Mechanisms for production of hypernuclei beyond the neutron and proton drip lines

TL;DR

This paper explores the production of exotic hypernuclei beyond the neutron and proton drip lines through relativistic ion collisions, offering insights into their stability and properties beyond traditional nuclear limits.

Contribution

It introduces mechanisms for creating hypernuclei beyond the drip lines via fragmentation, enabling study of their stability and properties.

Findings

Hypernuclei can be produced beyond drip lines in relativistic collisions.

These hypernuclei are expected to be stable against neutron and proton emission.

Potential to investigate properties of exotic hypernuclei and nuclei beyond drip lines.

Abstract

We analyze hypernuclei coming from fragmentation and multifragmentation of spectator residues obtained in relativistic ion collisions. These hypernuclei have a broad distribution in masses and isospin. They reach beyond the neutron and proton drip lines, and they are expected to be stable with respect to neutron and proton emission. This gives us the opportunity to investigate the properties of exotic hypernuclei, as well as the properties of normal nuclei beyond the drip lines, which can be produced after weak decay of such hypernuclei.