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(2022)
Observation of a correlated free four-neutron system.
Nature, 606
(7915).
pp. 678-682.
ISSN 0028-0836
Abstract
A long-standing question in nuclear physics is whether chargeless nuclear systems can exist. To our knowledge, only neutron stars represent near-pure neutron systems, where neutrons are squeezed together by the gravitational force to very high densities. The experimental search for isolated multi-neutron systems has been an ongoing quest for several decades1, with a particular focus on the four-neutron system called the tetraneutron, resulting in only a few indications of its existence so far2, 3, 4, leaving the tetraneutron an elusive nuclear system for six decades. Here we report on the observation of a resonance-like structure near threshold in the four- neutron system that is consistent with a quasi-bound tetraneutron state existing for a very short time. The measured energy and width of this state provide a key benchmark for our understanding of the nuclear force. The use of an experimental approach based on a knockout reaction at large momentum transfer with a radioactive high-energy 8He beam was key.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Nuclear Force ; Nuclear Structure ; Tetraneutron ; Reactions with Radioactive Beams |
| Subjects: |
NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics |
| Divisions: |
Division of Experimental Physics |
| Projects: |
| Project title | Project leader | Project code | Project type |
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| Zemljovid atomskih jezgara - neutronski bogata strana | Szilner, Suzana | IP-2018-01-1257 | HRZZ | | Nuklearna struktura i reakcije: eksperimentima prema neutronskoj liniji kapanja | Szilner, Suzana | IP-2013-11-7194 | HRZZ |
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| Depositing User: |
Igor Gašparić
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Aug 2022 13:32 |
| URI: |
http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7525 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41586-022-04827-6 |
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