Experimental determination of υ background expected in the Fréjus nucleon decay detector

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Abstract

We present an experimental estimate of the background due to atmospheric neutrino interactions in the Fréjus underground nucleon decay experiment. The data of a CERN neutrino experiment of the Aachen-Padova collaboration are re-analyzed for this purpose. The large statistics available, some 60 kt yr of equivalent sensitivity, allows for a detailed topological study of most nucleon decay channels with a charged lepton.

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1

Supported by the BMFT, FRG, under contract number 55AC14P.

2

Now at L.P.C. Université de Caen, F-14021 Caen, France.

3

Now at Laboratoire GANIL. F-14021 Caen, France.

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