Search for the pentaquark candidate Θ(1540)+ in the hyperon beam experiment WA89

We report on a high-statistics search for the {theta}(1540){sup +} resonance in {sigma}{sup -}-nucleus collisions at 340 GeV/c. No evidence for this resonance was found in our data sample which contains 13 million K{sub s}{sup 0}{yields}{pi}{sup +}{pi}{sup -} decays above background. For the decay channel {theta}{sup +}{yields}K{sub s}{sup 0}p and the kinematic range x{sub F}> 0.05, we find the production cross section to be BR({theta}{sup +}{yields}K{sub s}{sup 0}p){sigma}{sub 0}<1.8 {mu}b per nucleon at 99% C.L.