Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

\(n - \bar n\) transitions in nuclei and mixing of nuclear states with A and A−22

  • Nuclear Physics
  • Published:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A new lower limit on the period of \(n - \bar n\) oscillations, \(\tau _{n \bar n} > (8 - 11)\) sec, which follows from the stability of Fe, is found. This limit is almost 10 times larger than previous estimations.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. V. A. Kuzmin, JETP Lett. 13, 335 (1970); K. G. Chetyrkin et al., Phys. Lett. B 99, 358 (1981).

    Google Scholar 

  2. R. N. Mohapatra and R. E. Marshak, Phys. Lett. B 94, 183 (1980).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. P. G. Sandars, J. Phys. G 9, L161 (1980).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Riazzuddin, Phys. Rev. D 25, 885 (1982).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. C. B. Dover, A. Gal, and J. M. Richard, Phys. Rev. D 27, 1090 (1983);, Phys. Rev. C 31, 1423 (1985).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. W. M. Alberico, A. Bottino, and A. Molinari, Phys. Lett. B 114, 266 (1982).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. W. M. Alberico, A. De Pace, and M. Pignone, Nucl. Phys. A 523, 448 (1991).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. C. Y. Wong et al., Phys. Rev. C 29, 574 (1984).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics, Moscow, Nauka, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  10. V. I. Nazaruk, Phys. Lett. B 337, 328 (1994).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. J. Carbonell and K. V. Protasov, J. Phys. G 18, 1863 (1992).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. S. Tessaro, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Trieste, 1995.

  13. Ch. Berger et al. (Fréjus collaboration), Phys. Lett. B 240, 237 (1989).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. M. Takita et al. (KAMIOKANDE), Phys. Rev. D 34, 902 (1986).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. M. Baldo-Ceolin et al., Z. Phys. C 63, 409 (1994).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Yu. Kamyshkov et al., Proc. of the Third Intern. Conf. on Nucleon-Antinucleon Physics (NAN-95), Yadernaya Fizika, N9-10 (1996).

  17. Yu. Kamyshkov, Talk at the Workshop on Baryon Instability Searches, Oak Ridge, March 1996.

  18. Yu. G. Abov, F. S. Dzheparov, and L. B. Okun, JETP Lett. 39, 599 (1984).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259, Moscow, Russia

    L. A. Kondratyuk

Authors
  1. L. A. Kondratyuk
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 64, No. 7, 456–461 (10 October 1996)

This paper is an extended version of the talk presented at the Workshop on Baryon Instability Searches, Oak Ridge, March 1996.

Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kondratyuk, L.A. \(n - \bar n\) transitions in nuclei and mixing of nuclear states with A and A−22. Jetp Lett. 64, 495–501 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567224

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567224

PACS numbers

Search

Navigation