Search for proton decay via p→e+π0 and p→μ+π0 in a large water cherenkov detector

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Nishino, H ^a   Clark, S ^b   Abe, K ^a   Hayato, Y ^a   Iida, T ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Kameda, J ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Koshio, Y ^a   Miura, M ^a   Moriyama, S ^a   Nakahata, M ^a   Nakayama, S ^a   Obayashi, Y ^a   Ogawa, H ^a   Sekiya, H ^a   Shiozawa, M ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Takeda, A ^a   Takenaga, Y ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a   Ueno, K ^a   Ueshima, K ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Yamada, S ^a   Hazama, S ^a   Higuchi, I ^a   Ishihara, C ^a   Kajita, T ^a   Kaneyuki, K ^a   Mitsuka, G ^a   Okumura, K ^a   Tanimoto, N ^a   Vagins, M R ^a,e   Dufour, F ^b   Kearns, E ^a,b   Litos, M ^b   Raaf, J L ^b   Stone, J L ^a,b   Sulak, L R ^b   Wang, W ^b   Goldhaber, M ^c   Dazeley, S ^d   Svoboda, R ^d   Bays, K ^e   Casper, D ^e   Cravens, J P ^e   Kropp, W R ^e   Mine, S ^e   Regis, C ^e   Smy, M B ^a,e   Sobel, H W ^a,e   Ganezer, K S ^f   Hill, J ^f   Keig, W E ^f   Jang, J S ^g   Kim, J Y ^g   Lim, I T ^g   Fechner, M ^h   Scholberg, K ^a,h   Walter, C W ^a,h   Wendell, R ^h   Tasaka, S ⁱ   Learned, J G ^j   Matsuno, S ^j   Watanabe, Y ^k   Hasegawa, T ^l   Ishida, T ^l   Ishii, T ^l   Kobayashi, T ^l   Nakadaira, T ^l   Nakamura, K ^a,l   Nishikawa, K ^l   Oyama, Y ^l   Sakashita, K ^l   Sekiguchi, T ^l   Tsukamoto, T ^l   Suzuki, A T ^m   Minamino, A ⁿ   Nakaya, T ^a,n   Yokoyama, M ⁿ   Fukuda, Y ^o   Itow, Y ^p   Tanaka, T ^p   Jung, C K ^q   Lopez, G ^q   McGrew, C ^q   Terri, R ^q   Yanagisawa, C ^q   Tamura, N ^r   Idehara, Y ^s   Sakuda, M ^s   Kuno, Y ^t   Yoshida, M ^t   Kim, S B ^u   Yang, B S ^u   Ishizuka, T ^v   Okazawa, H ^w   Choi, Y ^x   Seo, H K ^x   Furuse, Y ^y   Nishijima, K ^y   Yokosawa, Y ^y   Koshiba, M ^a   Totsuka, Y ^a   Chen, S ^z   Heng, Y ^z   Yang, Z ^z   Zhang, H ^z   Kielczewska, D ^aa   Thrane, E ^ab   Wilkes, R J ^ab   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Boston University ^*  (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^m KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^p NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^v SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^w Shizuoka University of Welfare   (Japan)

^x Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^y TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^z TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DECAY MODES; LOWER LIMITS; PROTON DECAYS; WATER CHERENKOV DETECTORS;

PROTONS;

EID: 65549093339     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.141801     Document Type: Article

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