ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE PROBABILITY FOR MUONIUM-ANTIMUONIUM CONVERSION AND OF BACKGROUND PROCESSES IN A SEPARATED BEAM OF SURFACE MUONS OF THE PHASOTRON OF THE NUCLEAR-REACTIONS LABORATORY OF THE JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR-RESEARCH

Authors
GORDEEV VA KISELEV AY ALESHIN NP KOMAROV EN MIKLUKHO OV NARYSHKIN YG SKNAR VA SULIMOV VV TKACH II ABAZOV VM BARANOV VA BRAGIN AN GUSTOV SA KRAVCHUK NP MAMEDOV TN MIROKHIN IV SAVCHENKO OV FURSOV AP
Citation
Va. Gordeev et al., ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF THE PROBABILITY FOR MUONIUM-ANTIMUONIUM CONVERSION AND OF BACKGROUND PROCESSES IN A SEPARATED BEAM OF SURFACE MUONS OF THE PHASOTRON OF THE NUCLEAR-REACTIONS LABORATORY OF THE JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR-RESEARCH, JETP letters, 59(9), 1994, pp. 589-595
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JETP letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00213640
Volume
59
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
589 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-3640(1994)59:9<589:AOROAE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The complete statistical base acquired in the SPINP-JINR joint experim ental search for muonium-antimuonium conversion has been analyzed. A t otal of 3.44 X 10(11) muons passed through the target over the two ser ies of physical measurements of the conversion process. One event whic h qualifies as a muonium-antimuonium conversion was detected. An exper imental estimate W(MMBAR) < 5.1 X 10(-7) (90% C.L.) is found for the u pper limit on the probability for the conversion process. Results of a study of the probabilities for background processes in the existing f ormulation of the experiment are reported.