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Proton Decay via 3-Quark Fusion

JF Donoghue, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Eugene Golowich, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

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Published version is located at http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v26/i11/p3092_1

Abstract

The contribution to proton decay of three-quark fusion (q+q+q→l̅ ) is computed in the MIT bag model. Ambiguities in the calculation are discussed, and comparisons with other approaches are given. A suggestion for displaying uncertainties in proton-lifetime predictions is introduced.

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JF Donoghue and Eugene Golowich. "Proton Decay via 3-Quark Fusion" Physics Department Faculty Publication Series 26.11 (1982).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eugene_golowich/29