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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

Background: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR , a modular array of isotopically enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, was constructed to demonstrate backgrounds low enough to justify building a tonne-scale experiment to search for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-07 N. Abgrall , E. Aguayo , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , P. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , E. Blalock , B. Bos , M. Boswell , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , T. H. Burritt , M. Busch , M. Buuck , D. Byram , A. S. Caldwell , T. S. Caldwell , Y. -D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , M. L. Clark , D. C. Combs , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , J. E. Fast , P. Finnerty , F. M. Fraenkle , N. Fuad , E. Fuller , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , J. Goett , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , G. C. Harper , C. R. Haufe , R. Henning , D. Hervas Aguilar , E. W. Hoppe , A. Hostiuc , M. A. Howe , B. R. Jasinski , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , I. Kim , R. T. Kouzes , B. D. LaFerriere , T. E. Lannen , A. Li , J. C. Loach , A. M. Lopez , J. M. Lopez-Castano , J. MacMullin , S. MacMullin , E. L. Martin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , J. H. Merriman , S. Mertens , H. S. Miley , J. Myslik , T. K. Oli , J. L. Orrell , C. O'Shaughnessy , G. Othman , N. R. Overman , D. Peterson , W. Pettus , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , L. Rodriguez , N. W. Ruof , H. Salazar , D. C. Schaper , S. J. Schleich , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , K. J. Snavely , N. Snyder , A. Soin , D. Steele , A. M. Suriano , G. Swift , D. Tedeschi J. E. Trimble , M. Turqueti , T. D. Van Wechel , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vorren , S. L. Watkins , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , H. Yaver , C. -H. Yu , V. I. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

The Majorana Collaboration is assembling an array of HPGe detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge-76. Initially, Majorana aims to construct a prototype module to demonstrate the potential of a future 1-tonne experiment.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. E. Guiseppe

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The Majorana Collaboration proposes to assemble an…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. E. Guiseppe

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 DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge with two modular arrays of natural and $^{76}$Ge-enriched germanium detectors. It is located at the 4850 level of Sanford Underground Research Facility…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-08 J. M. López-Castaño

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR recently concluded its search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. The experiment operated an array of up to 40.4 kg of germanium detectors, 27 kg of which were isotopically enriched in 76Ge and housed inside a…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-01-11 David J. Tedeschi

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

The MAJORANA Collaboration is building the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, a 60 kg array of high purity germanium detectors housed in an ultra-low background shield at the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead, SD. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR will…

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 observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would resolve the Majorana nature of the neutrino and could provide information on the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The initial phase of the Majorana experiment, known as the…

Neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments can potentially determine the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino, and aid in understanding the neutrino absolute mass scale and hierarchy. Future 76Ge-based searches target a half-life…