A search for S hypernuclear states in p-shell hypernuclei has been performed with the Moby Dick spectrometer and the low energy separated beam (LESB-2) at the Brookhaven Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (BNL AGS). Unlike some previously published reports, no narrow states have been observed for targets of 6 Li and 9 Be in ͑K 2 , p 6 ͒ reactions, either for bound state or continuum regions. Together with the previously reported J 0, T 1͞2 bound state in 4 S He, these results demonstrate the crucial role of isospin in S hypernuclei.

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