for reaching island of stability on the nuclear chart. The production of specific hypernuclei depend strongly on the isotopic composition of the projectile, therefore, there is an opportunity to obtain exotic hypernuclei that may be difficult to reach in traditional hypernuclear experiments [1]. The perspectives of hypernuclear studies involving these novel processes at the future FAIR facility are discussed.
[1] A.S. Botvina, K.K. Gudima, and J. Pochodzalla, Phys. Rev. C88, 054605 (2013).
[2] N. Buyukcizmeci, A.S. Botvina, J. Pochodzalla, and M. Bleicher, Phys. Rev. C88, 014611 (2013).