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Calorimeter R&D for the SuperNEMO Double Beta Decay Experiment

SuperNEMO is a next-generation double beta decay experiment based on the successful tracking plus calorimetry design approach of the NEMO3 experiment currently running in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM). SuperNEMO can study a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Matthew Kauer

Results of a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay using the COBRA demonstrator

Neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$ decay) is a hypothetical process that can occur if the neutrino is its own antiparticle. The COBRA collaboration operates a demonstrator to search for these decays at the Laboratori…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-11-30 Joachim Ebert , Matthew Fritts , Daniel Gehre , Claus Goessling , Caren Hagner , Nadine Heidrich , Reiner Klingenberg , Kevin Kroeninger , Christian Nitsch , Christian Oldorf , Thomas Quante , Silke Rajek , Henning Rebber , Katja Rohatsch , Jan Tebruegge , Robert Temminghoff , Robert Theinert , Jan Timm , Bjoern Wonsak , Stefan Zatschler , Kai Zuber

A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{76}$Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched to 88% in $^{76}$Ge)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-28 S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , V. Basu , F. E. Bertrand , B. Bos , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , 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 , R. J. Hegedus , L. Hehn , R. Henning , D. Hervas Aguilar , E. W. Hoppe , M. A. Howe , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , A. M. Lopez , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , J. Myslik , G. Othman , W. Pettus , A. Piliounis , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , N. W. Ruof , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , D. Tedeschi , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

Results of the NEMO3 experiment

The purpose of the NEMO3 experiment is to detect neutrinoless double beta decay in order to determine the nature of neutrino and its absolute mass. We analysed the 389 effective days of data from the $\sim 7$ kg of $^{100}$Mo and $\sim 1$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 J. S Ricol

New Results from the NEMO 3 Experiment

NEMO 3 is a currently running experiment to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay and to study the two-neutrino double beta decay with 10kg of enriched isotopes. On the basis of the first two years of data taking, a limit on the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. I. Tretyak

SuperNEMO - the next generation double beta decay experiment

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

NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment: latest results

The double beta decay experiment NEMO~3 has been taking data since February 2003. The aim of this experiment is to search for neutrinoless decay and investigate two neutrino double beta decay in seven different enriched isotopes…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-07-24 A. S. Barabash

NEXO: Neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond $10^{28}$ year half-life sensitivity

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 beta decay experiments

The present status of double beta decay experiments are reviewed. The results of the most sensitive experiments, NEMO-3 and CUORICINO, are discussed. Proposals for future double beta decay experiments are considered. In these experiments…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 A. S. Barabash

Technical Design Report for the AMoRE $0\nu\beta\beta$ Decay Search Experiment

The AMoRE (Advanced Mo-based Rare process Experiment) project is a series of experiments that use advanced cryogenic techniques to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of \mohundred. The work is being carried out by an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-21 V. Alenkov , P. Aryal , J. Beyer , R. S. Boiko , K. Boonin , O. Buzanov , N. Chanthima , M. K. Cheoun D. M. Chernyak , J. Choi , S. Choi , F. A. Danevich , M. Djamal , D. Drung , C. Enss , A. Fleischmann , A. M. Gangapshev , L. Gastaldo , Yu. M. Gavriljuk , A. M. Gezhaev , V. I. Gurentsov , D. H Ha , I. S. Hahn , J. H. Jang , E. J. Jeon , H. S. Jo , H. Joo , J. Kaewkhao , C. S. Kang , S. J. Kang , W. G Kang , S. Karki , V. V. Kazalov , N. Khanbekov , G. B. Kim , H. J. Kim , H. L. Kim , H. O. Kim , I. Kim , J. H. Kim , K. Kim , S. K. Kim , S. R. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , K. Kirdsiri , V. V. Kobychev , V. Kornoukhov , V. V. Kuzminov , H. J. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. H. Lee , J. M. Lee , J. Y. Lee , K. B. Lee , M. H. Lee , M. K. Lee , D. S. Leonard , J. Li , J. Li , Y. J. Li , P. Limkitjaroenporn , K. J. Ma , O. V. Mineev , V. M. Mokina , S. L. Olsen , S. I. Panasenko , I. Pandey , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , P. Polozov , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , S. S. Ratkevich , G. Rooh , K. Siyeon , N. Srisittipokakun , J. H. So , J. K. Son , J. A. Tekueva , V. I. Tretyak , A. V. Veresnikova , R. Wirawan , S. P. Yakimenko , N. V. Yershov , W. S. Yoon , Y. S. Yoon , Q. Yue

