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Double Beta Decays into Excited States in $^{110}$Pd and $^{102}$Pd

Nuclear Experiment 2016-11-23 v1

Abstract

A search for double beta decays of 110^{110}Pd and 102^{102}Pd into excited states of the daughter nuclides has been performed using three ultra-low background gamma-spectrometry measurements in the Felsenkeller laboratory, Germany, the HADES laboratory, Belgium and at the LNGS, Italy. The combined Bayesian analysis of the three measurements sets improved half-life limits for the 2νββ2\nu\beta\beta and 0νββ0\nu\beta\beta decay modes of the 21+2^+_1, 01+0^+_1 and 22+2^+_2 transitions in 110^{110}Pd to 2.910202.9\cdot10^{20} yr, 4.010204.0\cdot10^{20} yr and 3.010203.0\cdot10^{20} yr respectively and in 102^{102}Pd to 7.610187.6\cdot10^{18} yr, 8.810188.8\cdot10^{18} yr and 1.410191.4\cdot10^{19} yr respectively with 90% credibility.

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@article{arxiv.1606.06616,
  title  = {Double Beta Decays into Excited States in $^{110}$Pd and $^{102}$Pd},
  author = {B. Lehnert and E. Andreotti and D. Degering and M. Hult and M. Laubenstein and T. Wester and K. Zuber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06616},
  year   = {2016}
}