Can modern nuclear Hamiltonians tolerate a bound tetraneutron?

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  • Steven C Pieper
چکیده

I show that it does not seem possible to change modern nuclear Hamiltonians to bind a tetraneutron without destroying many other successful predictions of those Hamiltonians. This means that, should a recent experimental claim of a bound tetraneutron be confirmed, our understanding of nuclear forces will have to be significantly changed. I also point out some errors in previous theoretical studies of this problem.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 90 25 Pt 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003