Within a dynamical and statistical approach we study the main regularities in the production of hypernuclei coming from projectile and target residues in relativistic ion collisions. We demonstrate that yields of hypernuclei increase considerably above the energy threshold for $\Lambda$ hyperons and there is a saturation for yields of single hypernuclei with increasing the beam energy up to few TeV. The production of specific hypernuclei depend very much on the isotopic composition of the projectile, and this gives a chance to obtain exotic hypernuclei that may be difficult to reach in traditional hypernuclear experiments. Possibilities for the detection of such hypernuclei with planned and available relativistic ion facilities are discussed.

• Received 21 July 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.88.054605