The angular variation of the ghost anomaly is found to be identical to that of the ${}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$ ground state for the reaction ${}_{}{}^9{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}\mathrm{}(d,t)\mathrm{}{}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$ at $E_d=2.5\mathrm{}$ MeV. The anomaly is absent from deuteron spectra of the reaction ${}_{}{}^6{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}(\alpha ,d){}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$, but present in spectra from the reactions ${}_{}{}^7{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}(\alpha ,t){}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$ and ${}_{}{}^9{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}\mathrm{}(p,d)\mathrm{}{}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Be}$. End points of possible three-particle reactions lie close to the observed anomaly so the interpretation is doubtful.

• Received 3 March 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.4.1564