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Search for nucleon decays with EXO-200

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In this paper, a search for instability of nucleons bound in 136Xe nuclei is reported with 223 kg·yr exposure of 136Xe in the EXO-200 experiment. Lifetime limits of 3.3 × 10 23 and 1.9 × 10 23 yr are established for nucleon decay to 133Sb and 133Te, respectively. These are the most stringent to date, exceeding the prior decay limits by a factor of 9 and 7, respectively.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.osti.gov/pages/biblio/1432590; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo period

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URL
https://www.osti.gov/pages/biblio/1432590;
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.97.072007;
arXiv
arXiv:1710.07670v5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review D
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
2470-0010

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
50031246
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIMONY 133; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE DECAY; STRING THEORY; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; XENON 136
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMONY ISOTOPES; BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; M-THEORY; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; XENON ISOTOPES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
AC0576RL01830
Funding organization
USDOE (United States); National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (Canada); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) (Switzerland); Institute for Basic Science (IBS) (Korea, Republic of); Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (Russian Federation); German Research Foundation (DFG) (Germany); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); International Science and Technology Cooperation Project (ISTCP) (China); KARMEN Collaboration (Germany); Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (United States)
Secondary number(s)
OSTIID--1434671