On the anomalon interpretation of40Ar + Cu collisions at 0.9 and 1.8 A GeV

The paper of Dersch et al. 1], concerning the results of inelastic⁴⁰Ar + Cu collisions at 1.8 and 0.9 GeV per nucleon, is discussed. The authors have explained their experimental results on the basis of the concept of anomalons of a lifetime of ～2·10^?10 s and/or as “inconsistency with known nuclear physics”. It is shown that such conclusions are untenable, and the data presented in the cited paper can be explained within the frame of known physics.