Hypernuclear formation rates at the initial luminosity 
are shown in tab.2, along with rates for background processes.
The rate of reconstructed hypernuclear events with resolution better
than 1 MeV at 
is given by the expression:
where 
, 
,
is the capture rate,
is the total efficiency for forward
(high-resolution) prompt pions, and 
is the
chamber transparency.
The FINUDA rate and resolution capabilities are summarized
in tab.3, showing beam time required (in hours)
at initial luminosity 
to produce (with 10% and 20% statistical precision) hypernuclear states with
capture rates 
to 
.
Table 3: Beam time required (in hours) at 
to produce with (10% and 20% statistical precision) hypernuclear states with
capture rates from 
to 
.