Search for proton decay via p→νK + using 260 kiloton.year data of Super-Kamiokande

By T. Abe, Y. Hayato, K. Iyogi, J. Kameda, M. Miura, S. Moriyama, M. Nakahata, S. Nakayama, R. Wendell, H. Sekiya and 94 more. 2014

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We have searched for proton decay via p→νK+ using Super-Kamiokande data from April 1996 to February 2013, 260 kiloton•year exposure in total. No evidence for this proton decay mode is found. A lower limit of the proton lifetime is set to τ/B(p→νK+)>5.9×1033 years at 90% confidence level.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a0dc8ebdcac5a3d3a9db8603c5560553152164e8

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• Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics (2020, unknown): “Several experiments have sought signatures of nucleon decay, with the best limits for most decay modes set by the Super–Kamiokande experiment [4, 37, 35], which features the largest sensitive mass and exposure to date.”