Recent progress on superstrange dynamics

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent experimental and theoretical progress in understanding superstrange matter formation in heavy-ion and antiproton reactions, shedding light on hyperon interactions and the nuclear equation of state.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current research on hypernuclear production and superstrange matter in in-medium reactions at intermediate energies.

Findings

Hypernuclear production is feasible in heavy-ion and antiproton reactions near strangeness thresholds.

Experimental evidence supports the in-medium formation of superstrange matter.

Constraints on the strangeness sector of the nuclear equation of state are discussed.

Abstract

We review the present activities related to hypernuclear production in hadronic in-medium reactions at intermediate energies. The status of theoretical predictions and experimental evidences for the in-medium formation of bound superstrange matter is discussed. Heavy-ion collisions and antiproton-induced reactions at energies close to strangeness production thresholds create the conditions of hypermatter formation. This allows to understand better in-medium hyperon interactions and sets constraints on the strangeness sector of the nuclear equation of state.