A search for tribaryon states was performed at KEK-PS. We adopted the
4He(
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) reaction to populate the states with strangeness −1, charge 0 and isospin 1. No significant narrow structure was observed in the mass region from 3000 to 3200
MeV/c2 in an inclusive missing mass spectrum. The upper limit of the formation branching ratio was determined to be
(0.4–6)×10−4,
(0.2–6)×10−3 and
(0.06–5)×10−2/(stopped K−) with 95 % confidence level for a narrow state with an assumed width of 0, 20 and 40
MeV/c2, respectively.