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Multi-site event discrimination for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge using arrays of point-contact germanium detectors operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Background results in the neutrinoless double-beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-06-12 S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , B. Bos , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , 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 , 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 , 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 , Vasundhara , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

The GeMSE Facility for Low-Background {\gamma}-Ray Spectrometry

We describe a new high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector setup for low-background {\gamma}-ray spectrometry. The GeMSE facility (Germanium Material and meteorite Screening Experiment) is dedicated to material screening for rare event…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-06 M. v. Sivers , B. A. Hofmann , Å. V. Rosén , M. Schumann

Modeling of GERDA Phase II data

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) of INFN is searching for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge. The technological challenge of GERDA is to operate in a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-04-02 GERDA collaboration , Matteo Agostini , Alexander M. Bakalyarov , Marco Balata , Igor Barabanov , Laura Baudis , Christian Bauer , Enrico Bellotti , Sergej Belogurov , Alessandro Bettini , Leonid Bezrukov , Dariusz Borowicz , Elisabetta Bossio , Vikas Bothe , Victor Brudanin , Riccardo Brugnera , Allen Caldwell , Carla Cattadori , Andrey Chernogorov , Tommaso Comellato , Valerio D'Andrea , Elena V. Demidova , Natalia Di Marco , Alexander Domula , Evgenyi Doroshkevich , Viacheslav Egorov , Felix Fischer , Maria Fomina , Albert Gangapshev , Alberto Garfagnini , Chris Gooch , Peter Grabmayr , Valery Gurentsov , Konstantin Gusev , Janina Hakenmüller , Sabine Hemmer , Roman Hiller , Werner Hofmann , Mikael Hult , Lev V. Inzhechik , Jozsef Janicskó Csáthy , Josef Jochum , Matthias Junker , Vladimir Kazalov , Yoann Kermaïdic , Thomas Kihm , Igor V. Kirpichnikov , Alexander Klimenko , Raphael Kneißl , Karl T. Knöpfle , Oleg Kochetov , Vasily N. Kornoukhov , Patrick Krause , Valery V. Kuzminov , Matthias Laubenstein , Andrea Lazzaro , Manfred Lindner , Ivano Lippi , Alexey Lubashevskiy , Bayarto Lubsandorzhiev , Guillaume Lutter , Carla Macolino , Bela Majorovits , Werner Maneschg , Michael Miloradovic , Rizalina Mingazheva , Marcin Misiaszek , Pavel Moseev , Igor Nemchenok , Krysztof Panas , Luciano Pandola , Krysztof Pelczar , Luigi Pertoldi , Paolo Piseri , Alberto Pullia , Chloe Ransom , Stefano Riboldi , Nadezda Rumyantseva , Cinzia Sada , Francesco Salamida , Stefan Schönert , Jochen Schreiner , Mario Schütt , Ann-Katrin Schütz , Oliver Schulz , Mario Schwarz , Bernhard Schwingenheuer , Oleg Selivanenko , Egor Shevchik , Mark Shirchenko , Hardy Simgen , Anatoly Smolnikov , Danila Stukov , Laura Vanhoefer , Andrey A. Vasenko , Anna Veresnikova , Chiara Vignoli , Katharina von Sturm , Thomas Wester , Christoph Wiesinger , Marcin Wojcik , Evgeny Yanovich , Birgit Zatschler , Igor Zhitnikov , Sergey V. Zhukov , Daniya Zinatulina , Andreas Zschocke , Anna J. Zsigmond , Kai Zuber , Grzegorz Zuzel

Measurement of the Background Activities of a 100Mo-enriched Powder Sample for an AMoRE Crystal Material by using Fourteen High-Purity Germanium Detectors

The Advanced Molybdenum-based Rare process Experiment in its second phase (AMoRE-II) will search for neutrinoless double-beta (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) decay of 100Mo in 200 kg of molybdate crystals. To achieve the zero-background level in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-03 S. Y. Park , K. I. Hahn , W. G. Kang , V. Kazalov , G. W. Kim , Y. D. Kim , E. K. Lee , M. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard

