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The Majorana Experiment will use arrays of enriched HPGe detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge. Such a decay, if found, would show lepton-number violation and confirm the Majorana nature of the neutrino.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 R. A. Johnson , T. H. Burritt , S. R. Elliott , V. M. Gehman , V. E. Guiseppe , J. F. Wilkerson

The objective of the Majorana Experiment is to study neutrinoless double beta decay (0nbb) with an effective Majorana-neutrino mass sensitivity below 50 meV in order to characterize the Majorana nature of the neutrino, the Majorana mass…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The Majorana collaboration

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…

The Majorana Collaboration is constructing a system containing 40 kg of HPGe detectors to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of a future tonne-scale experiment capable of probing the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy…

Neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the most sensitive approaches in non-accelerator particle physics to take us into a regime of physics beyond the standard model. This article is a brief review of the experiments in search of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-03-12 Somnath Choudhury

Building a \BBz experiment with the ability to probe neutrino mass in the inverted hierarchy region requires the combination of a large detector mass sensitive to \BBz, on the order of 1-tonne, and unprecedented background levels, on the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 S. R. Elliott

The MAJORANA collaboration is pursuing the development of the so-called MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. The DEMONSTRATOR is intended to perform research and development towards a tonne-scale germanium-based experiment to search for the neutrinoless…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Reyco Henning

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the 76Ge isotope with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate the neutrino is its own…

The Majorana Demonstrator experiment operated two modular arrays of p-type point contact high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, of which 30 kg is enriched to 88% in Ge-76, to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The data-taking…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-02 Wenqin Xu

The \MJ\ Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. The \MJ\ \DEM\ comprises 44.1~kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched in $^{76}$Ge) split between two modules…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-04-04 C. E. Aalseth , N. Abgrall , E. Aguayo , S. I. Alvis , M. Amman , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , H. O. Back , A. S. Barabash , P. S. Barbeau , C. J. Barton , P. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , T. Bode , B. Bos , M. Boswell , R. L. Brodzinski , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , A. S. Caldwell , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , J. I. Collar , D. C. Combs , R. J. Cooper , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , P. J. Doe , J. A. Dunmore , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , J. E. Fast , P. Finnerty , F. M. Fraenkle , Z. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , E. Fuller , A. Galindo-Uribarri , V. M. Gehman , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , J. Goett , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , A. L. Hallin , C. R. Haufe , L. Hehn , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , T. W. Hossbach , M. A. Howe , B. R. Jasinski , R. A. Johnson , K. J. Keeter , J. D. Kephart , M. F. Kidd , A. Knecht , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , K. T. Lesko , B. D. LaFerriere , J. Leon , L. E. Leviner , J. C. Loach , A. M. Lopez , P. N. Luke , J. MacMullin , S. MacMullin , M. G. Marino , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , A. B. McDonald , D. -M. Mei , S. J. Meijer , J. H. Merriman , S. Mertens , H. S. Miley , M. L. Miller , J. Myslik , J. L. Orrell , C. O'Shaughnessy , G. Othman , N. R. Overman , W. Pettus , D. G. Phillips , A. W. P. Poon , G. Perumpilly , K. Pushkin , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , J. H. Reeves , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , M. C. Ronquest , N. W. Ruof , A. G. Schubert , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , K. J. Snavely , N. Snyder , D. Steele , A. M. Suriano , D. Tedeschi , W. Tornow , J. E. Trimble , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vetter , K. Vorren , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , H. Yaver , A. R. Young , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu , S. Zimmermann

The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay is the most sensitive technique to establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos. Two operating experiments that look for such decays in $^{76}$Ge -- GERDA and the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR -- have…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Jordan Myslik

The Majorana Demonstrator is currently searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge and will demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a tonne-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modular arrays of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-01-29 Gulden Othman

The search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is the best way to test lepton number violation and Majorana nature of neutrinos. One of the most promising techniques to discover $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is by operating…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-17 V. D'Andrea

At present, MAJORANA is a research and development (R&D) project to investigate the feasibility and cost of constructing and operating a one ton decay experiment with ~1000 kg of Ge detectors fabricated from germanium enriched to 86% in .…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 F. T. Avignone