Nucleon decay search with DUNE
C. Alt* and On behalf of the DUNE Collaboration
Pre-published on:
January 11, 2021
Published on:
April 15, 2021
Abstract
Grand Unification and Supersymmetry are appealing theories that offer solutions to important problems of modern physics. A key prediction of both theories is the decay of protons and bound neutrons, for which no evidence has been found yet. The dominant proton decay mode in favored supersymmetric theories is $p \rightarrow \bar{\nu} K^+$ and the predicted lifetimes range between $10^{32} - 10^{35} \, \text{years}$. In this report, a sensitivity study for $p \rightarrow \bar{\nu} K^+$ is presented for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). At an exposure of $400 \, \text{kiloton} \cdot \text{years}$, DUNE will be able to constrain the proton lifetime to $\tau / \text{Br} \left( p \rightarrow \bar{\nu} K^+ \right) > 1.3 \times 10^{34} \, \text{years}$ at $90 \, \%$ confidence level if no proton decay is observed.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.390.0226
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