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Calorimeter R&D for the SuperNEMO Double Beta Decay Experiment

Instrumentation and Detectors 2019-08-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

SuperNEMO is a next-generation double beta decay experiment based on the successful tracking plus calorimetry design approach of the NEMO3 experiment currently running in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM). SuperNEMO can study a range of isotopes, the baseline isotopes are 82Se and possibly 150Nd. The total isotope mass will be 100-200 kg. A sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta decay half-life greater than 10e26 years can be reached which gives access to Majorana neutrino masses of 50-100 meV. One of the main challenges of the SuperNEMO R&D is the development of the calorimeter with an unprecedented energy resolution of 4% FWHM at 3 MeV (Qbb value of 82Se).

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@article{arxiv.0807.2188,
  title  = {Calorimeter R&D for the SuperNEMO Double Beta Decay Experiment},
  author = {Matthew Kauer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.2188},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Presented at 13th International Conference on Calorimetry in High Energy Physics (CALOR08), Pavia, Italy, 26-30 May 2008

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