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NEMO 3 experiment: preliminary results from 2003 data

Nuclear Experiment 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The NEMO-3 detector installed in the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM, France) is running to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (ββ0ν\beta\beta0\nu) with an expected sensitivity for the effective Majorana neutrino mass down to 0.1 eV. New preliminary limits (90% CL), T1/2(ββ0ν)>1.01023T_{1/2}(\beta\beta0\nu) > 1.0 \cdot 10^{23} y (massive mechanism) and T1/2(ββ0ν)>1.91023T_{1/2}(\beta\beta0\nu) > 1.9 \cdot 10^{23} y (right-handed currents) were established analyzing 100^{100}Mo data collected during 3800h of measurements in 2003. This is the world's best result for 100^{100}Mo. New preliminary half-lives of ββ2ν\beta\beta2\nu-mode for 100^{100}Mo, 82^{82}Se, 116^{116}Cd, 150^{150}Nd are also reported as well as the results of background studies. The future progress and plans of the NEMO-3 project are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0405030,
  title  = {NEMO 3 experiment: preliminary results from 2003 data},
  author = {Yu. Shitov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0405030},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the XXXIXth Rencontres de Moriond EW 2004 conference (http://moriond.in2p3.fr/EW/2004/electroweak_uk.html)