{"paper":{"title":"The search for neutron-antineutron oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["nucl-ex","physics.ins-det"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Bellerive, A. B. McDonald, A. E. Anthony, A. Hime, A. J. Noble, A. Kruger, A. L. Hallin, A. W. P. Poon, A. Wright, B. A. VanDevender, B. Beltran, B. Cai, B. C. Robertson, B. G. Nickel, B. Jamieson, B. L. Wall, B. Monreal, B. T. Cleveland, C. B. Krauss, C. C. M. Kyba, C. E. Okada, C. Howard, C. J. Virtue, C. Kraus, D. Chauhan, D. L. Wark, D. Sinclair, D. Waller, E. D. Earle, E. D. Hallman, E. Guillian, E. W. Beier, F. A. Duncan, F. Fleurot, F. Zhang, G. A. Cox, G. D. OrebiGann, G. Doucas, G. Prior, G. Tesic, G. T. Ewan, H. B. Mak, H. C. Evans, H. Deng, H. Fergani, H. M. O'Keeffe, H. Wan Chan Tseung, I. Levine, I. T. Lawson, J. A. Detwiler, J. A. Formaggio, J. A. Secrest, J. C. Loach, J. Farine, J. F. Wilkerson, J. Heise, J. J. Simpson, J. Law, J. Maneira, J. Monroe, J. R. Klein, J. R. Leslie, J. R. Wilson, J. TM. Goon, J. Wendland, K. Boudjemline, K. Graham, K. J. Keeter, K. Rielage, K. T. Lesko, K. Zuber, L. C. Stonehill, L. L. Kormos, M. Bergevin, M. Chen, M. Dunford, M. G. Boulay, M. H. Schwendener, M. Huang, M. Jerkins, M. Kos, M. L. Miller, M. Yeh, N. A. Jelley, N. Barros, N. Gagnon, N. McCauley, N. S. Oblath, N. Tolich, N. West, O. Simard, P. Jagam, P. J. Doe, P. J. Harvey, P.-L. Drouin, P. Skensved, R. A. Ott, R. D. Martin, R. G. H. Robertson, R. Hazama, R. J. Ford, R. Lange, R. L. Hahn, R. L. Helmer, R. MacLellan, R. Van Berg, R. W. Ollerhead, S. D. Biller, S. D. Reitzner, S. Habib, S. J. M. Peeters, S. Majerus, S. M. Oser, S. N. Ahmed, SNO Collaboration: B. Aharmim, S. R. Elliott, S. R. McGee, S. R. Seibert, T. J. Sonley, T. Kutter, T. Tsui, W. J. Heintzelman, X. Dai, Y. D. Chan","submitted_at":"2017-05-01T20:23:01Z","abstract_excerpt":"Tests on $B-L$ symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with $\\Delta(B-L)=2$ involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron. In this paper a new limit on this process is derived for the data acquired from all three operational phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The search was concentrated in oscillations occurring within the deuteron, and 23 events are observed against a background expectation of 30.5 events. These translate to a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime of $1.48\\times 10^{31}$ years at 90% confidence l"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1705.00696","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":""},"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"}