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Uncertainty Quantification of the $^{76}$Ge Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Nuclear Matrix Element

The experimental pursuit of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) constitutes one of the most compelling avenues for probing lepton-number violation and exploring physics beyond the Standard Model. Within this landscape,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-22 Mihai Horoi , Andrei Neacsu

The Processing of Enriched Germanium for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and R&D for a Possible Future Ton-Scale Ge-76 Double-Beta Decay Experiment

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of point-contact Ge detectors fabricated from Ge isotopically enriched to 88% in Ge-76 to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The processing of Ge for germanium detectors is a well-known…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-11 N. Abgrall , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , F. E. Bertrand , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , J. Caja , M. Caja , T. S. Caldwell , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , C. Dunagan , D. T. Dunstan , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , J. Goett , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. S. Haufe , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , B. R. Jasinski , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , A. M. Lopez , J. MacMullin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , J. H. Meyer , J. Myslik , C. O'Shaughnessy , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , J. A. Reising , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , A. M. Suriano , D. Tedeschi , L. M. Toth , J. E. Trimble , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vetter , K. Vorren , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

Neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is one of the key experiments for determining unresolved properties of neutrinos. Experimental observation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ would provide a clear demonstration of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-04-07 Yong-Hamb Kim

Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe-136 using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-23 NEXT Collaboration , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , C. D. R Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , E. Church , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , A. A. Denisenko , G. Díaz , J. Díaz , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , D. González-Díaz , S. Gosh , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , J. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , P. Lebrun , N. López-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , M. Martínez-Vara , G. Martínez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , Z. E. Meziani , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Newhouse , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , A. Redwine , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , I. Rivilla , Y. Rodríguez García , J. Rodríguez , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , M. Sorel , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , P. Thapa , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Usón , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , R. Webb , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

Material screening and selection for XENON100

Results of the extensive radioactivity screening campaign to identify materials for the construction of XENON100 are reported. This Dark Matter search experiment is operated underground at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-12 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. Cline , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. L. Giboni , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , H. Wang , C. Weinheimer , M. Laubenstein , S. Nisi

Probing Majorana neutrinos with double-$\beta$ decay

A discovery that neutrinos are not the usual Dirac but Majorana fermions, i.e. identical to their antiparticles, would be a manifestation of new physics with profound implications for particle physics and cosmology. Majorana neutrinos would…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-10-01 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , D. Borowicz , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , A. Domula , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , M. Giordano , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , A. Hegai , M. Heisel , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Kish , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , E. Sala , F. Salamida , C. Schmitt , B. Schneider , S. Schönert , A. -K. Schütz , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , M. Schwarz , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , D. Stukov , L. Vanhoefer , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , K. von Sturm , V. Wagner , A. Wegmann , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Current status of LEGEND: Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{76}$Ge: Part I

Neutrinoless double-beta decay($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a hypothetical process that violates lepton number, and whose observation would unambiguously indicate that neutrinos are Majorana fermions. In the standard inverted-ordering…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-12-10 I. S. Guinn , J. M. López-Castaño

Current status of LEGEND: Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in 76Ge: Part II

Neutrinoless double-beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a hypothetical process that violates lepton number, and whose observation would unambiguously indicate that neutrinos are Majorana fermions. In the standard inverted-ordering…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-12-10 J. M. López-Castaño , I. Guinn

The Igex 76ge Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment: Prospects for Next Generation Experiments

The International Germanium Experiment (IGEX) has analyzed 117 mole yr of 76Ge data from its isotopically enriched (86% 76Ge) germanium detectors. Applying pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) to the more recent data, the lower bound on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , D. Gonzalez , W. K. Hensley , I. G. Irastorza , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. A. Klimenko , H. S. Miley , A. Morales , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , S. B. Osetrov , V. S. Pogosov , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , A. A. Smolnikov , A. S. Starostin , A. G. Tamanyan , A. A. Vasenko , S. I. Vasiliev , J. A. Villar

Double Beta Decay: Scintillators

Scintillator detectors can be used in experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta decay. A wide variety of double beta decay candidate isotopes can be made into scintillators or can be loaded into scintillators. Experimental programs…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-12-18 Mark C. Chen

Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double-$\beta$ Decay Half-Life of $^{76}$Ge

We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decay rate of $^{76}$Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg$\cdot$yr, the half-life of the process has been…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-10-10 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. Alexander , G. R. Araujo , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , V. Biancacci , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , S. Calgaro , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , P. -J. Chiu , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , A. Di Giacinto , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , S. Hackenmüller , S. Hemmer , W. Hofmann , J. Huang , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , K. Kilgus , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , B. Lehnert , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , L. Manzanillas , G. Marshall , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , M. Morella , Y. Müller , I. Nemchenok , M. Neuberger , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , M. Redchuk , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , S. Sailer , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A. -K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , L. Shtembari , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , S. Sullivan , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Low Background Materials and Fabrication Techniques for Cables and Connectors in the Majorana Demonstrator

