{"paper":{"title":"Search for proton decay via $p\\rightarrow \\mu^+K^0$ in 0.37 megaton-years exposure of Super-Kamiokande","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Ali, A. A. Sztuc, A. Coffani, A. D. Santos, A. Giampaolo, A. Goldsack, A. Holin, A. K. Ichikawa, A. Konaka, A. Minamino, A. Takeda, A. Takenaka, A. Tarrant, A. T. Suzuki, A. Yankelevich, B. Bodur, B. D. Xu, B. Jamieson, B. Quilain, B. Richards, B. W. Pointon, B. Zaldivar, B. Zhang, C. Bronner, C. Fujisawa, C. K. Jung, C. W. Walter, C. Yanagisawa, D. Barrow, D. Hadley, D. Martin, D. Wark, E. Kearns, E. Kwon, E. Radicioni, F. Di Lodovico, F. Iacob, F. Nakanishi, F. Nova, G. Barr, G. Collazuol, G. De Rosa, G. D. Megias, G. Pintaudi, G. Pronost, H. A. Tanaka, H. Ishino, H. Ito, H. Kitagawa, H. Menjo, H. Okazawa, H. Ozaki, H. Sekiya, H. Shiba, H. Tanaka, H. W. Sobel, I. T. Lim, I. Yu, J. Bian, J. Feng, J. F. Martin, J. Gao, J. G. Learned, J. Hill, J. Kameda, J. Lagoda, J. L. Raaf, J. Migenda, J. M. McElwee, J. S. Jang, J. W. Seo, J. Xia, J. Y. Kim, J. Y. Yang, J. Zalipska, K. Abe, K. Choi, K. D. Nakamura, K. Hiraide, K. Ieki, K. Iwamoto, K. Martens, K. M. Tsui, K. Nakagiri, K. Nakamura, K. Ninomiya, K. Nishijima, K. Okamoto, K. Okumura, K. Sakashita, K. Sato, K. Scholberg, K. Shimizu, K. Wada, K. Yamauchi, K. Yasutome, L. Bernard, L. Cook, L. F. Thompson, L. H. V. Anthony, L. Labarga, Ll. Marti, L. Ludovici, L. N. Machado, L. Wan, M. B. Smy, M. D. Thiesse, M. Friend, M. G. Catanesi, M. Gonin, M. Harada, M. Hartz, M. Ikeda, M. Inomoto, M. Ishitsuka, M. Jakkapu, M. Jia J. Jiang, M. J. Wilking, M. Koshiba, M. Kuze, M. Lamoureux, M. Malek, M. Mandal, M. Mattiazzi, M. Miura, M. Mori, M. Nakahata, M. Nicholson, M. O'Flaherty, M. Posiadala-Zezula, M. R. Vagins, M. Scott, M. Shinoki, M. Shiozawa, M. Taani, M. Yokoyama, N. F. Calabria, N. J. Griskevich, N. McCauley, N. Ospina, N. Shigeta, N. Taniuchi, N. W. Prouse, O. Drapier, O. Stone, P. de Perio, P. Fernandez, P. Mehta, P. Mijakowski, P. Paganini, R. Akutsu, R. A. Wendell, R. G. Park, R. Kaneshima, S. B. Boyd, S. B. Kim, S. Cao, S. Chen, S. El Hedri, S. Han, S. Ito, S. Izumiyama, S. J. Jenkins, S. Locke, S. Miki, S. Mine, S. M. Lakshmi, S. Moriyama, S. Nakayama, S. Sakai, S. Samani, S. Sano, S. Shima, S. Suzuki, S. Tairafune, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration: R. Matsumoto, S. Watanabe, S. Yamamoto, S. Yoshida, S. Zsoldos, T. Boschi, Th. A. Mueller, T. Hasegawa, T. Ishida, T. Ishizuka, T. Kajita, T. Katori, T. Kikawa, T. Kinoshita, T. Kobayashi, T. Matsubara, T. Nakadaira, T. Nakamura, T. Nakaya, T. Sekiguchi, T. Suganuma, T. Tashiro, T. Tomiya, T. Towstego, T. Tsukamoto, T. Wester, T. Yano, V. Berardi, V. Gousy-Leblanc, V. Takhistov, W. Ma, W. R. Kropp, X. Li, X. Wang, Y. Fukuda, Y. Hayato, Y. Itow, Y. Kanemura, Y. Kashiwagi, Y. Kataoka, Y. Koshio, Y. Kotsar, Y. Maekawa, Y. Nakajima, Y. Nakano, Y. Nishimura, Y. Noguchi, Y. Ommura, Y. Oyama, Y. Sonoda, Y. S. Prabhu, Y. Suzuki, Y. Takemoto, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Uchida, Z. Xie","submitted_at":"2022-08-28T09:40:47Z","abstract_excerpt":"We searched for proton decay via $p\\to\\mu^+K^0$ in 0.37\\,Mton$\\cdot$years of data collected between 1996 and 2018 from the Super-Kamiokande water Cherenkov experiment. The selection criteria were defined separately for $K^0_S$ and $K^0_L$ channels. No significant event excess has been observed. As a result of this analysis, which extends the previous search by an additional 0.2\\,Mton$\\cdot$years of exposure and uses an improved event reconstruction, we set a lower limit of $3.6\\times10^{33}$ years on the proton lifetime."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2208.13188","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2208.13188/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}