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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

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 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 observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would determine whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle and provide information on the absolute scale of neutrino mass. The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the DEMONSTRATOR, an…

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 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 {\sc Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the isotope Ge-76 with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate the neutrino is its own…

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 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 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…

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