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Pulse shape discrimination for GERDA Phase I data

The GERDA experiment located at the LNGS searches for neutrinoless double beta (0\nu\beta\beta) decay of ^{76}Ge using germanium diodes as source and detector. In Phase I of the experiment eight semi-coaxial and five BEGe type detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-12-09 M. Agostini , M. Allardt , E. Andreotti , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , M. Barnabe Heider , N. Barros , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , N. Becerici-Schmidt , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , S. T. Belyaev , G. Benato , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , D. Budjáš , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , F. Cossavella , E. V. Demidova , A. Domula , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , A. Ferella , K. Freund , N. Frodyma , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gotti , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , K. K. Guthikonda , W. Hampel , A. Hegai , M. Heisel , S. Hemmer , G. Heusser , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , L. Ioannucci , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Klimenko , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , V. I. Lebedev , B. Lehnert , H. Y. Liao , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , X. Liu , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , A. A. Machado , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Misiaszek , I. Nemchenok , S. Nisi , C. O'Shaughnessy , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , G. Pessina , A. Pullia , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , M. Salathe , C. Schmitt , J. Schreiner , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , S. Schönert , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , H. Strecker , M. Tarka , C. A. Ur , A. A. Vasenko , O. Volynets , K. von Sturm , V. Wagner , M. Walter , A. Wegmann , T. Wester , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , P. Zavarise , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Pulse shape discrimination studies with a Broad-Energy Germanium detector for signal identification and background suppression in the GERDA double beta decay experiment

First studies of event discrimination with a Broad-Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector are presented. A novel pulse shape method, exploiting the characteristic electrical field distribution inside BEGe detectors, allows to identify efficiently…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-12-14 Dušan Budjáš , Marik Barnabé Heider , Oleg Chkvorets , Nikita Khanbekov , Stefan Schönert

Pulse shape analysis in GERDA Phase II

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay in $^{76}$Ge using isotopically enriched high purity germanium detectors at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN. After Phase I…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-05 The GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , G. Araujo , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , V. Biancacci , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , J. Huang , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , K. Kilgus , A. Kirsch , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , L. Manzanillas , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , Y. Müller , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , M. Redchuk , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A. -K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , L. Shtembari , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , V. Wagner , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Status Report of the GERDA Phase II Startup

The GERmanium Detector Array GERDA experiment, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN, searches for $0\nu\beta\beta$ of $^{76}$Ge. Germanium diodes enriched to $\sim 86~\%$ in the double beta emitter $^{76}$Ge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Valerio D'Andrea

Background free search for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA Phase II

The Standard Model of particle physics cannot explain the dominance of matter over anti-matter in our Universe. In many model extensions this is a very natural consequence of neutrinos being their own anti-particles (Majorana particles)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2017-04-07 M. Agostini , M. Allardt , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , S. T. Belyaev , G. Benato , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , D. Borowicz , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. DiMarco , A. diVacri , A. Domula , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , O. Fedorova , K. Freund , N. Frodyma , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , A. Hegai , M. Heisel , S. Hemmer , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , 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 , B. Lehnert , H. Y. Liao , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , E. Medinaceli , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , D. Palioselitis , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , A. Pullia , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , M. Salathe , C. Schmitt , B. Schneider , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , O. Schulz , A. -K. Schütz , 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 , M. Walter , A. Wegmann , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Isotopically modified Ge detectors for {\sc Gerda}: from production to operation

The \textsc{Gerda} experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta$beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge using high-purity germanium detectors made of material enriched in $^{76}$Ge. For Phase II of the experiment a sensitivity for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 D. Budjáš , M. Agostini , L. Baudis , E. Bellotti , L. Bezrukov , R. Brugnera , C. Cattadori , A. di Vacri , R. Falkenstein , A. Garfagnini , S. Georgi , P. Grabmayr , A. Hegai , S. Hemmer , M. Hult , J. Janicskó Csáthy , V. Kornoukhov , B. Lehnert , A. Lubashevskiy , S. Nisi , G. Pivato , S. Schönert , M. Tarka , K. von Sturm

Pulse shape discrimination for $\alpha$ event rejection in BEGe-type high-purity germanium detectors

High-purity germanium detectors are widely used in rare-event searches due to their excellent energy resolution and extremely high intrinsic (radio)purity. In experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in $^{76}$Ge such as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-14 Alex Biondi , Krzysztof Szczepaniec , Tomasz Mróz , Marcin Misiaszek , Grzegorz Zuzel

