On the existence of a bound tetraneutron
N. K. Timofeyuk
Abstract
Following recent work in which events which may correspond to a bound tetraneutron (4n) were observed, it is pointed out that from the theoretical perspective the two-body nucleon-nucleon force cannot by itself bind four neutrons, even if it can bind a dineutron. A very strong phenomenological four-nucleon (4N) force is needed in order to bind the tetraneutron. Such a 4N force, if it existed, would bind 4He by about 100 MeV. Alternative experiments such as (8He,4n) are proposed to search for the tetraneutron.
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