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The XENON experimental program aims to detect cold dark matter particles via their elastic collisions with xenon nuclei in two-phase time projection chambers (TPCs). We are currently testing a new TPC at the 100 kg scale, XENON100. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Elena Aprile , Laura Baudis

This work aims to present the current state of simulations of electroluminescence (EL) produced in gas-based detectors with special interest for NEXT --- Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC. NEXT is a neutrinoless double beta decay…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-23 C. A. B. Oliveira , M. Sorel , J. Martin-Albo , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , A. L. Ferreira , J. F. C. A. Veloso

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}$Xe. Progress in the detector design, paired with higher…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 nEXO Collaboration , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Collister , S. A. Czyz , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , Y. S. Fu , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , W. Gillis C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , A. House , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , I. Kotov , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , M. Mahtab , P. Martel-Dion , J. Masbou , N. Massacret , T. McElroy , K. McMichael , M. Medina Peregrina , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , R. J. Newby , K. Ni , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , K. Odgers , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Perna , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J-F. Pratte , N. Priel , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , T. Rao , H. Rasiwala , S. Rescia , F. Retière , J. Ringuette , V. Riot , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , C. Vivo-Vilches , P. Vogel , J-L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , T. Wager , M. Walent , K. Wamba , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , Q. Xia , W. Yan , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

Double electron capture by proton-rich nuclei is a second-order nuclear process analogous to double beta decay. Despite their similarities, the decay signature is quite different, potentially providing a new channel to measure the…

Natural radioactivity represents one of the main backgrounds in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Within the NEXT physics program, the radioactivity-induced backgrounds are measured with the NEXT-White detector. Data from 37.9…

EXO-200 is the first phase of the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) experiment, which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe to measure the mass and probe the Majorana nature of the neutrino. EXO-200 consists of 200 kg of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-11 Nicole Ackerman

NEXT-100 is an electroluminescent high pressure Time Projection Chamber currently under construction. It will search for the neutrino-less double beta decay in 136Xe at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. NEXT-100 aims to achieve nearly…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-16 C. A. B. Oliveira

The feasibility of a European next-generation very massive neutrino observatory in seven potential candidate sites located at distances from CERN ranging from 130 km to 2300 km, is being considered within the LAGUNA design study. The study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-10 A. Rubbia

In the past few decades, numerous searches have been made for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) process, aiming to establish whether neutrinos are their own antiparticles (Majorana neutrinos), but no 0$\nu\beta\beta$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-06-29 Jie Zhao , Liang-Jian Wen , Yi-Fang Wang , Jun Cao

The first activities of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory ("Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc", LSC) started in the mid-eighties in a railway tunnel located under the Spanish Pyrenees; since then, it has become an international…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-08-17 Susana Cebrian

The SuperNEMO experiment is being designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay to test if neutrinos are Majorana particles. The experimental technique follows that of the currently running NEMO-3 experiment, which successfully…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Irina Nasteva

The projected performance and detector configuration of nEXO are described in this pre-Conceptual Design Report (pCDR). nEXO is a tonne-scale neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay search in $^{136}$Xe, based on the ultra-low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 nEXO Collaboration , S. Al Kharusi , A. Alamre , J. B. Albert , M. Alfaris , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , F. Bourque , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , S. A. Charlebois , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Conley , M. Coon , M. Côté , A. Craycraft , W. Cree , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , D. Danovitch , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Daughhetee , R. DeVoe , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , R. Fontaine , D. Fudenberg , G. Gallina , G. Giacomini , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , G. Haller , E. V. Hansen , D. Harris , J. Hasi , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , Y. Ito , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , C. Kenney , R. Killick , D. Kodroff , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , C. M. Lewis , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , P. Lv , R. MacLellan , K. McFarlane , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , R. J. Newby , T. Nguyen , Z. Ning , O. Njoya , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , K. Odgers , A. Odian , M. Oriunno , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , M. Patel , A. Peña-Perez , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J. -F. Pratte , D. Qiu , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , T. Rao , S. Rescia , F. Retière , A. Robinson , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , J. Runge , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , S. Schmidt , J. Schneider , A. Schubert , J. Segal , K. Skarpaas~VIII , A. K. Soma , K. Spitaels , G. St-Hilaire , V. Stekhanov , T. Stiegler , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , J. Todd , T. Tolba , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , G. Visser , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , Q. Wang , M. Ward , J. Watkins , M. Weber , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , Q. Xia , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Zeldovich , X. Zhang , J. Zhao , Y. Zhou , T. Ziegler

Current experiments to search for broken lepton-number symmetry through the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\mathrm{\nu\beta\beta}$) provide the most stringent limits on the Majorana nature of neutrinos and the effective…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-04-11 A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , M. Balata , K. Ballen , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , V. Boldrini , A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. Camilleri , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , D. Chiesa , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , E. Craft , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , G. D'Imperio , S. Dabagov , I. Dafinei , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , T. Dixon , V. Dompè , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , L. Foggetta , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , C. Fu , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , A. Gallas , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , A. Gianvecchio , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , C. Grant , P. Gras , P. V. Guillaumon , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , D. Helis , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. G. Huang , L. Imbert , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , R. Kowalski , T. Langford , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , M. Madhukuttan , F. Mancarella , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , B. Mauri , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , Y. Mei , S. Milana , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , J. L. Ouellet , S. Pagan , C. Pagliarone , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , I. Ponce , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Quitadamo , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , J. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , V. Sharma , V. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , C. Tomei , J. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , A. Tsymbaliuk , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , M. Xue , L. Yan , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , J. Zhang , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

Neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a rare process which could take place if neutrinos are Majorana fermions: the observation of this decay would provide unambiguous evidence for the existence of new Physics beyond the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-01-14 Giovanna Saleh

An overview of modern experiments on the search for neutrinoless double decay is presented. The obtained limits on the effective mass of the Majorana neutrino $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle$ are discussed taking into account the uncertainties in…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-02-01 A. S. Barabash

The NEMO-3 detector installed in the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM, France) is running to search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($\beta\beta0\nu$) with an expected sensitivity for the effective Majorana neutrino mass down to 0.1…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. Shitov

The LEGEND experiment is looking for the extremely rare neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge using isotopically-enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. The detection of this process would imply that the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-27 Carmen Romo-Luque