The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment
Abstract
The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the isotope Ge-76 with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate the neutrino is its own antiparticle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The {\sc Demonstrator} is being assembled at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be situated in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. Here we describe the science goals of the {\sc Demonstrator} and the details of its design.
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@article{arxiv.1308.1633,
title = {The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment},
author = {Majorana Collaboration and N. Abgrall and E. Aguayo and F. T. Avignone and A. S. Barabash and F. E. Bertrand and M. Boswell and V. Brudanin and M. Busch and A. S. Caldwell and Y-D. Chan and C. D. Christofferson and D. C. Combs and J. A. Detwiler and P. J. Doe and Yu. Efremenko and V. Egorov and H. Ejiri and S. R. Elliott and J. Esterline and J. E. Fast and P. Finnerty and F. M. Fraenkle and A. Galindo-Uribarri and G. K. Giovanetti and J. Goett and M. P. Green and J. Gruszko and V. E. Guiseppe and K. Gusey and A. L. Hallin and R. Hazama and A. Hegai and R. Henning and E. W. Hoppe and S. Howard and M. A. Howe and K. J. Keeter and M. F. Kidd and A. Knecht and O. Kochetov and S. I. Konovalov and R. T. Kouzes and B. D. LaFerriere and J. Leon and L. E. Leviner and J. C. Loach and S. MacMullin and R. D. Martin and S. Mertens and L. Mizouni and M. Nomachi and J. L. Orrell and C. O'Shaughnessy and N. R. Overman and D. G. Phillips and A. W. P. Poon and K. Pushkin and D. C. Radford and K. Rielage and R. G. H. Robertson and M. C. Ronquest and A. G. Schubert and B. Shanks and T. Shima and M. Shirchenko and K. J. Snavely and N. Snyder and D. Steele and J. Strain and A. M. Suriano and J. Thompson and V. Timkin and W. Tornow and R. L. Varner and S. Vasilyev and K. Vetter and K. Vorren and B. R. White and J. F. Wilkerson and W. Xu and E. Yakushev and A. R. Young and C-H. Yu and V. Yumatov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.1633},
year = {2013}
}
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accepted for publication in Advances in High Energy Physics