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Improved search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO + detector

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posted on 2023-06-10, 06:30 authored by A Allega, MR Anderson, S Andringa, M Askins, DJ Auty, A Bacon, N Barros, Michal RiganMichal Rigan, Simon PeetersSimon Peeters, Jeff HartnellJeff Hartnell, Elisabeth FalkElisabeth Falk, Sammy Valder, C Mills, J Page, others
This paper reports results from a search for single and multinucleon disappearance from the O16 nucleus in water within the SNO+ 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 deexcitation and gamma-ray emission. New limits are given for the partial lifetimes: t(n?inv)>9.0×1029 years, t(p?inv)>9.6×1029 years, t(nn?inv)>1.5×1028 years, t(np?inv)>6.0×1028 years, and t(pp?inv)>1.1×1029 years at 90% Bayesian credibility level (with a prior uniform in rate). All but the (nn?inv) results improve on existing limits by a factor of about 3.

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Physical Review D

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2470-0010

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American Physical Society (APS)

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105

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a112012 1-7

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2023-03-17

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2023-03-17

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2023-03-16

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