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Neutron-Antineutron Oscillations: Theoretical Status And Experimental Prospects, David G. Phillips, William M. Snow, Kaladi Babu, S. Banerjee, David V. Baxter, Zurab Berezhiani, Marc Bergevin, Satyaki Bhattacharya, Gustaaf Brooijmans, Luis Castellanos, Mark C. Chen, C.E. Coppola, Ramanath K. Cowsik, J.A. Crabtree, Pragya Das, Eric Dees, Aleksander D. Dolgov, Phillip D. Ferguson, Matthew Frost, Tony A. Gabriel, A. Gal, Franz X. Gallmeier, Kenneth S. Ganezer, E. Golubeva, Geoffrey L. Greene, B. Hartfiel, Ayman Hawari, Lawrence H. Heilbronn, Colin D. Johnson, Yu A. Kamyshkov, Boris O. Kerbikov, Masaaki Kitaguchi, B.Z. Kopeliovich, V.B. Kopeliovich, Vadim A. Kuzmin, Chenyu Liu, P. Mcgaughey, M. Mocko, Rabindra N. Mohapatra, Nikolai V. Mokhov, Guenter Muhrer, H.P. Pieter Mumm, Lev B. Okun, Robert W. Pattie, C. Quigg, E. Ramberg, A. Ray, A. Roy, A. Ruggles, U. Sarkar, Andy Saunders, A. P. Serebrovv, H. M. Shimizu, R. Shrock, A. K. Sikdara, Sky Sjue, S. Striganov, L. W. Townsend, R. Tschirhart, A. Vainshtein, R Van Kooten, Z. Wang, A. R. Young Feb 2016

Neutron-Antineutron Oscillations: Theoretical Status And Experimental Prospects, David G. Phillips, William M. Snow, Kaladi Babu, S. Banerjee, David V. Baxter, Zurab Berezhiani, Marc Bergevin, Satyaki Bhattacharya, Gustaaf Brooijmans, Luis Castellanos, Mark C. Chen, C.E. Coppola, Ramanath K. Cowsik, J.A. Crabtree, Pragya Das, Eric Dees, Aleksander D. Dolgov, Phillip D. Ferguson, Matthew Frost, Tony A. Gabriel, A. Gal, Franz X. Gallmeier, Kenneth S. Ganezer, E. Golubeva, Geoffrey L. Greene, B. Hartfiel, Ayman Hawari, Lawrence H. Heilbronn, Colin D. Johnson, Yu A. Kamyshkov, Boris O. Kerbikov, Masaaki Kitaguchi, B.Z. Kopeliovich, V.B. Kopeliovich, Vadim A. Kuzmin, Chenyu Liu, P. Mcgaughey, M. Mocko, Rabindra N. Mohapatra, Nikolai V. Mokhov, Guenter Muhrer, H.P. Pieter Mumm, Lev B. Okun, Robert W. Pattie, C. Quigg, E. Ramberg, A. Ray, A. Roy, A. Ruggles, U. Sarkar, Andy Saunders, A. P. Serebrovv, H. M. Shimizu, R. Shrock, A. K. Sikdara, Sky Sjue, S. Striganov, L. W. Townsend, R. Tschirhart, A. Vainshtein, R Van Kooten, Z. Wang, A. R. Young

Robert W. Pattie Jr.

The observation of neutrons turning into antineutrons would constitute a discovery of fundamental importance for particle physics and cosmology. Observing the n–n̄ transition would show that baryonnumber (B) is violated by two units and that matter containing neutrons is unstable. It would provide a clue to how the matter in our universe might have evolved from the B=0 early universe. If seen at rates observable in foreseeable next-generation experiments, it might well help us understand the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe. A demonstration of the violation of B–L by 2 units would have a profound …