Search for electron decay mode e→γ+ν with prototype of Borexino detector
Physics Letters B Volume 525, Issues 1–2,
17 January 2002, Pages 29-40
doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(01)01440-X
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Abstract
The prototype of the Borexino detector Counting Test Facility, located in the Gran-Sasso laboratory, has been used to obtain a bound on the stability of the electron. The new lower limit on the mean lifetime defined on 32.1 days of data set is τ(e−→νe+γ)⩾4.6×1026 yr (90% c.l.).
See also:
Response to the critics of Borexino results in “A New experimental limit for the stability of the electron” by H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, I.V. Krivosheina and I.V. Titkova.”
By Borexino Collaboration (H.O. Back et al.),
e-Print: hep-ex/0703044 (Mar 2007)
Search for electron decay mode e –› γ + ν with prototype of Borexino detector