The MAJORANA Collaboration is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the nucleus Ge-76. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of germanium detectors deployed with the aim of implementing background reduction techniques suitable…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-11 M. Busch , N. Abgrall , S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , T. Bode , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , C. Dunagan , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , L. Hehn , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , M. A. Howe , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , A. M. Lopez , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , J. Myslik , C. O'Shaughnessy , G. Othman , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , N. W. Rouf , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , A. M. Suriano , D. Tedeschi , J. E. Trimble , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vetter , K. Vorren , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

Pulse shapes from electron and photon induced events in segmented high-purity germanium detectors

Experiments built to search for neutrinoless double beta-decay are limited in their sensitivity not only by the exposure but also by the amount of background encountered. Radioactive isotopes in the surrounding of the detectors which emit…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 I. Abt , A. Caldwell , K. Kröninger , J. Liu , X. Liu , B. Majorovits

The first search for bosonic super-WIMPs with masses up to 1 MeV/c$^2$ with GERDA

We present the first search for bosonic super-WIMPs as keV-scale dark matter candidates performed with the GERDA experiment. GERDA is a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment which operates high-purity germanium detectors enriched in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-07-08 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , D. Borowicz , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A-K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber G. Zuzel

Status Update of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment

Neutrinoless double beta decay searches play a major role in determining neutrino properties, in particular the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino and the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The consequences of these searches go…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-03 Julieta Gruszko , Nicolas Abgrall , Isaac Arnquist , Frank Avignone , Alexander Barabash , Fred Bertrand , Adam Bradley , Viktor Brudanin , Matthew Busch , Micah Buuck , Dana Byram , Adam Caldwell , Yuen-Dat Chan , Cabot-Ann Christofferson , Pinghan Chu , Clara Cuesta , Jason Detwiler , Colter Dunagan , Yuri Efremenko , Hiroyasu Ejiri , Steven Elliott , Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri , Tom Gilliss , Graham K. Giovanetti , Johnny Goett , Matthew P. Green , Ian Guinn , Vince Guiseppe , Reyco Henning , Eric Hoppe , Stanley Howard , Mark Howe , Ben Jasinski , Kara Keeter , Mary Kidd , Sergey Konovalov , Richard T. Kouzes , Brian LaFerriere , Jonathan Leon , Jacqueline MacMullin , Ryan Martin , Ralph Massarczyk , Sam Meijer , Susanne Mertens , Christopher OShaughnessy , John Orrell , Alan Poon , David Radford , Jamin Rager , Keith Rielage , R. G. Hamish Robertson , Elisa Romero-Romero , Benjamin Shanks , Mark Shirchenko , Nathan Snyder , Anne-Marie Suriano , David Tedeschi , Jim Trimble , Robert Varner , Sergey Vasilyev , Kai Vetter , Kris Vorren , Brandon White , John F. Wilkerson , Clint Wiseman , Wenqin Xu , E. Yakushev , Chang-Hong Yu , Vladimir Yumatov , Igor Zhitnikov

Searching for $^{76}$Ge neutrinoless double beta decay with the CDEX-1B experiment

We operated a p-type point contact high purity germanium (PPCGe) detector (CDEX-1B, 1.008 kg) in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) for 500.3 days to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge. A…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-09-24 B. T. Zhang , J. Z. Wang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , X. P. Geng , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , H. T. Jia , X. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , Z. She , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

First results from LEGEND-200: searching for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{76}$Ge

The LEGEND Experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge employing active high purity germanium detectors enriched in $^{76}$Ge beyond 86%. LEGEND's experimental program is articulated in two…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-16 Giovanna Saleh

A novel application of solid state detectors for high precision, low systematics measurement of beta decay energy spectra of interest for neutrino and nuclear physics

This project is focused on the development of a novel strategy for the precise measurement of beta decay energy spectra. The exact determination of beta spectra has wide implications in the particle and nuclear physics fields: from sterile…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-30 Matteo Biassoni , Marco Carminati , Luigi Coraggio , Oliviero Cremonesi , Carlo Fiorini , Claudio Gotti , Matteo Gugiatti , Lorenzo Pagnanini , Maura Pavan , Stefano Pozzi

Detector developments for the hypernuclear programme at PANDA

The technical design of the PANDA experiment at the future FAIR facility next to GSI is progressing. At the proposed anti-proton storage ring the spectroscopy of double Lambda hypernuclei is one of the four main topics which will be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-06-22 P. Achenbach , J. Pochodzalla , A. Sanchez Lorente , S. Sánchez Majos

Search for Rare Nuclear Decays with HPGe Detectors at the STELLA Facility of the LNGS

Results on the search for rare nuclear decays with the ultra low background facility STELLA at the LNGS using gamma ray spectrometry are presented. In particular, the best T1/2 limits were obtained for double beta processes in 96Ru and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-16 P. Belli , R. Bernabei , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , F. A. Danevich , A. d'Angelo , S. d'Angelo , A. Di Marco , M. L. Di Vacri , A. Incicchitti , V. V. Kobychev , G. P. Kovtun , N. G. Kovtun , M. Laubenstein , S. Nisi , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , A. P. Shcherban , D. A. Solopikhin , J. Suhonen , A. V. Tolmachev , V. I. Tretyak , R. P. Yavetskiy