2007/05/21 by A. S. Botvina, J. Pochodzalla · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Breakup #Excited state #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Hyperon #Ion #Lambda #Meson #Nuclear matter #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Nucleon #Particle physics #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum mechanics #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.76.024909
published as Phys.Rev.C76:024909,2007 · 4 pages including 4 figures
arxiv created 2007/05/21 · openalex publication_date 2007/08/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In peripheral collisions of relativistic heavy ions highly excited spectators containing \ensuremathΛ hyperons can be produced. Such strange spectator matter may undergo a break-up into many fragments (multifragmentation) as it is well established for ordinary nuclear systems. We generalize the statistical multifragmentation model, previously successfully used for the description of experimental data, for the case of hypernuclear systems. We predict relative yields of hypernuclei and the main characteristics of such a breakup. We point at a connection of this phenomenon with a liquid-gas phase transition in hypermatter.