Light nuclei in the hadron resonance gas

Abstract

The description of the production of light (anti-)(hyper-)nuclei in a hadron resonance gas, or statistical-thermal model approach, has proven to be rather successful, despite the fact that the binding energies of these compound objects are small compared to the emitting fireball temperature. We summarise some recent developments and findings in this approach.

Comments: 19 pages, 10 figures, Invited review IJMPE