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Search for Nucleon and Dinucleon Decays with an Invisible Particle and a Charged Lepton in the Final State at the Super-Kamiokande Experiment

Authors :
Takhistov, V.
Abe, K.
Haga, Y.
Hayato, Y.
Ikeda, M.
Iyogi, K.
Kameda, J.
Kishimoto, Y.
Miura, M.
Moriyama, S.
Nakahata, M.
Nakajima, T.
Nakano, Y.
Nakayama, S.
Orii, A.
Sekiya, H.
Shiozawa, M.
Takeda, A.
Tanaka, H.
Tomura, T.
Wendell, R. A.
Irvine, T.
Kajita, T.
Kametani, I.
Kaneyuki, K.
Nishimura, Y.
Richard, E.
Okumura, K.
Labarga, L.
Fernandez, P.
Gustafson, J.
Kachulis, C.
Kearns, E.
Raaf, J. L.
Stone, J. L.
Sulak, L. R.
Berkman, S.
Nantais, C. M.
Tanaka, H. A.
Tobayama, S.
Goldhaber, M.
Carminati, G.
Kropp, W. R.
Mine, S.
Weatherly, P.
Renshaw, A.
Smy, M. B.
Sobel, H. W.
Ganezer, K. S.
Hartfiel, B. L.
Hill, J.
Hong, N.
Kim, J. Y.
Lim, I. T.
Himmel, A.
Li, Z.
Scholberg, K.
Walter, C. W.
Wongjirad, T.
Ishizuka, T.
Tasaka, S.
Jang, J. S.
Learned, J. G.
Matsuno, S.
Smith, S. N.
Friend, M.
Hasegawa, T.
Ishida, T.
Ishii, T.
Kobayashi, T.
Nakadaira, T.
Nakamura, K.
Oyama, Y.
Sakashita, K.
Sekiguchi, T.
Tsukamoto, T.
Suzuki, A. T.
Takeuchi, Y.
Yano, T.
Hirota, S.
Huang, K.
Ieki, K.
Kikawa, T.
Minamino, A.
Nakaya, T.
Suzuki, K.
Takahashi, S.
Fukuda, Y.
Choi, K.
Itow, Y.
Suzuki, T.
Mijakowski, P.
Frankiewicz, K.
Hignight, J.
Imber, J.
Jung, C. K.
Li, X.
Palomino, J. L.
Wilking, M. J.
Yanagisawa, C.
Ishino, H.
Kayano, T.
Kibayashi, A.
Koshio, Y.
Mori, T.
Sakuda, M.
Kuno, Y.
Tacik, R.
Kim, S. B.
Okazawa, H.
Choi, Y.
Nishijima, K.
Koshiba, M.
Suda, Y.
Totsuka, Y.
Yokoyama, M.
Bronner, C.
Hartz, M.
Martens, K.
Marti, Ll.
Suzuki, Y.
Vagins, M. R.
Martin, J. F.
de Perio, P.
Konaka, A.
Chen, S.
Zhang, Y.
Wilkes, R. J.
Source :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 121803 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Search results for nucleon decays $p \rightarrow e^+X$, $p \rightarrow \mu^+X$, $n \rightarrow \nu\gamma$ (where $X$ is an invisible, massless particle) as well as dinucleon decays $np \rightarrow e^+\nu$, $np \rightarrow \mu^+\nu$ and $np \rightarrow \tau^+\nu$ in the Super-Kamiokande experiment are presented. Using single-ring data from an exposure of 273.4 kton $\cdot$ years, a search for these decays yields a result consistent with no signal. Accordingly, lower limits on the partial lifetimes of $\tau_{p \rightarrow e^+X} > 7.9 \times 10^{32}$ years, $\tau_{p \rightarrow \mu^+X} > 4.1 \times 10^{32}$ years, $\tau_{n \rightarrow \nu\gamma} > 5.5 \times 10^{32}$ years, $\tau_{np \rightarrow e^+\nu} > 2.6 \times 10^{32}$ years, $\tau_{np \rightarrow \mu^+\nu} > 2.2 \times 10^{32}$ years and $\tau_{np \rightarrow \tau^+\nu} > 2.9 \times 10^{31}$ years at a $90 \% $ confidence level are obtained. Some of these searches are novel.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure; minor corrections, length shortened, matches published version

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 121803 (2015)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1508.05530
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.121803