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A Search for Fractional Charges in Native Mercury
Physics
  • Maureen H. Savage
  • Roger W. Bland
  • Christopher L. Hodges
  • Judith L. Huntington
  • David C. Joyce
  • Robert T. Johnson
  • Tanya D. Knoop
  • Michael A. Lindgren
  • Marion H. Scholz
  • Alan B. Steiner
  • Betty A. Young, Santa Clara University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-20-1986
Publisher
Elsevier
Disciplines
Abstract

We have searched 2.0 mg of native mercury for fractional charges. Details of the apparatus and measurement procedure are presented. We find no fractional charges, giving a limit on quark concentration comparable to other experiments carried out on refined materials.

Citation Information
Savage, M. L., Bland, R. W., Hodges, C. L., Huntington, J. L., Joyce, D. C., Johnson, R. T., D. Knoop, T., Lindgren, M. A., Scholz, M. H., Steiner, A. B., & Young, B. A. (1986). A search for fractional charges in native mercury. Physics Letters B, 167(4), 481–484. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(86)91305-5