Search for n-n oscillation in oxygen

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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.720

Search for n-n oscillation in oxygen

T. W. Jones, R. M. Bionta, G. Blewitt, C. B. Bratton, B. G. Cortez, S. Errede, G. W. Foster, W. Gajewski, K. S. Ganezer, M. Goldhaber, T. J. Haines, D. Kielczewska, W. R. Kropp, J. G. Learned, E. Lehmann, J. M. LoSecco, H. S. Park, F. Reines, J. Schultz, E. ShumardD. Sinclair, H. W. Sobel, J. L. Stone, L. R. Sulak, R. Svoboda, J. C. Van Der Velde, C. Wuest

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This Letter reports the results of a search for neutron-antineutron transitions in oxygen, using a water Cherenkov detector of fiducial mass 3300 metric tons located 1570 m (water equivalent) underground. Two independent methods yield 90% -confidence lower limits of 1.7 × 1031 and 2.4 × 1031 yr, respectively, for the partial lifetime of this process. According to recent calculations the latter result corresponds to a lower limit in the range 2.7 × 107 to 1.1 × 108 sec for the free-neutron oscillation time.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	720-723
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	52
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.720
State	Published - 1984
Externally published	Yes

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Jones, T. W., Bionta, R. M., Blewitt, G., Bratton, C. B., Cortez, B. G., Errede, S., Foster, G. W., Gajewski, W., Ganezer, K. S., Goldhaber, M., Haines, T. J., Kielczewska, D., Kropp, W. R., Learned, J. G., Lehmann, E., LoSecco, J. M., Park, H. S., Reines, F., Schultz, J., ... Wuest, C. (1984). Search for n-n oscillation in oxygen. Physical review letters, 52(9), 720-723. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.720

Jones, TW, Bionta, RM, Blewitt, G, Bratton, CB, Cortez, BG, Errede, S, Foster, GW, Gajewski, W, Ganezer, KS, Goldhaber, M, Haines, TJ, Kielczewska, D, Kropp, WR, Learned, JG, Lehmann, E, LoSecco, JM, Park, HS, Reines, F, Schultz, J, Shumard, E, Sinclair, D, Sobel, HW, Stone, JL, Sulak, LR, Svoboda, R, Van Der Velde, JC & Wuest, C 1984, 'Search for n-n oscillation in oxygen', Physical review letters, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 720-723. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.720

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