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Searching for $^{76}$Ge neutrinoless double beta decay with the CDEX-1B experiment

We operated a p-type point contact high purity germanium (PPCGe) detector (CDEX-1B, 1.008 kg) in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) for 500.3 days to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge. A…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-09-24 B. T. Zhang , J. Z. Wang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , X. P. Geng , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , H. T. Jia , X. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , Z. She , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Analytical model for event reconstruction in coplanar grid CdZnTe detectors

Coplanar-grid (CPG) particle detectors were designed for materials such as CdZnTe (CZT) in which charge carriers of only one sign have acceptable transport properties. The presence of two independent anode signals allows for a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 Matthew Fritts , Jürgen Durst , Thomas Göpfert , Thomas Wester , Kai Zuber

Signal modeling of high-purity Ge detectors with a small read-out electrode and application to neutrinoless double beta decay search in Ge-76

The GERDA experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76 using high-purity germanium detectors enriched in Ge-76. The analysis of the signal time structure provides a powerful tool to identify neutrinoless double beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 M. Agostini , C. A. Ur , D. Budjáš , E. Bellotti , R. Brugnera , C. M. Cattadori , A. di Vacri , A. Garfagnini , L. Pandola , S. Schönert

Investigation of double beta decay with the NEMO-3 detector

The double beta decay experiment NEMO~3 has been taking data since February 2003. The aim of this experiment is to search for neutrinoless ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay and investigate two neutrino double beta decay in seven different…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-05-18 A. S. Barabash , V. B. Brudanin , the NEMO Collaboration

NEXT-100 Technical Design Report (TDR). Executive Summary

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the NEXT-100 detector that will search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bbonu) in Xe-136 at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC), in Spain. The document formalizes the design…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-10-02 NEXT Collaboration , V. Álvarez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Cárcel , J. M. Carmona , J. Castel , J. M. Catalá , S. Cebrián , A. Cervera , D. Chan , C. A. N. Conde , T. Dafni , T. H. V. T. Dias , J. Díaz , M. Egorov , R. Esteve , P. Evtoukhovitch , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , E. Ferrer-Ribas , E. D. C. Freitas , V. M. Gehman , A. Gil , I. Giomataris , A. Goldschmidt , H. Gómez , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , K. González , D. González-Díaz , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Hauptman , J. A. Hernando Morata , D. C. Herrera , V. Herrero , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , V. Kalinnikov , D. Kiang , L. Labarga , I. Liubarsky , J. A. M. Lopes , D. Lorca , M. Losada , G. Luzón , A. Marí , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , T. Miller , A. Moiseenko , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , J. M. Monzó , F. J. Mora , L. M. Moutinho , J. Muñoz Vidal , H. Natal da Luz , G. Navarro , M. Nebot , D. Nygren , C. A. B. Oliveira , R. Palma , J. Pérez , J. L. Pérez Aparicio , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , A. Rodríguez , J. Rodríguez , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , L. Segui , L. Serra , D. Shuman , C. Sofka , M. Sorel , J. F. Toledo , A. Tomás , J. Torrent , Z. Tsamalaidze , D. Vázquez , E. Velicheva , J. F. C. A. Veloso , J. A. Villar , R. C. Webb , T. Weber , J. White , N. Yahlali

Liquid Argon Ionization Detector for Double Beta Decay Studies

A multisection liquid argon ionization detector was developed by the DBA collaboration to study the double beta- decay of $^{100}$Mo. The experiment was carried out in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy. The detector design and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-09-08 V. D. Ashitkov , A. S. Barabash , S. G. Belogurov , G. Carugno , S. I. Konovalov , F. Massera , G. Puglierin , R. R. Saakyan , V. N. Stekhanov , V. I. Umatov

Energy Calibration of Germanium Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in the $^{76}$Ge isotope. It was staged at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The experiment…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-08-09 I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , K. H. Bhimani , E. Blalock , B. Bos , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , M. L. Clark , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , R. Henning , D. Hervas Aguilar , E. W. Hoppe , A. Hostiuc , M. F. Kidd , I. Kim , R. T. Kouzes , T. E. Lannen , A. Li , J. M. López-Castaño , E. L. Martin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , T. K. Oli , L. S. Paudel , W. Pettus , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , N. W. Ruof , D. C. Schaper , D. Tedeschi , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , C. -H. Yu , B. X. Zhu

Study of Thick CZT Detectors for X-ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy

CdZnTe (CZT) is a wide bandgap II-VI semiconductor developed for the spectroscopic detection of X-rays and {\gamma}-rays at room temperature. The Swift Burst Alert Telescope is using an 5240 cm2 array of 2 mm thick CZT detectors for the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-09 Qiang Li , M. Beilicke , Kuen Lee , Alfred Garson , Q. Guo , Jerrad Martin , Y. Yin , P. Dowkontt , G. De Geronimo , I. Jung , H. Krawczynski

Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44-kg (29 kg 76Ge and 15 kg natGe) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Ge-76. The next…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-07-29 C. Cuesta , N. Abgrall , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera , A. S. Barabash , F. E. Bertrand , A. W. Bradley , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , D. Byram , A. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , J. A. Detwiler , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , A. Galindo-Uribarri , 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 , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , B. D. LaFerriere , J. Leon , J. MacMullin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , J. L. Orrell , C. O'Shaughnessy , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , E. Romero-Romero , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , N. Snyder , 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

