# Search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector

, SNO+ Collaboration (2019) Search for invisible modes of nucleon decay in water with the SNO+ detector. Physical Review D, 99 (3). ISSN 1550-7998

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## Abstract

This paper reports results from a search for nucleon decay through 'invisible' modes, where no visible energy is directly deposited during the decay itself, during the initial water phase of SNO+. However, such decays within the oxygen nucleus would produce an excited daughter that would subsequently de-excite, often emitting detectable gamma rays. A search for such gamma rays yields limits of $2.5 \times 10^{29}$ y at 90% Bayesian credibility level (with a prior uniform in rate) for the partial lifetime of the neutron, and $3.6 \times 10^{29}$ y for the partial lifetime of the proton, the latter a 70% improvement on the previous limit from SNO. We also present partial lifetime limits for invisible dinucleon modes of $1.3\times 10^{28}$ y for $nn$, $2.6\times 10^{28}$ y for $pn$ and $4.7\times 10^{28}$ y for $pp$, an improvement over existing limits by close to three orders of magnitude for the latter two.

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Journal Article
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Physical Review D
13 pages, 6 figures
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ID Code:
130471
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16 Jan 2019 15:40
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Yes
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Published