VIP EXPERIMENT: NEW EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE VIOLATION BY ELECTRONS

Pietreanu, D.; Bartalucci, S.; Bertolucci, S.; Bragadireanu, M.; Cargnelli, M.; Catitti, M.; Curceanu, C.; Di Matteo, S.; Egger, J. P.; Guaraldo, C.; Iliescu, M.; Ishiwatari, T.; Laubenstein, M.; Marton, J.; Milotti, Edoardo; Ponta, T.; Sirghi, D. L.; Sirghi, F.; Sperandio, L.; Vazquez Doce, O.; Widmann, E.; Zmeskal, J.

doi:10.1142/S0217751X0904395X

The VIP (Violation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle) experiment is investigating one of the basic principles of modern physics, searching for anomalous X-rays emitted by copper atoms in a conductor: any detection of these anomalous X-rays would mark a Pauli forbidden transition. VIP is currently taking data at the Gran Sasso underground laboratories, and its scientific goal is to improve by three-four orders of magnitude the previous limit on the probability of Pauli violating transitions, bringing it into the 10^-29 - 10^-30 region. The new experimental results, together with future plans, are presented.

VIP EXPERIMENT: NEW EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE VIOLATION BY ELECTRONS / Pietreanu, D.; Bartalucci, S.; Bertolucci, S.; Bragadireanu, M.; Cargnelli, M.; Catitti, M.; Curceanu, C.; DI MATTEO, S.; Egger, J. P.; Guaraldo, C.; Iliescu, M.; Ishiwatari, T.; Laubenstein, M.; Marton, J.; Milotti, Edoardo; Ponta, T.; Sirghi, D. L.; Sirghi, F.; Sperandio, L.; VAZQUEZ DOCE, O.; Widmann, E.; Zmeskal, J.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A. - ISSN 0217-751X. - ELETTRONICO. - 24:(2009), pp. 506-510. [10.1142/S0217751X0904395X]