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The tetraneutron has attracted the attention of nuclear physicists during the past decades, but there is still no unambiguous confirmation of its existence or non-existence. A new experiment based on \(^{8}\)He(p, 2p)\(^{7}\)H{t+\(^{4}n\)} reaction, with direct detection of the four neutrons, has been carried out at RIBF, which can hopefully help to draw a definite conclusion on the tetraneutron system.
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We acknowledge the support of the RIBF accelerator staff and the BigRIPS team for providing the high-quality beam. Z. H. Yang acknowledges the financial support from the Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher program of RIKEN. T. Aumann acknowledges the support by DFG via SFB 1245. P. Koseoglou acknowledges the support from BMBF (NUSTAR.DA grant No.05P 15RDFN1). S. Paschalis acknowledges the support of the UK STFC under contract numbers ST/L005727/1 and ST/P003885/1.
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Huang, S.W., Yang, Z.H., Marqués, F.M. et al. Experimental Study of \(^{4}n\) by Directly Detecting the Decay Neutrons. Few-Body Syst 62, 102 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-021-01691-4
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