The CUPID-Mo experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay: performance and prospects

CUPID-Mo is a bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{100}$Mo. In this article, we detail the CUPID-Mo detector concept, assembly, installation in the underground laboratory in Modane in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-19 E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. S. Barabash , F. Bellini , G. Benato , A. Benoît , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , J. Billard , Yu. A. Borovlev , Ch. Bourgeois , M. Briere , V. B. Brudanin , P. Camus , L. Cardani , N. Casali , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , M. de Combarieu , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , E. Elkhoury , F. Ferri , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , V. D. Grigorieva , M. Gros , E. Guerard , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. Huang , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , H. Khalife , M. Kleifges , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , A. Leder , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , E. P. Makarov , P. de Marcillac , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , V. Novati , E. Olivieri , J. L. Ouellet , L. Pagnanini , P. Pari , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , E. Previtali , Th. Redon , S. Rozov , C. Rusconi , V. Sanglard , K. Schäffner , B. Schmidt , Y. Shen , V. N. Shlegel , B. Siebenborn , V. Singh , S. Sorbino , C. Tomei , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , L. Vagneron , M. Velázquez , M. Weber , B. Welliver , L. Winslow , M. Xue , E. Yakushev , A. S. Zolotarova

Low Background Signal Readout Electronics for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a planned 40 kg array of Germanium detectors intended to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing a tonne-scale experiment that will seek neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 I. Guinn , N. Abgrall , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , F. E. Bertrand , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , D. Byram , A. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , A. Galindo-Uribarri , G. K. Giovanetti , J. Goett , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , V. E. Guiseppe , R. Henning , E. W. Hoppe , S. Howard , M. A. Howe , B. R. Jasinski , K. J. Keeter , M. F. Kidd , S. I. Konovalov , R. T. Kouzes , B. D. LaFerriere , J. Leon , J. MacMullin , R. D. Martin , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , J. L. Orrell , C. O'Shaughnessy , N. R. Overman , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , K. Rielage , R. G. H. Robertson , E. Romero-Romero , M. C. Ronquest , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , N. Snyder , 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

Nano-tracking detector for neutrinoless double beta decay characterization

Of the many extensions to the standard model that could possibly generate neutrino mass, most necessitate the neutrino being a Majorana fermion. If this is the case, the rare process of neutrinoless double beta decay is predicted with half…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-30 Ethan Brown , Kelly Odgers , Adam Tidball

Rare Low-Energy Event Searches with the Majorana Demonstrator

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

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SNO+

SNO+ will search for neutrinoless double beta decay by loading 780 tonnes of linear alkylbenzene liquid scintillator with O(tonne) of neodymium. Using natural Nd at 0.1% loading will provide 43.7 kg of 150Nd given its 5.6% abundance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Hartnell

Experimental research of double beta decay of atomic nuclei

Results of several double beta decay experiments, performed with the help of low background crystal scintillators, are presented. In particular, the half-life value of the two-neutrino double beta decay of 116-Cd has been measured as 2.9…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-12-30 F. A. Danevich

Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches

The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will play a major role in next generation experiments. The background of detectors based on the technology of cryogenic calorimeters is expected…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-26 O. Azzolini , M. T. Barrera , J. W. Beeman , F. Bellini , M. Beretta , M. Biassoni , E. Bossio , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , S. Capelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casalia , L. Cassina , M. Clemenza , O. Cremonesi , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , S. Di Domizio , F. Ferroni , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , G. Keppel , M. Martinez , S. Morganti , S. Nagorny , M. Nastasi , S. Nisi , C. Nones , D. Orlandi , L. Pagnanini , M. Pallavicini , V. Palmieri , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , S. Pirro , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , C. Rusconi , K. Schäffner , C. Tomei , M. Vignati , A. Zolotarova

Probing the Earth's interior with a large-volume liquid scintillator detector

A future large-volume liquid scintillator detector would provide a high-statistics measurement of terrestrial antineutrinos originating from $\beta$-decays of the uranium and thorium chains. In addition, the forward displacement of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-05-23 Kathrin A. Hochmuth , Franz v. Feilitzsch , Brian D. Fields , Teresa Marrodan Undagoitia , Lothar Oberauer , Walter Potzel , Georg G. Raffelt , Michael Wurm

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

Discovery potential of xenon-based neutrinoless double beta decay experiments in light of small angular scale CMB observations

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) has probed an expanded angular range of the CMB temperature power spectrum. Their recent analysis of the latest cosmological data prefers nonzero neutrino masses, mnu = 0.32+-0.11 eV. This result, if confirmed…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-04-01 J. J. Gomez-Cadenas , J. Martin-Albo , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Peña-Garay

An Investigation into the 113-Cd Beta Decay Spectrum using a CdZnTe Array

We present 11 independent measurements of the half-life and spectral shape of the 4-fold forbidden beta decay of 113-Cd using CdZnTe semiconductors with a total combined lifetime of 6.58 kg days. Our overall result gives a half-life of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-13 J. V. Dawson , C. Reeve , J. R. Wilson , K. Zuber , M. Junker , C. Gössling , T. Köttig , D. Münstermann , S. Rajek , O. Schulz