Search for Free Fractional Electric Charge Elementary Particles

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dc.creatorHalyo, V.
dc.creatorKim, P.
dc.creatorLee, E. R.
dc.creatorLee, I. T.
dc.creatorLoomba, D.
dc.creatorPerl, M. L.
dc.date1999-10-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:32:27Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:32:27Z
dc.descriptionWe have carried out a direct search in bulk matter for free fractional electric charge elementary particles using the largest mass single sample ever studied - about 17.4 mg of silicone oil. The search used an improved and highly automated Millikan oil drop technique. No evidence for fractional charge particles was found. The concentration of particles with fractional charge more than 0.16e (e being the magnitude of the electron charge) from the nearest integer charge is less than $4.71\times10^{-22}$ particles per nucleon with 95% confidence.
dc.description10 pages,LaTeX, 4 PS figures, submitted to PRL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9910064
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9910064
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.Lett.84:2576-2579,2000
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2576
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178758
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleSearch for Free Fractional Electric Charge Elementary Particles
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