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THE MOON AS THE SEARCHING GROUND FOR PROTON DECAY
From a theoretical standpoint, within grand unified symmetries like SO(10) and SU(16) which unify members of one family in contrast to SU(5) and which permit a two-stage-descent into SU(2)L × U(1) × SU(3)c, proton lifetime is expected to be of order 1031−1034 yrs for such a two-step descent with sin2 θw ≃ 0.22–0.23.
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812795915_0044Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
Abstract:
The distinct advantage which a lunar detector would have over a terrestrial one in searching for proton decays corresponding to rather long nucleon lifetimes ≳ 6× 1032 yrs is noted.
