  The electroproduction of selected $p$- and $sd$-shell hypernuclei was studied
within a many-body approach using realistic interactions between the
constituent baryons. The cross sections were computed in distorted-wave impulse
approximation using two elementary amplitudes for the electroproduction of the
$\Lambda$ hyperon. The structure of the hypernuclei was investigated within the
framework of the self-consistent $\Lambda$-nucleon Tamm-Dancoff approach and
its extension known as the $\Lambda$-nucleon equation of motion phonon method.
Use was made of the NNLOsat chiral potential plus the effective Nijmegen-F YN
interaction. The method was first implemented on light nuclei for studying the
available experimental data and establishing a relation to other approaches.
After this proof test, it was adopted for predicting the electroproduction
cross section of the hypernuclei $^{40}_{~\Lambda}$K and $^{48}_{~\Lambda}$K in
view of the E12-15-008 experiment in preparation at JLab. On the ground of
these predictions, appreciable effects on the spectra are expected to be
induced by the YN interaction.
