New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility

H. O. Back; M. Balata; A. de Bari; 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; A. Etenko; F. von Feilitzsch; R. Fernholz; R. Ford; D. Franco; B. Freudiger; C. Galbiati; S. Gazzana; M. G. Giammarchi; M. Goeger-Neff; A. Goretti; C. Grieb; W. Hampel; E. Harding; F. X. Hartmann; G. Heusser; A. Ianni; A. M. Ianni; H. de Kerret; J. Kiko; T. Kirsten; V. V. Kobychev; G. Korga; G. Korschinek; Y. Kozlov; D. Kryn; M. Laubenstein; C. Lendvai; M. Leung; E. Litvinovich; P. Lombardi; I. Machulin; S. Malvezzi; J. Maneira; I. Manno; D. Manuzio; G. Manuzio; F. Masetti; A. Martemianov; U. Mazzucato; K. McCarty; E. Meroni; G. Mention; L. Miramonti; M. E. Monzani; V. Muratova; P. Musico; L. Niedermeier; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; P. Peiffer; A. Pocar; R. S. Raghavan; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; A. Sabelnikov; C. Salvo; R. Scardaoni; D. Schimizzi; S. Schoenert; H. Simgen; T. Shutt; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sonnenschein; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; Y. Suvorov; V. Tarasenkov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; D. Vignaud; R. B. Vogelaar; V. Vyrodov; M. Wojcik; O. Zaimidoroga; G. Zuzel

doi:10.1140/epjc/s2004-01991-1

New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility

H. O. Back, M. Balata, A. de Bari, 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, A. Etenko, F. von FeilitzschR. Fernholz, R. Ford, D. Franco, B. Freudiger, C. Galbiati, S. Gazzana, M. G. Giammarchi, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Goretti, C. Grieb, W. Hampel, E. Harding, F. X. Hartmann, G. Heusser, A. Ianni, A. M. Ianni, H. de Kerret, J. Kiko, T. Kirsten, V. V. Kobychev, G. Korga, G. Korschinek, Y. Kozlov, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, C. Lendvai, M. Leung, E. Litvinovich, P. Lombardi, I. Machulin, S. Malvezzi, J. Maneira, I. Manno, D. Manuzio, G. Manuzio, F. Masetti, A. Martemianov, U. Mazzucato, K. McCarty, E. Meroni, G. Mention, L. Miramonti, M. E. Monzani, V. Muratova, P. Musico, L. Niedermeier, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, P. Peiffer, A. Pocar, R. S. Raghavan, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Sabelnikov, C. Salvo, R. Scardaoni, D. Schimizzi, S. Schoenert, H. Simgen, T. Shutt, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sonnenschein, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, V. Tarasenkov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, D. Vignaud, R. B. Vogelaar, V. Vyrodov, M. Wojcik, O. Zaimidoroga, G. Zuzel

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The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) has been tested for nucleons (n,p) in ¹²C and ¹⁶O nuclei, using the results of background measurements with the prototype of the Borexino detector, the Counting Test Facility (CTF). The approach consisted of a search for γ, n, p and/or α's emitted in a non-Paulian transition of 1P- shell nucleons to the filled 1S _1/2 shell in nuclei. Similarly, the Pauli-forbidden β^± decay processes were searched for. Due to the extremely low background and the large mass (4.2 tons) of the CTF detector, the following most stringent up-to-date experimental bounds on PEP violating transitions of nucleons have been established: τ(¹²C → ¹²C̃ + γ) > 2.1 · 10²⁷ y, τ( ¹²C → ¹¹B̃ + p) > 5.0 · 10 ²⁶ y, τ(¹²C(¹⁶O) → ¹¹C̃(¹⁵Õ) + n) > 3.7 · 10 ²⁶ y, τ(¹²C → ⁸B̃e + α) > 6.1 · 10²³ y, τ(¹²C → ¹²Ñ + e^- + ν̃e) > 7.6 · 10 ²⁷ y and τ(¹²C → ¹²B̃ + e ⁺ + νe) > 7.7 · 10²⁷ y, all at 90 % C.L.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	421-431
Number of pages	11
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01991-1
State	Published - Nov 2004

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Back, H. O., Balata, M., de Bari, A., 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., Etenko, A., ... Zuzel, G. (2004). New experimental limits on violations of the Pauli exclusion principle obtained with the Borexino Counting Test Facility. European Physical Journal C, 37(4), 421-431. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-01991-1

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AU - Harding, E.

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