Solar Neutrinos as Background to Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiments
Nuclear Experiment
2017-10-25 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
Solar neutrinos interact within double-beta decay (\BB) detectors and contribute to backgrounds for \BB\ experiments. Background contributions due to charge-current solar neutrino interactions with \BB\ nuclei of Ge, Se, Mo, Te, Xe, and Nd are evaluated. They are shown to be significant for future high-sensitivity \BB\ experiments that may search for Majorana neutrino masses in the inverted-hierarchy mass region. The impact of solar neutrino backgrounds and their reduction are discussed for future \BB\ experiments.
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@article{arxiv.1708.00927,
title = {Solar Neutrinos as Background to Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiments},
author = {S. R. Elliott and H. Ejiri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00927},
year = {2017}
}
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proceedings submission for MEDEX 2017