A New Experimental Limit on Small Violation of the Pauli Principle

Aug 23, 1988
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 238 (1990) 438-441
  • Published: 1990
Report number:
  • Print-88-0630 (MARYLAND)

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We have made a search for anomalous X-ray arising from a small violation of the Pauli exclusion principle in current carrying cooper. No such signal was found. From a minimal set of assumptions we conclude that the probability that a new electron introduced into cooper would form a mixed symmetry state with respect to the electrons already present in the copper sample, thus violating the Pauli principle, is less than 1.7 × 10 −26 .
  • fermion: statistics
  • statistics: violation
  • upper limit
  • electron nucleus: nuclear reaction
  • copper
  • photon: emission
  • emission: photon
  • current: electric
  • experimental results