Statistical Framework for Discovery Sensitivity and Majorana Mass Estimation in $^{136}$Xe Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a sensitive probe of lepton-number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In xenon-based experiments, the expected signal rate inside the region of interest (ROI) is extremely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-26 Pratima Singh , Jyotsna Singh , R. B. Singh

The Majorana Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

The proposed Majorana double-beta decay experiment is based on an array of segmented intrinsic Ge detectors with a total mass of 500 kg of Ge isotopically enriched to 86% in 76Ge. A discussion is given of background reduction by: material…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Aalseth

Simulation Study on the Discrimination of $0\nu\beta\beta$ Events from Single-Electron Events Using Orthogonal-Strip HPGe Detectors

Neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) offers a sensitive probe of neutrino mass and its Majorana nature. Orthogonal-strip high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors with high spatial resolution provide a promising approach for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-03 Qiuli Zhang , Wenhan Dai , Peng Zhang , Mingxin Yang , Yang Tian , Zhi Zeng , Yulan Li , Ming Zeng , Hao Ma , Jianping Cheng

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search with $^{76}$Ge: Status and Prospect with LEGEND

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

The Majorana Demonstrator Radioassay Program

The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTATOR at the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the Homestake gold mine, in Lead, SD. The apparatus will use Ge detectors, enriched in isotope \nuc{76}{Ge}, to demonstrate…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 N. Abgrall , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , H. O. Back , A. S. Barabash , F. E. Bertrand , M. Boswell , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , D. Byram , A. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , J. A. Dunmore , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , P. Finnerty , A. Galindo-Uribarri , V. M. Gehman , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , J. Goett , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , S. Howard , M. A. Howe , B. R. Jasinski , R. A. Johnson , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , O. Kochetoi , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , B. D. LaFerriere , J. Leon , J. C. Loach , J. MacMullin , S. MacMullin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. Meijer , S. Mertens , M. L. Miller , J. L. Orrell , C. OShaughnessy , N. R. Overman , A. W. P. Poon , K. Pushkin , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , E. Romero-Romero , M. C. Ronquest , A. G. Schubert , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , K. J. Snavely , N. Snyder , D. Steele , 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

Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge from GERDA Phase II

The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge ($^{76}$Ge $\rightarrow$ $^{76}$Se + 2e$^-$) operating bare Ge diodes with an enriched $^{76}$Ge fraction in liquid argon. The…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-03-30 M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , J. Biernat , T. Bode , 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 , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , 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. Kermaidic , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Kish , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , 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 , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , C. Schmitt , B. Schneider , S. Schönert , A-K. Schütz , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , 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

Result of the search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay in $^{100}$Mo with the NEMO-3 experiment

The NEMO-3 detector, which had been operating in the Modane Underground Laboratory from 2003 to 2010, was designed to search for neutrinoless double $\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay. We report final results of a search for $0\nu\beta\beta$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-08 R. Arnold , C. Augier , J. D. Baker , A. S. Barabash , A. Basharina-Freshville , S. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bongrand , V. Brudanin , J. Busto , A. J. Caffrey , S. Calvez , C. Cerna , J. P. Cesar , A. Chapon , E. Chauveau , 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 , 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 , X. Sarazin , Yu. Shitov , L. Simard , F. Simkovic , 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

A CaMoO4 Crystal Low Temperature Detector for the AMoRE Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search

We report the development of a CaMoO4 crystal low temperature detector for the AMoRE neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) search experiment. The prototype detector cell was composed of a 216 g CaMoO4 crystal and a metallic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-04 G. B. Kim , S. Choi , F. A. Danevich , A. Fleischmann , C. S. Kang , H. J. Kim , S. R. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , V. A. Kornoukhov , H. J. Lee , J. H. Lee , M. K. Lee , S. J. Lee , J. H. So , W. S. Yoon

