학술논문
Search for electron decay mode e→γ+νwith prototype of Borexino detector
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Article
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Back, H.O; Balata, M; de Bari, A; Beau, T; de Bellefon, A; Bellini, G; Benziger, J; Bonetti, S; Buck, C; Caccianiga, B; Cadonati, L; Calaprice, F; Cecchet, G; Chen, M; Di Credico, A; Dadoun, O; D'Angelo, D; Derbin, A; Deutsch, M; Elisei, F; Etenko, A; von Feilitzsch, F; Fernholz, R; Ford, R; Franco, D; Freudiger, B; Galbiati, C; Gatti, F; Gazzana, S; Giammarchi, M.G; Giugni, D; Goeger-Neff, M; Golubchikov, A; Goretti, A; Grieb, C; Hagner, C; Hagner, T; Hampel, W; Harding, B; Hartmann, F.X; Heusser, G; Ianni, A; Ianni, A.M; de Kerret, H; Kiko, J; Kirsten, T; Korga, G; Korschinek, G; Kozlov, Y; Kryn, D; Laubenstein, M; Lendvai, C; Lombardi, P; Machulin, I; Malvezzi, S; Maneira, J; Manno, I; Manuzio, G; Masetti, F; Martemianov, A; Mazzucato, U; McCarty, K; Meroni, E; Miramonti, L; Monzani, M.E; Musico, P; Neder, H; Niedermeier, L; Obolensky, M; Ortica, F; Pallavicini, M; Papp, L; Perasso, L; Pocar, A; Raghavan, R.S; Ranucci, G; Rau, W; Razeto, A; Resconi, E; Sabelnikov, A; Salvo, C; Scardaoni, R; Schoenert, S; Seidel, H; Simgen, H; Shutt, T; Skorokhvatov, M; Smirnov, O; Sonnenschein, A; Sotnikov, A; Sukhotin, S; Tarasenkov, V; Tartaglia, R; Testera, G; Vignaud, D; Vitale, S; Vogelaar, R.B; Vyrodov, V; Wojcik, M; Zaimidoroga, O; Zuzel, G; Oberauer, L
Source
Physics Letters B; January 2002, Vol. 525 Issue: 1-2 p29-40, 12p
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03702693
Abstract
The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean lifetime defined on 32.1 days of data set is τ(e−→νe+γ)⩾4.6×1026yr (90% c.l.).