Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9857930 | Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
A recent status and future prospect of nucleon decay experiments are summarized. The most stringent limits on proton decays are given by the largest water Äerenkov detector, Super-Kamiokande. A lower limit on the partial lifetime of a proton is set at 5.4 à 1033 years for p â e+Ï0 at 90% C.L., and 2.2 à 1033 years for pâν¯K+. A next generation experiment with a megaton mass-scale detector can improve the sensitivities up to 1035 years for p â eÏ0 and 1034 years for pâν¯K+. The detector is also suitable as a far detector of a long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment to search for CP violation.
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Authors
T. Nakaya,