Search for Fractional Charges in Niobium and Tungsten
- 8 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 54 (14) , 1472-1474
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.1472
Abstract
We have searched in niobium and tungsten for fractionally charged particles with effective nuclear charge (where ). In addition, we have looked for fractionally charged particles with in the same materials. No positive signal was observed, and concentration limits are reported.
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