Search for nucleon decay using the IMB-3 detector - art. no. 052004

Citation
C. Mcgrew et al., Search for nucleon decay using the IMB-3 detector - art. no. 052004, PHYS REV D, 5905(5), 1999, pp. 2004
Citations number
26
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
ISSN journal
0556-2821 → ACNP
Volume
5905
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(19990301)5905:5<2004:SFNDUT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The IMB-3 experiment was a large water Cherenkov ring imaging detector with a fiducial mass of 3.3 kton. During a 7.6-kton-year exposure (similar to 4 .6 x 10(33) nucleon yr) 935 contained events were observed. The observed ra te and characteristics are consistent with the expected backgrounds from at mospheric neutrinos. Lower limits on the nucleon lifetime are set for a wid e variety of proposed decay modes. [S0556-2821(98)00323-3].