The discovery of resonances in multibaryon systems

The ΛΛ and ΛΛp effective mass spectra are studied with a propane bubble chamber irradiated by π- mesons at 4.0 GeV/c and neutrons with mean momentum 7.0 GeV/c. Multibaryon resonances ΛΛ and ΛΛp with masses and widths Msub(ΛΛ)=(2365,3+-9,6) MeV/csup(2), GITAsub(ΛΛ)=(47,2+-15,1) MeV/csup(2) and Msub(ΛΛp)=3568,3 MeV/csup(2), GITAsub(ΛΛp) < 60 MeV/csup(2) are found. The production effective cross sections are equal σsub(ΛΛ) (2365)=(24,2+-7.0)μb and σsub(ΛΛp) (3568)=16.1 +- 5.2)μb. Possible mechanisms of multibaryon resonance production have been discussed. According to the Y<--1 hypercharge selection rule multibaryon resonances are shown to be superdense superstrange objects. The ΛΛ and ΛΛp effective mass spectra reveal peculiarities near the masses of the most of two- and three- baryon resonances