Review of low-energy interaction of strange and charm hadrons with nucleons and nuclei

TL;DR

This review discusses the theoretical frameworks and potential experimental signatures of strange and charm mesons interacting with nucleons and nuclei, emphasizing unitarized coupled-channel approaches and future experimental opportunities at FAIR.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the current theoretical models and experimental prospects for studying strange and charm mesons in nuclear matter.

Findings

Unitarized coupled-channel approaches effectively describe meson-nucleon interactions.

Potential experimental signatures are identified for future detection.

The review highlights the importance of upcoming FAIR experiments.

Abstract

The properties of strange and charm mesons in nuclear matter and nuclei are reviewed. Different frameworks are presented and discussed paying a special attention to unitarized coupled-channel approaches. Possible experimental signatures of the in-medium properties of these mesons are also addressed, in particular in connection with the future FAIR facility at GSI.