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Testing the Pauli exclusion principle with the NEMO-2 detector

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The Pauli Exclusion Principle (PEP) was tested with the NEMO-2 detector. Limits at the 90% C.L. on the violation of PEP for p-shell nucleons in 12C were obtained. Specifically, transitions to the fully occupied 1s 1/2-shell yielded a limit of 4.2 · 1024 y for the process with emission of a γ-quantum. Similarly limits of 3.1 · 1024 y for β and 2.6 · 1024 y for β+ Pauli-forbidden transitions of 12C →12Ñ12B) are reported here.

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Received: 25 August 1999

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Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. et al. Testing the Pauli exclusion principle with the NEMO-2 detector . Eur. Phys. J. A 6, 361–366 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100500050354

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