# Formation of exotic baryon clusters in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions

## TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that the coalescence mechanism within the UrQMD model can explain the production of exotic baryon clusters in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, predicting their rapidity distribution and suggesting new production methods.

## Contribution

It introduces a hybrid-transport model explanation for exotic baryon cluster formation and predicts their rapidity-dependent yields in high-energy collisions.

## Key findings

- Coalescence explains exotic cluster production in LHC collisions.
- Predicted rapidity domains with higher cluster yields.
- Potential new methods for producing exotic nuclei.

## Abstract

Recent experiments at RHIC and LHC have demonstrated that there are excellent opportunities to produce light baryonic clusters of exotic matter (strange and anti-matter) in ultra-relativistic ion collisions. Within the hybrid-transport model UrQMD we show that the coalescence mechanism can naturally explain the production of these clusters in the ALICE experiment at LHC. As a consequence of this mechanism we predict the rapidity domains where the yields of such clusters are much larger than the observed one at midrapidity. This new phenomenon can lead to unique methods for producing exotic nuclei.