Calculation of Atmospheric Neutrino-Induced Backgrounds in a Nucleon-Decay Search
- 20 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (16), 1986-1989
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.1986
Abstract
We have developed an extensive model of atmospheric interactions which provide the backgrounds to nucleon-decay experiments. We report results from a 417-live-day exposure of the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector. During this time 401 contained events were observed at a rate and with characteristics consistent with atmospheric interactions. We have calculated the expected backgrounds to a variety of two- and three-body decay modes and have set lower limits on many nucleon partial lifetimes.
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