Studying the hyperon-nucleon interaction through final-state interactions in exclusive $\Lambda$ photoproduction off the Deuteron

Obtaining a detailed understanding of the physics of hyperons will allow us to improve our basic understanding of the strong force which is currently based on nucleons, and allow a deeper understanding of matter in neutron stars. Experimentally, our current poor knowledge of the hyperon-nucleon interaction arises from the difficulty in obtaining a quality data set of hyperon-nucleon scattering. In this talk I will present our novel approach to access the Hyperon-Nucleon interaction  by producing a hyperon beam electromagnetically within a few-body nuclear system, and studying final-state interactions. The large kinematic coverage of the CLAS detector, which was housed in Hall-B at Thomas Jefferson Lab, combined with the exceptionally high quality of the experimental data from experiment E06-103, allows to identify and select final-state interactions events in the reaction $\gamma d \rightarrow K^+\Lambda n$ and to establish their kinematical dependencies. A polarised photon beam allows the determination of a large set of observables that provides stringent constraints on modern Hyperon-Nucleon potentials.