Is the tetraneutron a bound dineutron dineutron molecule?
Abstract
In light of a new experiment which claims a positive identification, we discuss the possible existence of the tetraneutron. We explore a model based on a dineutron-dineutron molecule. We show that this model is not able to explain the tetraneutron as a bound state, in agreement with other theoretical models already discussed in the literature.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics G Nuclear Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0954-3899/29/10/309
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-th/0212060
- Bibcode:
- 2003JPhG...29.2431B
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 3 figures, J. Phys. G, in press