Search for nucleon decay via <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math>

We present the results of searches for nucleon decays via <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mi>p</a:mi> <a:mo stretchy="false">→</a:mo> <a:mi>ν</a:mi> <a:msup> <a:mi>π</a:mi> <a:mo>+</a:mo> </a:msup> </a:math> and <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <d:mi>n</d:mi> <d:mo stretchy="false">→</d:mo> <d:mi>ν</d:mi> <d:msup> <d:mi>π</d:mi> <d:mn>0</d:mn> </d:msup> </d:math> using a <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <g:mrow> <g:mn>0.484</g:mn> <g:mtext> </g:mtext> <g:mtext> </g:mtext> <g:mi>Mt</g:mi> <g:mo>·</g:mo> <g:mi>yr</g:mi> </g:mrow> </g:math> exposure of Super-Kamiokande I-V data covering the entire pure water phase of the experiment. Various improvements on the previous 2014 nucleon decay search [], which used an exposure of <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <i:mrow> <i:mn>0.173</i:mn> <i:mtext> </i:mtext> <i:mtext> </i:mtext> <i:mi>Mt</i:mi> <i:mo>·</i:mo> <i:mi>yr</i:mi> </i:mrow> </i:math> , are incorporated. The physics models related to pion production and nuclear interaction are refined with external data, and a more comprehensive set of systematic uncertainties, now including those associated with the atmospheric neutrino flux and pion production channels, is considered. Also, the fiducial volume has been expanded by 21%. No significant indication of a nucleon decay signal is found beyond the expected background. Lower bounds on the nucleon partial lifetimes are determined to be <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mn>3.5</k:mn> <k:mo>×</k:mo> <k:msup> <k:mn>10</k:mn> <k:mn>32</k:mn> </k:msup> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mi>yr</k:mi> </k:math> for <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <m:mi>p</m:mi> <m:mo stretchy="false">→</m:mo> <m:mi>ν</m:mi> <m:msup> <m:mi>π</m:mi> <m:mo>+</m:mo> </m:msup> </m:math> and <p:math xmlns:p="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <p:mn>1.4</p:mn> <p:mo>×</p:mo> <p:msup> <p:mn>10</p:mn> <p:mn>33</p:mn> </p:msup> <p:mtext> </p:mtext> <p:mtext> </p:mtext> <p:mi>yr</p:mi> </p:math> for <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <r:mi>n</r:mi> <r:mo stretchy="false">→</r:mo> <r:mi>ν</r:mi> <r:msup> <r:mi>π</r:mi> <r:mn>0</r:mn> </r:msup> </r:math> at 90% confidence level.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2025-12-12
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https://doi.org/10.1103/gwc6-55bg
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Search for nucleon decay via <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math>

Karl J. Friston
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
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Search for nucleon decay via <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mi>ν</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>π</mml:mi> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math>

Karl J. Friston
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We present the results of searches for nucleon decays via <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mi>p</a:mi> <a:mo stretchy="false">→</a:mo> <a:mi>ν</a:mi> <a:msup> <a:mi>π</a:mi> <a:mo>+</a:mo> </a:msup> </a:math> and <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <d:mi>n</d:mi> <d:mo stretchy="false">→</d:mo> <d:mi>ν</d:mi> <d:msup> <d:mi>π</d:mi> <d:mn>0</d:mn> </d:msup> </d:math> using a <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <g:mrow> <g:mn>0.484</g:mn> <g:mtext> </g:mtext> <g:mtext> </g:mtext> <g:mi>Mt</g:mi> <g:mo>·</g:mo> <g:mi>yr</g:mi> </g:mrow> </g:math> exposure of Super-Kamiokande I-V data covering the entire pure water phase of the experiment. Various improvements on the previous 2014 nucleon decay search [], which used an exposure of <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <i:mrow> <i:mn>0.173</i:mn> <i:mtext> </i:mtext> <i:mtext> </i:mtext> <i:mi>Mt</i:mi> <i:mo>·</i:mo> <i:mi>yr</i:mi> </i:mrow> </i:math> , are incorporated. The physics models related to pion production and nuclear interaction are refined with external data, and a more comprehensive set of systematic uncertainties, now including those associated with the atmospheric neutrino flux and pion production channels, is considered. Also, the fiducial volume has been expanded by 21%. No significant indication of a nucleon decay signal is found beyond the expected background. Lower bounds on the nucleon partial lifetimes are determined to be <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mn>3.5</k:mn> <k:mo>×</k:mo> <k:msup> <k:mn>10</k:mn> <k:mn>32</k:mn> </k:msup> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mtext> </k:mtext> <k:mi>yr</k:mi> </k:math> for <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <m:mi>p</m:mi> <m:mo stretchy="false">→</m:mo> <m:mi>ν</m:mi> <m:msup> <m:mi>π</m:mi> <m:mo>+</m:mo> </m:msup> </m:math> and <p:math xmlns:p="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <p:mn>1.4</p:mn> <p:mo>×</p:mo> <p:msup> <p:mn>10</p:mn> <p:mn>33</p:mn> </p:msup> <p:mtext> </p:mtext> <p:mtext> </p:mtext> <p:mi>yr</p:mi> </p:math> for <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <r:mi>n</r:mi> <r:mo stretchy="false">→</r:mo> <r:mi>ν</r:mi> <r:msup> <r:mi>π</r:mi> <r:mn>0</r:mn> </r:msup> </r:math> at 90% confidence level.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 113(1)
California State University System (US), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (GB), State University of New York (US), University of Hawaii System (US), University of Padua (IT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP), Seoul National University (KR), University of Liverpool (GB), Miyagi University of Education (JP), Tokyo University of Science (JP), Okayama University (JP), Duke University (US), British Columbia Institute of Technology (CA), Yokohama National University (JP), King's College London (GB), Osaka Electro-Communication University (JP), Tohoku University (JP), Keio University (JP), Kyoto University (JP), University of Minnesota System (US), University of California System (US), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (KR), University of Warwick (GB), University of Oxford (GB), Shanghai Institute for Science of Science (CN), Chonnam National University Hospital (KR), Institute for Basic Science (KR), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (IT), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (FR), Consorzio Interuniversitario Fisica Spaziale (IT), Shizuoka University of Welfare (JP), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I (IT), Gifu University (JP), University of Toyama (JP), Institute of Science Tokyo (JP), University of Warsaw (PL), Imperial College London (GB), New York University (US), Stony Brook University (US), Nagoya University (JP), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES), Kobe University (JP), The University of Tokyo (JP), University of Glasgow (GB), Tokyo International University (JP), Sungkyunkwan University (KR), University of Silesia in Katowice (PL), The University of Winnipeg (CA), University of Sheffield (GB), Tsinghua University (CN)
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