Search for nucleon decay using the IMB-3 detector

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 ({approximately}4.6{times}10{sup 33}thinspnucleonthinspyr) 935 contained events were observed. The observed rate and characteristics are consistent with the expect...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical Review, D D, 1999-03, Vol.59 (5), Article 052004
Hauptverfasser: McGrew, C., Becker-Szendy, R., Bratton, C. B., Breault, J. L., Cady, D. R., Casper, D., Dye, S. T., Gajewski, W., Ganezer, K. S., Goldhaber, M., Haines, T. J., Halverson, P. G., Kiełczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., LoSecco, J. M., Matsuno, S., Matthews, J., McGrath, G., Miller, R., Price, L. R., Reines, F., Schultz, J., Sinclair, D., Sobel, H. W., Stone, J. L., Sulak, L. R., Svoboda, R., van der Velde, J. C.
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Zusammenfassung: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 ({approximately}4.6{times}10{sup 33}thinspnucleonthinspyr) 935 contained events were observed. The observed rate and characteristics are consistent with the expected backgrounds from atmospheric neutrinos. Lower limits on the nucleon lifetime are set for a wide variety of proposed decay modes. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
ISSN:0556-2821
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DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.052004