NEW EXPERIMENTAL LIMITS FOR THE ELECTRON STABILITY

Authors
AHARONOV Y AVIGNONE FT BRODZINSKI RL COLLAR JL GARCIA E MILEY HS MORALES A MORALES J NUSSINOV S DESOLORZANO AO PUIMEDON J REEVES JH SAENZ C SALINAS A SARSA ML VILLAR JA
Citation
Y. Aharonov et al., NEW EXPERIMENTAL LIMITS FOR THE ELECTRON STABILITY, Physics letters. Section B, 353(2-3), 1995, pp. 168-172
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
353
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
168 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1995)353:2-3<168:NELFTE>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A set of two natural abundance Ge detectors of 1.1 kg each, located in the Homestake mine, and one small, 0.253 kg, Ge detector operating in the Canfranc railway tunnel in Spain, have been used to obtain bounds on the stability of the electron against the decay modes e(-) --> gam ma nu(e) and e(-) --> nu(e) nu(e)<(nu)over bar>(e). The bounds on the mean lifes are tau(gamma nu(e)) > 3.7(2.1) X 10(25) yr, 68%(90%) CL an d tau(nu(e) nu(e)<(nu)over bar>) > 4.3(2.6) X 10(23) yr, 68%(90%) CL, which are at present the most stringent laboratory limits for these de cays.