Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Backgrounds in a Nucleon-Decay Search

T. J. Haines; R. M. Bionta; G. Blewitt; C. B. Bratton; D. Casper; R. Claus; B. G. Cortez; S. Errede; G. W. Foster; W. Gajewski; K. S. Ganezer; M. Goldhaber; T. W. Jones; D. Kielczewska; W. R. Kropp; J. G. Learned; E. Lehmann; J. M. Losecco; J. Matthews; H. S. Park; L. R. Price; F. Reines; J. Schultz; S. Seidel; E. Shumard; D. Sinclair; H. W. Sobel; J. L. Stone; L. Sulak; R. Svoboda; J. C. Van Der Velde; C. Wuest

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1986

Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Backgrounds in a Nucleon-Decay Search

T. J. Haines, R. M. Bionta, G. Blewitt, C. B. Bratton, D. Casper, R. Claus, B. G. Cortez, S. Errede, G. W. Foster, W. Gajewski, K. S. Ganezer, M. Goldhaber, T. W. Jones, D. Kielczewska, W. R. Kropp, J. G. Learned, E. Lehmann, J. M. Losecco, J. Matthews, H. S. ParkL. R. Price, F. Reines, J. Schultz, S. Seidel, E. Shumard, D. Sinclair, H. W. Sobel, J. L. Stone, L. Sulak, R. Svoboda, J. C. Van Der Velde, C. Wuest

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We have developed an extensive model of atmospheric 1/2 interactions which provide the backgrounds to nucleon-decay experiments. We report results from a 417-live-day exposure of the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector. During this time 401 contained events were observed at a rate and with characteristics consistent with atmospheric 1/2 interactions. We have calculated the expected backgrounds to a variety of two- and three-body decay modes and have set lower limits on many nucleon partial lifetimes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1986-1989
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	57
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1986
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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Haines, T. J., Bionta, R. M., Blewitt, G., Bratton, C. B., Casper, D., Claus, R., Cortez, B. G., Errede, S., Foster, G. W., Gajewski, W., Ganezer, K. S., Goldhaber, M., Jones, T. W., Kielczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., Lehmann, E., Losecco, J. M., Matthews, J., ... Wuest, C. (1986). Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Backgrounds in a Nucleon-Decay Search. Physical review letters, 57(16), 1986-1989. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1986

Haines, TJ, Bionta, RM, Blewitt, G, Bratton, CB, Casper, D, Claus, R, Cortez, BG, Errede, S, Foster, GW, Gajewski, W, Ganezer, KS, Goldhaber, M, Jones, TW, Kielczewska, D, Kropp, WR, Learned, JG, Lehmann, E, Losecco, JM, Matthews, J, Park, HS, Price, LR, Reines, F, Schultz, J, Seidel, S, Shumard, E, Sinclair, D, Sobel, HW, Stone, JL, Sulak, L, Svoboda, R, Van Der Velde, JC & Wuest, C 1986, 'Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Backgrounds in a Nucleon-Decay Search', Physical review letters, vol. 57, no. 16, pp. 1986-1989. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1986

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