Weak non-mesonic decay of Hypernuclei

Abstract

We review the mechanism of weak decay of hypernuclei, with emphasis on the non-mesonic decay channels. Various theoretical approaches are discussed and the results are compared with the available experimental data.

Comments: 15 pages, 3 figures, Talk presented at XXVIII Mazurian Lakes Conference, Krzyze, Poland, August 31-September 7, 2003. To be published in Acta Physica Pol. B 35 (2004)