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Title Prospects of a baryon instability search in neutron-antineutron oscillations
Creator/Author Efremenko, Yu. ; Kamyshkov, Yu.
Publication Date1996 Dec 31
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 434913; Legacy ID: DE97001302
Report Number(s)CONF-9606243--25
DOE Contract NumberAC05-96OR22464
Other Number(s)Other: ON: DE97001302
Resource TypeConference
Resource RelationConference: 1996 DPF/DPB workshop on new directions for high energy physics, Snowmass, CO (United States), 25 Jun - 12 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Research OrgOak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring OrgUSDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
Subject66 PHYSICS; ANTINEUTRONS; RADIATION DETECTION; PARTICLE DECAY; BARYON NUMBER; NEUTRON OSCILLATION; TEV RANGE 100-1000; PEV RANGE; COLD NEUTRONS; HFIR REACTOR; NUCLEI; TRANSITION AMPLITUDES
Description/AbstractThe purpose of this article is to review the current status and the future prospects for an experimental neutron-antineutron transition search. Traditional and new experimental techniques are discussed here. In the n {r_arrow} {anti n} search in experiments at existing reactors, it would be possible to increase the discovery potential up to four orders of magnitude for vacuum n {r_arrow} {anti n} transitions relative to the existing experimental level or to achieve the limit of {tau}{sub n-{anti n}{sup {approximately}}} 10{sup 10}s.. With dedicated future reactors and an ultimate experimental layout, it might be possible to reach the limit of 10{sup 11}s. Significant progress in an intranuclear n {r_arrow} {anti n} transition search expected to be made during the next decade by the SuperKamiokande and Icarus detectors. It can be matched, or even exceeded, in a new alternative approach, where unstable long-lived isotopes of technetium are searched in non radioactive deep-mined ores.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatMedium: P; Size: 7 p.
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