On Conics that are Ovals in a Hall Plane

Abstract The conics of a finite Desarguesian plane of square even order satisfying the following properties are classified. (1) Their two infinite points (one being the nucleus) do not intersect a certain derivation set. (2) They are also ovals in the Hall plane constructed from the derivation set. This leads to a construction of ovals from conics in certain subregular planes of even order (which are translation planes of dimension 2 over their kernel).