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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

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

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

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…

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

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

The Majorana Demonstrator was an ultra-low-background experiment designed for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) investigation in $^{76}$Ge. Located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, the…

The MAJORANA collaboration is actively pursuing research and development aimed at a tonne-scale 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay) experiment. The current, primary focus is the construction of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment, an R&D…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The MAJORANA Collaboration

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 objective of the Majorana Experiment is to study neutrinoless double beta decay (0nbb) with an effective Majorana-neutrino mass sensitivity below 50 meV in order to characterize the Majorana nature of the neutrino, the Majorana mass…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The Majorana collaboration

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 observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0${\nu}{\beta}{\beta}$) would show that lepton number is violated, reveal that neutrinos are Majorana particles, and provide information on neutrino mass. A discovery-capable experiment…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-15 LEGEND Collaboration , N. Abgrall , A. Abramov , N. Abrosimov , I. Abt , M. Agostini , M. Agartioglu , A. Ajjaq , S. I. Alvis , F. T. Avignone , X. Bai , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , A. S. Barabash , P. J. Barton , L. Baudis , L. Bezrukov , T. Bode , A. Bolozdynya , D. Borowicz , A. Boston , H. Boston , S. T. P. Boyd , R. Breier , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , M. Busch , M. Buuck , A. Caldwell , T. S. Caldwell , T. Camellato , M. Carpenter , C. Cattadori , J. Cederkäll , Y. -D. Chan , S. Chen , A. Chernogorov , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , R. J. Cooper , C. Cuesta , E. V. Demidova , Z. Deng , M. Deniz , J. A. Detwiler , N. Di Marco , A. Domula , Q. Du , Yu. Efremenko , V. Egorov , S. R. Elliott , D. Fields , F. Fischer , A. Galindo-Uribarri , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , T. Gilliss , M. Giordano , G. K. Giovanetti , M. Gold , P. Golubev , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , V. Gurentsov , Y. Gurov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüeller , L. Harkness-Brennan , Z. R. Harvey , C. R. Haufe , L. Hauertmann , D. Heglund , L. Hehn , A. Heinz , R. Hiller , J. Hinton , R. Hodak , W. Hofmann , S. Howard , M. A. Howe , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , R. Janssens , M. Ješkovský , J. Jochum , H. T. Johansson , D. Judson , M. Junker , J. Kaizer , K. Kang , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , F. Kiessling , A. Kirsch , A. Kish , A. Klimenko , K. T. K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , S. I. Konovalov , I. Kontul , V. N. Kornoukhov , T. Kraetzschmar , K. Kröninger , A. Kumar , V. V. Kuzminov , K. Lang , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , Y. L. Li , Y. -Y. Li , H. B. Li , S. T. Lin , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , S. K. Liu , X. Liu , J. Liu , D. Loomba , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , H. Ma , B. Majorovits , F. Mamedov , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , J. A. J. Matthews , N. McFadden , D. -M. Mei , H. Mei , S. J. Meijer , D. Mengoni , S. Mertens , W. Miller , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , J. Myslik , I. Nemchenok , T. Nilsson , P. Nolan , C. O'Shaughnessy , G. Othman , K. Panas , L. Pandola , L. Papp , K. Pelczar , D. Peterson , W. Pettus , A. W. P. Poon , P. P. Povinec , A. Pullia , X. C. Quintana , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , C. Ransom , F. Recchia , A. L. Reine , S. Riboldi , K. Rielage , S. Rozov , N. W. Rouf , E. Rukhadze , N. Rumyantseva , R. Saakyan , E. Sala , F. Salamida , V. Sandukovsky , G. Savard , S. Schönert , A. -K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schuster , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , B. Sevda , B. Shanks , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , F. Simkovic , L. Singh , V. Singh , M. Skorokhvatov , K. Smolek , A. Smolnikov , A. Sonay , M. Spavorova , I. Stekl , D. Stukov , D. Tedeschi , J. Thompson , T. Van Wechel , R. L. Varner , A. A. Vasenko , S. Vasilyev , A. Veresnikova , K. Vetter , K. von Sturm , K. Vorren , M. Wagner , G. -J. Wang , D. Waters , W. -Z. Wei , T. Wester , B. R. White , C. Wiesinger , J. F. Wilkerson , M. Willers , C. Wiseman , M. Wojcik , H. T. Wong , J. Wyenberg , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , G. Yang , C. -H. Yu , Q. Yue , V. Yumatov , J. Zeman , Z. Zeng , I. Zhitnikov , B. Zhu , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber , G. Zuzel

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…