The Hunt for neutrinoless double beta decay with the NEXT experiment

The NEXT-100 detector will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe using an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas TPC filled with 100 kg of enriched Xe. An observation of this hypothetical process would establish a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Lorca

Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment located at the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy), is looking for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge76, by using high-purity germanium detectors made from isotopically enriched material.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-02-12 GERDA Collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , A. Domula , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , 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. Kermaidic , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Kish , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , V. I. Lebedev , 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 , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , C. Schmitt , B. Schneider , J. Schreiner , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , S. Schönert , A-K. Schütz , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , 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. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Solar Neutrino Background in Neutrinoless double beta-decay searching for experiments

Background of germanium and xenon detectors due to the elastic scattering of $^{8}B$ solar neutrinos on electrons have been calculated. The background is 4.6 \times $10^{-4}$ counts/(keV$\cdot t\cdot$y) that defines the sensitivity of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Klimenko

Latest Results from the Heidelberg-Moscow Double Beta Decay Experiment

New results for the double beta decay of 76Ge are presented. They are extracted from Data obtained with the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW, which operates five enriched 76Ge detectors in an extreme low-level environment in the GRAN SASSO. The two…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , A. Dietz , L. Baudis , G. Heusser , I. V. Krivosheina , S. Kolb , B. Majorovits , H. Paes , H. Strecker , V. Alexeev , A. Balysh , A. Bakalyarov , S. T. Belyaev , V. I. Lebedev , S. Zhukov

Radiogenic backgrounds in the NEXT double beta decay experiment

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-28 NEXT Collaboration , P. Novella , B. Palmeiro , M. Sorel , A. Usón , P. Ferrario , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , 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 , G. Díaz López , J. Díaz , M. Diesburg , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , A. F. M. Fernandes , L. M. P. Fernandes , A. L. Ferreira , E. D. C. Freitas , J. Generowicz , S. Ghosh , A. Goldschmidt , D. González-Díaz , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , Y. Ifergan , S. Johnston , 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 , G. Martínez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , D. R. Nygren , A. Para , J. Pérez , F. Psihas , M. Querol , J. Renner , J. Repond , S. Riordan , L. Ripoll , Y. Rodríguez García , J. Rodríguez , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , A. Simón , C. Sofka , T. Stiegler , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , R. Webb , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

GeMSE: A new Low-Background Facility for Meteorite and Material Screening

We are currently setting up a facility for low-background gamma-ray spectrometry based on a HPGe detector. It is dedicated to material screening for the XENON and DARWIN dark matter projects as well as to the characterization of meteorites.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-21 M. von Sivers , B. A. Hofmann , Å. V. Rosén , M. Schumann

First Results on the Search for Lepton Number Violating Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with the LEGEND-200 Experiment

