Can modern nuclear Hamiltonians tolerate a bound tetraneutron?
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.
Pieper
Steven C
SC
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA. spieper@anl.gov