Nuclei and Anti-Nuclei Production in Heavy Ion Collisions

The high integrated luminosity and the unprecedented collision energies provided by the Large Hadron Collider open the possibility to study extensively the production of light (anti-)nuclei, hypernuclei and exotic states in proton- proton (pp), proton-lead (p-Pb) and in particular in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) collisions. The transverse momentum spectra and the production yields of light nuclei and anti-nuclei are presented. Furthermore the study of the production of (anti-)hypertriton and searches for even lighter hyper-matter systems, i.e. Λ-Λ and Λ-n bound states are discussed. All results are compared with predictions from thermal (statistical) and coalescence models to inquire into the production mechanisms of nuclear, hyper-nuclear and exotic matter.