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

doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X

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

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
L.N.G.S. SS 17 Bis Km 18+910
University of Pavia
Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie
University of Milan
Princeton University
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Queen's University
Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia
Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research
Petersburg Nuclear Phys. Inst.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Università di Perugia
National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
Technical University of Munich
Wigner Research Centre for Physics
Alcatel-Lucent
Jagiellonian University

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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
Pages (from-to)	29-40
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	525
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X
State	Published - 17 Jan 2002
Externally published	Yes

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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 B, 525(1-2), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X

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