A NEW EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON NEUTRON-ANTINEUTRON OSCILLATIONS

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BALDOCEOLIN, M
BENETTI, P
BITTER, T
BOBISUT, F
CALLIGARICH, E
DOLFINI, R
DUBBERS, D
ELMUZEINI, P
GENONI, M
GIBIN, D
BERZOLARI, AG
GOBRECHT, K
GUGLIELMI, A
LAST, J
LAVEDER, M
LIPPERT, W
MATTIOLI, F
MAURI, F
MEZZETTO, M
MONTANARI, C
PIAZZOLI, A
PUGLIERIN, G
RAPPOLDI, A
RASELLI, GL
SCANNICCHIO, D
SCONZA, A
VASCON, M
VISENTIN, L
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[2] INFN,SEZ PADOVA,PADUA,ITALY
[3] INFN,SEZ PAVIA,PAVIA,ITALY
[4] UNIV PADUA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS G GALILEI,I-35100 PADUA,ITALY
[5] UNIV PAVIA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS NUCL & TEOR,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PHYSIK C-PARTICLES AND FIELDS | 1994年 / 63卷 / 03期
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10.1007/BF01580321
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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The experimental search for neutron-antineutron oscillations has been completed at the ILL high flux reactor at Grenoble. A neutron beam of intensity 10(11) n s-1 was propagated for a time t congruent-to 0.1 s in vacuum in a region shielded against the external magnetic field. No antineutron was detected in 2.4.10(7) s running time. The lower limit tau(nnBAR) greater-than-or-equal-to 0.86.10(8) s for nnBAR transitions was established at 90% C.L.
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