Weak Hypernuclear Decay

Abstract

Because of Pauli suppression effects the $N\pi$ decay of the free $\Lambda$ is not of importance in hypernuclei with $A\ge 10$. Rather the decay of such hypernuclei proceeds via the nucleon-stimulated mode $\Lambda N\to NN$, analysis of which presents a considerable theoretical challenge and about which there exists only a limited amount of experimental information. Herein we confront existing data wih various theoretical analyses which have been developed.

19 page standard Latex file; invited talk at 2nd DAFNE Workshop, April, 1995