Double beta decay experiments: beginning of a new era

The review of current experiments on search and studying of double beta decay processes is done. Results of the most sensitive experiments are discussed and values of modern limits on effective Majorana neutrino mass ($<m_{\nu}>) are given.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-09-20 A. S. Barabash

NEMO 3 experiment: preliminary results from 2003 data

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

Cosmogenic-neutron activation of TeO2 and implications for neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments

Flux-averaged cross sections for cosmogenic-neutron activation of natural tellurium were measured using a neutron beam containing neutrons of kinetic energies up to $\sim$800 MeV, and having an energy spectrum similar to that of cosmic-ray…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-09-30 Barbara S. Wang , Eric B. Norman , Nicholas D. Scielzo , Alan R. Smith , Keenan J. Thomas , Stephen A. Wender

CUORE crystal validation runs: results on radioactive contamination and extrapolation to CUORE background

The CUORE Crystal Validation Runs (CCVRs) have been carried out since the end of 2008 at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories, in order to test the performances and the radiopurity of the TeO$_2$ crystals produced at SICCAS (Shanghai…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-30 F. Alessandria , E. Andreotti , R. Ardito , C. Arnaboldi , F. T. Avignone , M. Balata , I. Bandac , T. I. Banks , G. Bari , J. W. Beeman , F. Bellini , A. Bersani , M. Biassoni , T. Bloxham , C. Brofferio , A. Bryant , C. Bucci , X. Z. Cai , L. Canonica , S. Capelli , L. Carbone , L. Cardani , M. Carrettoni , N. Chott , M. Clemenza , C. Cosmelli , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , I. Dafinei , A. Dally , A. De Biasi , M. P. Decowski , M. M. Deninno , A. de Waard , S. Di Domizio , L. Ejzak , R. Faccini , D. Q. Fang , H. Farach , E. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Fiorini , L. Foggetta , S. Freedman , G. Frossati , A. Giachero , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , E. Guardincerri , T. D. Gutierrez , E. E. Haller , K. Han , K. M. Heeger , H. Z. Huang , K. Ichimura , R. Kadel , K. Kazkaz , G. Keppel , L. Kogler , Y. G. Kolomensky , S. Kraft , D. Lenz , Y. L. Li , X. Liu , E. Longo , Y. G. Ma , C. Maiano , G. Maier , C. Martinez , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , N. Moggi , S. Morganti , S. Newman , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , A. Nucciotti , F. Orio , D. Orlandi , J. Ouellet , M. Pallavicini , V. Palmieri , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , M. Pedretti , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , E. Previtali , V. Rampazzo , F. Rimondi , C. Rosenfeld , C. Rusconi , C. Salvioni , S. Sangiorgio , D. Schaeffer , N. D. Scielzo , M. Sisti , A. R. Smith , F. Stivanello , L. Taffarello , G. Terenziani , W. D. Tian , C. Tomei , S. Trentalange , G. Ventura , M. Vignati , B. Wang , H. W. Wang , C. A. Whitten , T. Wise , A. Woodcraft , N. Xu , L. Zanotti , C. Zarra , B. X. Zhu , S. Zucchelli

Search for Majorana neutrinos with the first two years of EXO-200 data

Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics suggest that neutrinos should be Majorana-type fermions, but this assumption is difficult to confirm. Observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu \beta \beta$), a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-09-25 200 Collaboration , J. B. Albert , D. J. Auty , P. S. Barbeau , E. Beauchamp , D. Beck , V. Belov , C. Benitez-Medina , J. Bonatt , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , C. Chambers , J. Chaves , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , M. Danilov , S. J. Daugherty , C. G. Davis , J. Davis , R. DeVoe , S. Delaquis , T. Didberidze , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , W. Feldmeier , P. Fierlinger , D. Fudenberg , G. Giroux , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hall , S. Herrin , M. Hughes , M. J. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Johnson , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , D. S. Leonard , F. Leonard , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , M. G. Marino , B. Mong , D. Moore , R. Nelson , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , C. Ouellet , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , A. Rivas , P. C. Rowson , M. P. Rozo , J. J. Russell , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , S. Slutsky , E. Smith , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , T. Tolba , D. Tosi , K. Twelker , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , J. D. Wright , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich , Y. B. Zhao

