Further experimental test of nucleon charge conservation through the reaction ${}^{113}{Cd} \to {}^{113 m}{In} + neutrals$

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1 October 1983

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 28 (7) , 1770-1772
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.28.1770

Abstract

A new experiment to search for the charge-nonconserving decay of a nucleon through the decay

{}^{113}{Cd} \to {}^{113 m}{In} + neutrals

has been performed employing the coincidence-detection technique between the

K

-conversion electrons and the

K

x rays in

{}^{113 m}{In}

separated chemically from a bulk sample of Cd

{Cl}_{2}

. The measurement yields a lower limit on the mean life

τ_{N}^{CNC} >~ 1.4 \times 10^{18}

yr.

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