Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 252501 (2003) [4 pages]Can Modern Nuclear Hamiltonians Tolerate a Bound Tetraneutron?Received 18 February 2003; published 27 June 2003 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. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.252501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.252501
PACS:
21.30.–x, 21.45.+v, 21.60.Ka, 27.10.+h
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