Search for proton decay as a test of baryon conservation

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/4150605

Title: Search for proton decay as a test of baryon conservation

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A large volume heavy water Cerenkov detector enclosed in a liquid scintillator anticoincidence shield was used to search for proton decay.

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Dix, Frederick William ^[1]

Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)

Publication Date:: 1970-01-01

Research Org.:: Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

OSTI Identifier:: 4150605

Report Number(s):: COO-1749-12

NSA Number:: NSA-24-037620

DOE Contract Number:: AT(11-1)-1749

Resource Type:: Thesis/Dissertation

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Thesis. UNCL. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-70

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BETA DECAY; BORON 8; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DECAY; LIFETIME; NEUTRINOS; PRODUCTION; PROTONS; SUN; SUN/neutrino flux from boron-8 beta decay in, Cherenkov counter study of upper limit on, (E); PROTONS/lifetime of, heavy-water Cherenkov detector study of lower limit for, (E); NEUTRINOS/flux from solar boron- 8 beta decay, Cherenkov detector study of upper limit on, (E); BORON ISOTOPES B-8/ beta decay of solar, Cherenkov detector study of upper limit on neutrino flux from, (E); PROTONS/decay of, heavy-water Cherenkov detector study of lower limit for, (E)

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  abstractNote = {A large volume heavy water Cerenkov detector enclosed in a liquid scintillator anticoincidence shield was used to search for proton decay.},

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