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Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1184–1186 (1983)

Is Proton Decay Measurable?

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L. P. Horwitz and E. Katznelson
Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 31 August 1982; published in the issue dated 18 April 1983

It is shown that nucleon collisions in a heavy nucleus may satisfy the conditions required for the inhibition of proton decay in the framework of the quantum mechanical theory of the decay of unstable systems.

© 1983 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1184
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1184
PACS:
14.20.Dh, 12.90.+b, 13.30.Ce

See Also

Comment: G. Peter Lepage, Tung-Mow Yan, and Donald R. Yennie, Comment on "Is Proton Decay Measurable? ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1599 (1983).

Comment: Kevin Cahill, Nuclear Proton Decay, Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1600 (1983).

Comment: John Wheater and Rudolf Peierls, Comment on "Is Proton Decay Measurable? ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1601 (1983).

Reply: L. P. Horwitz and E. Katznelson, Horwitz and Katznelson Respond, Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1602 (1983).