Translation Hyperovals and $\mathbb{F}_2$-Linear Sets of Pseudoregulus Type

In this paper, we study translation hyperovals in PG(2,qk). The main result of this paper characterises the point sets defined by translation hyperovals in the André/Bruck-Bose representation. We show that the affine point sets of translation hyperovals in PG(2,qk) are precisely those that have a scattered F2-linear set of pseudoregulus type in PG(2k−1,q) as set of directions. This correspondence is used to generalise the results of Barwick and Jackson who provided a characterisation for translation hyperovals in PG(2,q2), see [S.G. Barwick, Wen-Ai Jackson, A characterization of translation ovals in finite even order planes. Finite fields Appl. 33 (2015), 37--52.].