The Breakup Energy ofBe8

Re-examination of the energy spectrum of the scattered protons and the disintegration particles from beryllium under bombardment with protons of approximately 400-kev energy has shown that a particle group previously thought to be the breakup alpha particles from ${\mathrm{Be}}^8$ was in fact a low-energy group of scattered protons from the impact and breakup of unfocused ${\mathrm{H}}_3^{+}$ on the target. A value of the breakup energy of ${\mathrm{Be}}^8$ (77.5 kev) based on this mistaken identification is withdrawn.