2015/08/28 by A. Feliciello, T. Nagae · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Physics #Nuclear physics #Nuclear engineering #Systems engineering #Engineering physics #Aerospace engineering #Engineering
paper · doi:10.1088/0034-4885/78/9/096301
openalex publication_date 2015/08/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Since the shutdown of several old proton synchrotrons, which played a fundamental role in the second generation experiments in hypernuclear physics performed in Europe, USA and Japan, some new experimental setups aiming to achieve sub-MeV energy resolution have been operating for a long time. Over the last decade the hypernuclear physics community has been committed to carrying out several third generation experiments by exploiting the potential offered by new accelerators, such as a continuous electron beam machine and a ϕ-factory. Large data samples were collected on specific items thanks to dedicated facilities and experimental apparatuses. The attention was mainly focused on both high-resolution spectroscopy and the decay mode study of single Λ-hypernuclei. Nowadays this phase is over but, until recently, important and, to some extent, unexpected results were achieved. An updated review of selected experimental results is presented, as well as a survey of perspectives for future studies.