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Improved search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. D 105, 112012 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper reports results from a search for single and multi-nucleon disappearance from the $^{16}$O nucleus in water within the \snoplus{} detector using all of the available data. These so-called "invisible" decays do not directly deposit energy within the detector but are instead detected through their subsequent nuclear de-excitation and gamma-ray emission. New limits are given for the partial lifetimes: $\tau(n\rightarrow inv) > 9.0\times10^{29}$ years, $\tau(p\rightarrow inv) > 9.6\times10^{29}$ years, $\tau(nn\rightarrow inv) > 1.5\times10^{28}$ years, $\tau(np\rightarrow inv) > 6.0\times10^{28}$ years, and $\tau(pp\rightarrow inv) > 1.1\times10^{29}$ years at 90\% Bayesian credibility level (with a prior uniform in rate). All but the ($nn\rightarrow inv$) results improve on existing limits by a factor of about 3.
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Experiment
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. D 105, 112012 (2022)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2205.06400
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.112012