Abstract
We analyze the elastic scattering of protons on a system. This was used as part of the detection technique of a recent experiment [F. M. Marqués et al. Phys. Rev. C 65, 044006 (2002)] to search for the (tetraneutron) as a bound particle. We show that it is unlikely that this process alone could yield the events reported in F. M. Marqués et al., [Phys. Rev. C 65, 044006 (2002)], unless the has an anomalously large backward elastic scattering amplitude.
- Received 30 October 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.69.027601
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