As a baryon number violating process with ΔB=2, neutron-antineutron oscillation (n→n¯) provides a unique test of baryon number conservation. We have performed a search for n→n¯ oscillation with bound neutrons in Super-Kamiokande, with the full dataset from its first four run periods, representing an exposure of 0.37 Mton-years. The search used a multivariate analysis trained on simulated n→n¯ events and atmospheric neutrino backgrounds and resulted in 11 candidate events with an expected background of 9.3 events. In the absence of statistically significant excess, we derived a lower limit on n¯ appearance lifetime in O16 nuclei of 3.6×1032 years and on the neutron-antineutron oscillation time of τn→n¯>4.7×108 s at 90% C.L.

Neutron-antineutron oscillation search using a 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande / Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Ito, H., Kameda, J., Kataoka, Y., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakayama, S., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Pronost, G., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - STAMPA. - 103:1(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevD.103.012008]

Neutron-antineutron oscillation search using a 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande

Berardi V.;Calabria N. F.;
2021

Abstract

As a baryon number violating process with ΔB=2, neutron-antineutron oscillation (n→n¯) provides a unique test of baryon number conservation. We have performed a search for n→n¯ oscillation with bound neutrons in Super-Kamiokande, with the full dataset from its first four run periods, representing an exposure of 0.37 Mton-years. The search used a multivariate analysis trained on simulated n→n¯ events and atmospheric neutrino backgrounds and resulted in 11 candidate events with an expected background of 9.3 events. In the absence of statistically significant excess, we derived a lower limit on n¯ appearance lifetime in O16 nuclei of 3.6×1032 years and on the neutron-antineutron oscillation time of τn→n¯>4.7×108 s at 90% C.L.
2021
Neutron-antineutron oscillation search using a 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande / Abe, K., Bronner, C., Hayato, Y., Ikeda, M., Imaizumi, S., Ito, H., Kameda, J., Kataoka, Y., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nagao, Y., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakayama, S., Okada, T., Okamoto, K., Orii, A., Pronost, G., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - STAMPA. - 103:1(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevD.103.012008]
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