Recent work on using density-dependent \ (\) -nuclear optical potentials in calculations of \ (\) -hypernuclear binding energies is reviewed. It is found that all known \ (\) binding energies in the mass range of \ (16 A 208\) are well fitted in terms of two interaction parameters: one, attractive, for the spin-averaged \ (N\) interaction, and another one, repulsive, for the \ (NN\) interaction. The \ (N\) interaction term by itself overbinds \ (\) hypernuclei, in quantitative agreement with recent findings obtained in EFT and Femtoscopy studies. The strength of the \ (NN\) interaction term is compatible with values required to resolve the hyperon puzzle. Abstract Published by the Jagiellonian University 2026 authors
Friedman et al. (Tue,) studied this question.