Measurement of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ Decay Half-Life and Search for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ Decay of $^{116}$Cd with the NEMO-3 Detector

The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay and searched for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{116}$Cd. Using $410$ g of $^{116}$Cd installed in the detector with an exposure of $5.26$ y, ($4968\pm74$) events…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-01-25 3 Collaboration , R. Arnold , C. Augier , J. D. Baker , A. S. Barabash , A. Basharina-Freshville , S. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bongrand , D. Boursette , V. Brudanin , J. Busto , A. J. Caffrey , S. Calvez , M. Cascella , C. Cerna , J. P. Cesar , A. Chapon , E. Chauveau , A. Chopra , D. Duchesneau , D. Durand , V. Egorov , G. Eurin , J. J. Evans , L. Fajt , D. Filosofov , R. Flack , X. Garrido , H. Gómez , B. Guillon , P. Guzowski , R. Hodák , A. Huber , P. Hubert , C. Hugon , S. Jullian , A. Klimenko , O. Kochetov , S. I. Konovalov , V. Kovalenko , D. Lalanne , K. Lang , Y. Lemière , T. Le Noblet , Z. Liptak , P. Loaiza , G. Lutter , M. Macko , C. Macolino , F. Mamedov , C. Marquet , F. Mauger , B. Morgan , J. Mott , I. Nemchenok , M. Nomachi , F. Nova , F. Nowacki , H. Ohsumi , R. B. Pahlka , F. Perrot , F. Piquemal , P. Povinec , P. Přidal , Y. A. Ramachers , A. Remoto , J. L. Reyss , B. Richards , C. L. Riddle , E. Rukhadze , R. Saakyan , R. Salazar , X. Sarazin , Yu. Shitov , L. Simard , F. Šimkovic , A. Smetana , K. Smolek , A. Smolnikov , S. Söldner-Rembold , B. Soulé , I. Štekl , J. Suhonen , C. S. Sutton , G. Szklarz , J. Thomas , V. Timkin , S. Torre , Vl. I. Tretyak , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , I. Vanushin , C. Vilela , V. Vorobel , D. Waters , A. Žukauskas

New measurement of double beta decays of $^{100}$Mo to excited states of $^{100}$Ru with the CUPID-Mo experiment

The CUPID-Mo experiment, located at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France), was a demonstrator experiment for CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 Li$_2^{100}$MoO$_4$ (LMO) calorimeters each equipped with a Ge light detector (LD) for…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-07-21 Mo Collaboration , C. Augier , A. S. Barabash , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , J. Billard , Yu. A. Borovlev , L. Cardani , N. Casali , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , D. Chiesa , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , F. Ferri , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , V. D. Grigorieva , M. Gros , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. Huang , L. Imbert , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , H. Khalife , M. Kleifges , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , J. Kotilla , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , E. P. Makarov , P. de Marcillac , R. Mariam , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , E. Olivieri , J. L. Ouellet , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , Th. Redon , A. Rojas , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , Y. Shen , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , C. Tomei , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , L. Vagneron , M. Velázquez , B. Welliver , L. Winslow , M. Xue , E. Yakushev , M. Zarytskyy , A. S. Zolotarova

Final results of the Aurora experiment to study 2$\beta$ decay of $^{116}$Cd with enriched $^{116}$CdWO$_4$ crystal scintillators

The double-beta decay of $^{116}$Cd has been investigated with the help of radiopure enriched $^{116}$CdWO$_4$ crystal scintillators (mass of 1.162 kg) at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory. The half-life of $^{116}$Cd relatively to the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-11-16 A. S. Barabash , P. Belli , R. Bernabei , F. Cappella , V. Caracciolo , R. Cerulli , D. M. Chernyak , F. A. Danevich , S. d'Angelo , A. Incicchitti , D. V. Kasperovych , V. V. Kobychev , S. I. Konovalov , M. Laubenstein , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , V. N. Shlegel , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , Ya. V. Vasiliev

Results of the LEGEND-200 experiment in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay

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

Performance of a large TeO2 crystal as a cryogenic bolometer in searching for neutrinoless double beta decay

Bolometers are ideal devices in the search for neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. Enlarging the mass of individual detectors would simplify the construction of a large experiment, but would also decrease the background per unit mass induced by…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-01-27 L. Cardani , L. Gironi , J. W. Beeman , I. Dafinei , Z. Ge , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , Y. Zhu