New experimental limit on the electron stability and non-paulian transitions in iodine atoms

Authors
Belli, P Bernabei, R Dai, CJ He, HL Ignesti, G Incicchitti, A Kuang, HH Ma, JM Montecchia, F Ponkratenko, OA Prosperi, D Tretyak, VI Zdesenko, YG
Citation
P. Belli et al., New experimental limit on the electron stability and non-paulian transitions in iodine atoms, PHYS LETT B, 460(1-2), 1999, pp. 236-241
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS B
ISSN journal
03702693 → ACNP
Volume
460
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
236 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(19990805)460:1-2<236:NELOTE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A new limit on the mean life of the electron in the "disappearance" approac h has been established: tau(e) > 4.2(2.4).10(24) yr at 68% (90%) C.L., by u sing the similar or equal to 100 kg DAMA Nal(Tl) set-up at the Gran Sasso N ational Laboratory of INFN. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.