Test of Electric Charge Conservation with Borexino

M. Agostini; S. Appel; G. Bellini; J. Benziger; D. Bick; G. Bonfini; D. Bravo; B. Caccianiga; F. Calaprice; A. Caminata; P. Cavalcante; A. Chepurnov; D. D'Angelo; S. Davini; A. Derbin; L. Di Noto; I. Drachnev; A. Empl; A. Etenko; K. Fomenko; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; C. Galbiati; C. Ghiano; M. Giammarchi; M. Goeger-Neff; A. Goretti; M. Gromov; C. Hagner; E. Hungerford; Aldo Ianni; Andrea Ianni; K. Jedrzejczak; M. Kaiser; V. Kobychev; D. Korablev; G. Korga; D. Kryn; M. Laubenstein; B. Lehnert; E. Litvinovich; F. Lombardi; P. Lombardi; L. Ludhova; G. Lukyanchenko; I. Machulin; S. Manecki; W. Maneschg; S. Marcocci; E. Meroni; M. Meyer; L. Miramonti; M. Misiaszek; M. Montuschi; P. Mosteiro; V. Muratova; B. Neumair; L. Oberauer; M. Obolensky; F. Ortica; K. Otis; M. Pallavicini; L. Papp; L. Perasso; A. Pocar; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; A. Re; A. Romani; R. Roncin; N. Rossi; S. Schönert; D. Semenov; H. Simgen; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; S. Sukhotin; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; J. Thurn; M. Toropova; E. Unzhakov; A. Vishneva; R. B. Vogelaar; F. Von Feilitzsch; H. Wang; S. Weinz; J. Winter; M. Wojcik; M. Wurm; Z. Yokley; O. Zaimidoroga; S. Zavatarelli; K. Zuber; G. Zuzel

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.231802

Test of Electric Charge Conservation with Borexino

M. Agostini, S. Appel, G. Bellini, J. Benziger, D. Bick, G. Bonfini, D. Bravo, B. Caccianiga, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, A. Derbin, L. Di Noto, I. Drachnev, A. Empl, A. Etenko, K. FomenkoD. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, M. Giammarchi, M. Goeger-Neff, A. Goretti, M. Gromov, C. Hagner, E. Hungerford, Aldo Ianni, Andrea Ianni, K. Jedrzejczak, M. Kaiser, V. Kobychev, D. Korablev, G. Korga, D. Kryn, M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, E. Litvinovich, F. Lombardi, P. Lombardi, L. Ludhova, G. Lukyanchenko, I. Machulin, S. Manecki, W. Maneschg, S. Marcocci, E. Meroni, M. Meyer, L. Miramonti, M. Misiaszek, M. Montuschi, P. Mosteiro, V. Muratova, B. Neumair, L. Oberauer, M. Obolensky, F. Ortica, K. Otis, M. Pallavicini, L. Papp, L. Perasso, A. Pocar, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, A. Re, A. Romani, R. Roncin, N. Rossi, S. Schönert, D. Semenov, H. Simgen, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Sukhotin, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, J. Thurn, M. Toropova, E. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, F. Von Feilitzsch, H. Wang, S. Weinz, J. Winter, M. Wojcik, M. Wurm, Z. Yokley, O. Zaimidoroga, S. Zavatarelli, K. Zuber, G. Zuzel

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Borexino is a liquid scintillation detector located deep underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS, Italy). Thanks to the unmatched radio purity of the scintillator, and to the well understood detector response at low energy, a new limit on the stability of the electron for decay into a neutrino and a single monoenergetic photon was obtained. This new bound, τ≥6.6×1028 yr at 90% C.L., is 2 orders of magnitude better than the previous limit.

Original language	English
Article number	231802
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	115
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.231802
State	Published - 3 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Agostini, M., Appel, S., Bellini, G., Benziger, J., Bick, D., Bonfini, G., Bravo, D., Caccianiga, B., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Cavalcante, P., Chepurnov, A., D'Angelo, D., Davini, S., Derbin, A., Di Noto, L., Drachnev, I., Empl, A., Etenko, A., ... Zuzel, G. (2015). Test of Electric Charge Conservation with Borexino. Physical Review Letters, 115(23), Article 231802. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.231802

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