Search for electron decay mode e → γ + ν with prototype of Borexino detector

H. O. Back; M. Balata; A. de Bari; T. Beau; A. de Bellefon; G. Bellini; J. Benziger; S. Bonetti; C. Buck; B. Caccianiga; L. Cadonati; F. Calaprice; G. Cecchet; M. Chen; A. Di Credico; O. Dadoun; D. D'Angelo; A. Derbin; M. Deutsch; F. Elisei; A. Etenko; F. von Feilitzsch; R. Fernholz; R. Ford; D. Franco; B. Freudiger; C. Galbiati; F. Gatti; S. Gazzana; M. G. Giammarchi; D. Giugni; M. Goeger-Neff; A. Golubchikov; A. Goretti; C. Grieb; C. Hagner; T. Hagner; W. Hampel; B. Harding; F. X. Hartmann; G. Heusser; A. Ianni; A. M. Ianni; H. de Kerret; J. Kiko; T. Kirsten; G. Korga; G. Korschinek; Y. Kozlov; D. Kryn; M. Laubenstein; C. Lendvai; P. Lombardi; I. Machulin; S. Malvezzi; J. Maneira; I. Manno; G. Manuzio; F. Masetti; A. Martemianov; U. Mazzucato; K. McCarty; E. Meroni; L. Miramonti; M. E. Monzani; P. Musico; H. Neder; L. Niedermeier; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; A. Pocar; R. S. Raghavan; G. Ranucci; W. Rau; A. Razeto; E. Resconi; A. Sabelnikov; C. Salvo; R. Scardaoni; S. Schoenert; H. Seidel; H. Simgen; T. Shutt; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sonnenschein; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; V. Tarasenkov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; D. Vignaud; S. Vitale; R. B. Vogelaar; V. Vyrodov; M. Wojcik; O. Zaimidoroga; G. Zuzel

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Search for electron decay mode e → γ + ν with prototype of Borexino detector

H. O. Back, M. Balata, A. de Bari, T. Beau, A. de Bellefon, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, S. Bonetti, C. Buck, B. Caccianiga, L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, G. Cecchet, M. Chen, A. Di Credico, O. Dadoun, D. D'Angelo, A. Derbin, M. Deutsch, F. EliseiA. Etenko, F. von Feilitzsch, R. Fernholz, R. Ford, D. Franco, B. Freudiger, C. Galbiati, F. Gatti, S. Gazzana, M. G. Giammarchi, D. Giugni, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Golubchikov, A. Goretti, C. Grieb, C. Hagner, T. Hagner, W. Hampel, B. Harding, F. X. Hartmann, G. Heusser, A. Ianni, A. M. Ianni, H. de Kerret, J. Kiko, T. Kirsten, G. Korga, G. Korschinek, Y. Kozlov, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, C. Lendvai, P. Lombardi, I. Machulin, S. Malvezzi, J. Maneira, I. Manno, G. Manuzio, F. Masetti, A. Martemianov, U. Mazzucato, K. McCarty, E. Meroni, L. Miramonti, M. E. Monzani, P. Musico, H. Neder, L. Niedermeier, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, R. S. Raghavan, G. Ranucci, W. Rau, A. Razeto, E. Resconi, A. Sabelnikov, C. Salvo, R. Scardaoni, S. Schoenert, H. Seidel, H. Simgen, T. Shutt, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sonnenschein, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, V. Tarasenkov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, S. Vitale, R. B. Vogelaar, V. Vyrodov, M. Wojcik, O. Zaimidoroga, G. Zuzel

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Abstract

The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean lifetime defined on 32.1 days of data set is τ(e^- → νe + γ) ≥ 4.6 × 10²⁶ yr (90% c.l.).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-40
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	525
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X
State	Published - Jan 17 2002

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Back, H. O., Balata, M., de Bari, A., Beau, T., de Bellefon, A., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bonetti, S., Buck, C., Caccianiga, B., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Cecchet, G., Chen, M., Di Credico, A., Dadoun, O., D'Angelo, D., Derbin, A., Deutsch, M., ... Zuzel, G. (2002). Search for electron decay mode e → γ + ν with prototype of Borexino detector. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 525(1-2), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X

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AU - Giugni, D.

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AU - Golubchikov, A.

AU - Goretti, A.

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AU - Laubenstein, M.

AU - Lendvai, C.

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AU - Monzani, M. E.

AU - Musico, P.

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AU - Niedermeier, L.

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