Mitigation of $^{42}$Ar/$^{42}$K background for the GERDA Phase II experiment

Background coming from the $^{42}$Ar decay chain is considered to be one of the most relevant for the GERDA experiment, which aims to search of the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The sensitivity strongly relies on the absence…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-14 A. Lubashevskiy , M. Agostini , D. Budjáš , A. Gangapshev , K. Gusev , M. Heisel , A. Klimenko , A. Lazzaro , B. Lehnert , K. Pelczar , S. Schönert , A. Smolnikov , M. Walter , G. Zuzel

Results on neutrinoless double beta decay from GERDA Phase I

The GERmanium Detector Array, GERDA, is designed to search for neutrinoless double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge and it is installed in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN, Italy. In this review, the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-12-30 Carla Macolino

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

Characterization of 30 $^{76}$Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge into $^{76}$Se+2e$^-$. GERDA has been conceived…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-10 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , E. Andreotti , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , N. Barros , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , G. Benato , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , D. Borowicz , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , D. Budjáš , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , A. Domula , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , K. Freund , 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 , B. Lehnert , Y. Liao , 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 , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , M. Salathe , 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 , C. A. Ur , 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

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

Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector for the GERDA experiment

To reduce background in experiments looking for rare events, such as the GERDA double beta decay experiment, it is necessary to employ active background-suppression techniques. One of such techniques is the pulse shape analysis of signals…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-12-10 Dušan Budjáš , Marik Barnabé Heider , Oleg Chkvorets , Stefan Schönert , Nikita Khanbekov

LArGe - Active background suppression using argon scintillation for the GERDA $0\nu\beta\beta$-experiment

LArGe is a GERDA low-background test facility to study novel background suppression methods in a low-background environment, for future application in the GERDA experiment. Similar to GERDA, LArGe operates bare germanium detectors submersed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 M. Agostini , M. Barnabé-Heider , D. Budjáš , C. Cattadori , A. Gangapshev , K. Gusev , M. Heisel , M. Junker , A. Klimenko , A. Lubashevskiy , K. Pelczar , S. Schönert , A. Smolnikov , G. Zuzel

Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double-$\beta$ Decay

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment searched for the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge, whose discovery would have far-reaching implications in cosmology and particle…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-01-04 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , G. R. Araujo , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , V. Biancacci , D. Borowicz , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , J. Huang , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , L. Manzanillas , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , Y. Müller , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A. -K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , L. Shtembari , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

Characterization of a broad energy germanium detector and application to neutrinoless double beta decay search in Ge-76

The performance of a 630g commercial broad energy germanium (BEGe) detector has been systematically investigated. Energy resolution, linearity, stability vs. high-voltage (HV) bias, thickness and uniformity of dead layers have been measured…

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

Production, characterization and operation of $^{76}$Ge enriched BEGe detectors in GERDA

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS) searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) of $^{76}$Ge. Germanium detectors made of material with an enriched $^{76}$Ge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 M. Agostini , M. Allardt , E. Andreotti , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , N. Barros , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , N. Becerici-Schmidt , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , S. T. Belyaev , G. Benato , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , D. Borowicz , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , D. Budjas , A. Caldwel , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , A. Domula , V. Egorov , R. Falkenstein , K. Freund , N. Frodyma , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gotti , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , W. Hampel , A. Hegai , M. Heisel , S. Hemmer , G. Heusser , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , L. Ioannucci , J. Janicsko Csathy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Kirsch , A. Klimenko , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , V. I. Lebedev , B. Lehnert , H. Y. Liao , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Misiaszek , I. Nemchenok , S. Nisi , C. O'Shaughnessy , D. Palioselitis , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , G. Pessina , A. Pullia , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , M. Salathe , C. Schmitt , J. Schreiner , O. Schulz , B. Schwingenheuer , S. Schönert , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , L. Stanco , H. Strecker , C. A. Ur , L. Vanhoefer , A. A. Vasenko , K. von Sturm , V. Wagner , M. Walter , A. Wegmann , T. Wester , H. Wilsenach , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , P. Zavarise , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

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

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

The search for 0nbb decay with the GERDA experiment: status and prospects

The GERDA experiment is designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge using HPGe detectors directly immersed into liquid argon. In its first phase the GERDA experiment has yielded a half life limit on this decay of T_1/2 >…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 B. Majorovits