The LEGEND collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay by operating high-purity germanium detectors enriched in $^{76}$Ge in a low-background liquid argon environment. Building on key technological…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-01 H. Acharya , N. Ackermann , M. Agostini , A. Alexander , C. Andreoiu , G. R. Araujo , F. T. Avignone , M. Babicz , W. Bae , A. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , A. S. Barabash , P. S. Barbeau , C. J. Barton , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bernieri , L. Bezrukov , K. H. Bhimani , V. Biancacci , E. Blalock , S. J. Borden , G. Borghi , F. Borra , B. Bos , A. Boston , V. Bothe , R. Bouabid , R. Brugnera , N. Burlac , M. Busch , S. Calgaro , L. Canonica , S. Capra , M. Carminati , R. M. D. Carney , C. Cattadori , R. Cesarano , Y. -D. Chan , J. R. Chapman , A. Chernogorov , P. -J. Chiu , C. D. Christofferson , M. L. Clark , A. I. Colon-Rivera , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , R. Deckert , J. A. Detwiler , A. Di Giacinto , N. Di Marco , T. Dixon , K. -M. Dong , A. Drobizhev , G. Duran , Yu. Efremenko , S. R. Elliott , C. H. J. Emmanuel , E. Engelhardt , E. Esch , M. T. Febbraro , F. Ferella , D. E. Fields , C. Fiorini , M. Fomina , N. Fuad , R. Gala , A. Galindo-Uribarri , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , S. Gazzana , A. Geraci , L. Gessler , C. Ghiano , A. Gieb , S. Giri , M. Gold , C. Gooch , G. Grünauer , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , V. Gurentsov , Y. Gurov , K. Gusev , B. Hackett , F. Hagemann , M. Haranczyk , F. Henkes , R. Henning , J. Herrera , D. Hervas Aguilar , J. Hinton , R. Hodák , H. F. R. Hoffmann , M. A. Howe , M. Huber , M. Hult , A. Ianni , K. Jędrzejczak , J. Jochum , R. W. L. Jones , D. S. Judson , M. Junker , J. Kaizer , V. Kazalov , M. F. Kidd , T. Kihm , K. Kilgus , A. Klimenko , K. T. Knöpfle , I. Kochanek , O. Kochetov , I. Kontul , L. L. Kormos , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , H. Krishnamoorthy , V. V. Kuzminov , K. Lang , M. Laubenstein , N. N. P. N. Lay , E. León , A. Leder , B. Lehnert , A. Leonhardt , N. Levashko , L. Y. Li , A. Li , Y. -R. Lin , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Love , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , N. Lusardi , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , F. Mamedov , L. Manzanillas , G. G. Marshall , R. D. Martin , E. L. Martin , R. Massarczyk , A. Mazumdar , G. McDowell , D. -M. Mei , S. P. Meireles , M. Menzel , S. Mertens , E. Miller , I. Mirza , M. Misiaszek , M. Morella , B. Morgan , T. Mroz , D. Muenstermann , C. J. Nave , I. Nemchenok , M. Neuberger , N. O'Briant , F. Paissan , L. Papp , L. S. Paudel , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , W. Pettus , F. Piastra , M. Pichotta , P. Piseri , A. W. P. Poon , P. P. Povinec , M. Pruckner , A. Pullia , W. S. Quinn , D. C. Radford , Y. A. Ramachers , A. Razeto , M. Redchuk , A. L. Reine , S. Riboldi , K. Rielage , C. Romo-Luque , N. Rossi , S. Rozov , T. J. Ruland , N. Rumyantseva , J. Runge , R. Saakyan , S. Sailer , G. Salamanna , F. Salamida , G. Saleh , V. Sandukovsky , C. Savarese , S. Schönert , A. -K. Schütz , D. C. Schaper , L. Schlüter , S. J. Schleich , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , C. Seibt , O. Selivanenko , G. Senatore , A. Serafini , K. Shakhov , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , Y. Shitov , H. Simgen , F. Šimkovic , S. Simonaitis-Boyd , M. Skorokhvatov , M. Slavíčková , A. Smolnikov , J. A. Solomon , G. Song , A. C. Sousa , A. R. Sreekala , L. Steinhart , I. Štekl , T. Sterr , M. Stommel , S. A. Sullivan , R. R. Sumathi , K. Szczepaniec , L. Taffarello , D. Tagnani , D. J. Tedeschi , T. N. Thorpe , V. Tretyak , M. Turqueti , E. E. Van Nieuwenhuizen , L. J. Varriano , S. Vasilyev , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , C. Vogl , K. von Sturm , A. Warren , D. Waters , S. L. Watkins , C. Wiesinger , J. F. Wilkerson , M. Willers , C. Wiseman , M. Wojcik , D. Xu , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , T. Ye , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , D. Zinatulina , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Sense and sensitivity of double beta decay experiments

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay is a very active field in which the number of proposals for next-generation experiments has proliferated. In this paper we attempt to address both the sense and the sensitivity of such…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-06-09 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , J. Martin-Albo , M. Sorel , P. Ferrario , F. Monrabal , J. Munoz-Vidal , P. Novella , A. Poves