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Solar Neutrino Background in Neutrinoless double beta-decay searching for experiments

Background of germanium and xenon detectors due to the elastic scattering of $^{8}B$ solar neutrinos on electrons have been calculated. The background is 4.6 \times $10^{-4}$ counts/(keV$\cdot t\cdot$y) that defines the sensitivity of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander A. Klimenko

Canadian Contributions to the Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay has internationally been recognized as the most promising approach to determine the Majorana nature of neutrinos. This hypothesized decay would, if observed, violate lepton number in weak…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-06-18 Thomas Brunner , Jason D. Holt , David McKeen , Alexander Wright

Simulation of a radial TPC for the detection of neutrinoless double beta decay

To search for $\beta\beta0\nu$ decay with unprecedented sensitivity, the R2D2 collaboration is developing a radial time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of half a tonne of $^{136}$Xe at high pressure. The various approaches…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-12 R. Bouet , J. Busto , A. Cadiou , P. Charpentier , D. Charrier , M. Chapellier , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , F. Druillole , P. Hellmuth , C. Jollet , J. Kaizer , I. Kontul , P. Le Ray , M. Gros , P. Lautridou , M. Macko , A. Meregaglia , F. Piquemal , P. Povinec , M. Roche

Search for neutrinoless quadruple beta decay of $^{136}$Xe in XMASS-I

A search for the neutrinoless quadruple beta decay of $^{136}$Xe was conducted with the liquid-xenon detector XMASS-I using $\rm 327\; kg \times 800.0 \; days$ of the exposure. The pulse shape discrimination based on the scintillation decay…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-08-08 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , N. Kato , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , K. Sato , H. Sekiya , T. Suzuki , A. Takeda , S. Tasaka , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , R. Ishii , Y. Itow , K. Kanzawa , K. Masuda , K. Martens , A. Mason , Y. Suzuki , K. Miuchi , Y. Takeuchi , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , H. Ogawa , K. Nishijima , K. Fushimi , B. D. Xu , S. Nakamura

Results of NEMO 3 and status of SuperNEMO

The NEMO 3 experiment is devoted to the search for neutrinoless double beta decay, as well as for accurate measurement of two-neutrino double beta decay. The detector has been taking data in the LSM laboratory since 2003 and the latest NEMO…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-09-11 Ladislav Vala

First results from LEGEND-200: searching for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{76}$Ge

The LEGEND Experiment searches for the neutrinoless double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge employing active high purity germanium detectors enriched in $^{76}$Ge beyond 86%. LEGEND's experimental program is articulated in two…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-16 Giovanna Saleh

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

First results of the search of neutrinoless double beta decay with the NEMO 3 detector

The NEMO 3 detector, which has been operating in the Frejus underground laboratory since February 2003, is devoted to the search for neutrinoless double beta decay (bb0nu). Half-lives of the two neutrino double beta decays (bb2nu) have been…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-18 R. Arnold

Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment

SuperNEMO is a double-$\beta$ decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker-calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will implement 100 kg of double-$\beta$ decay isotope, reaching a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-07-24 A. S. Barabash , A. Basharina-Freshville , S. Blot , M. Bongrand , Ch. Bourgeois , D. Breton , V. Brudanin , H. Burešovà , J. Busto , A. J. Caffrey , S. Calvez , M. Cascella , C. Cerna , J. P. Cesar , E. Chauveau , A. Chopra , G. Claverie , S. De Capua , F. Delalee , D. Duchesneau , V. Egorov , G. Eurin , J. J. Evans , L. Fajt , D. Filosofov , R. Flack , X. Garrido , H. Gómez , B. Guillon , P. Guzowski , R. Hodák , K. Holý , A. Huber , C. Hugon , A. Jeremie , S. Jullian , M. Kauer , A. Klimenko , O. Kochetov , S. I. Konovalov , V. Kovalenko , K. Lang , Y. Lemière , T. Le Noblet , Z. Liptak , X. R. Liu , P. Loaiza , G. Lutter , J. Maalmi , M. Macko , F. Mamedov , C. Marquet , F. Mauger , I. Moreau , B. Morgan , J. Mott , I. Nemchenok , M. Nomachi , F. Nova , H. Ohsumi , R. B. Pahlka , J. R. Pater , F. Perrot , F. Piquemal , P. Povinec , P. Přidal , Y. A. Ramachers , A. Rebii , A. Remoto , B. Richards , J. S. Ricol , C. L. Riddle , E. Rukhadze , R. Saakyan , R. Salazar , X. Sarazin , J. Sedgbeer , Yu. Shitov , F. Šimkovic , L. Simard , A. Smetana , K. Smolek , A. Smolnikov , S. Snow , S. Söldner-Rembold , B. Soulé , M. Špavorová , I. Štekl , J. Thomas , V. Timkin , S. Torre , Vl. I. Tretyak , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , C. Vilela , V. Vorobel , D. Waters , A. Žukauskas

Boosting background suppression in the NEXT experiment through Richardson-Lucy deconvolution

Next-generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiments aim for half-life sensitivities of ~$10^{27}$ yr, requiring suppressing backgrounds to <1 count/tonne/yr. For this, any extra background rejection handle, beyond excellent energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-09 A. Simón , Y. Ifergan , A. B. Redwine , R. Weiss-Babai , L. Arazi , C. Adams , H. Almazán , V. Álvarez , B. Aparicio , A. I. Aranburu , I. J. Arnquist , C. D. R Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , N. Byrnes , S. Cárcel , J. V. Carrión , S. Cebrián , E. Church , C. A. N. Conde , T. Contreras , F. P. Cossío , A. A. Denisenko , G. Díaz , J. Díaz , J. Escada , R. Esteve , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , D. González-Díaz , S. Gosh , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero , V. Herrero , J. Ho , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , P. Lebrun , N. López-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , M. Martínez-Vara , G. Martínez-Lema , A. D. McDonald , Z. -E. Meziani , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , C. Newhouse , P. Novella , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , M. Odriozola-Gimeno , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , J. Renner , L. Ripoll , I. Rivilla , Y. Rodríguez García , J. Rodríguez , C. Rogero , L. Rogers , B. Romeo , C. Romo-Luque , F. P. Santos , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Sorel , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , P. Thapa , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , A. Usón , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , R. Webb , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

The Majorana Demonstrator Status and Preliminary Results

The Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are understood to be the only viable experimental method for testing…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-06-13 C. -H. Yu , S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , T. Bode , V. Brudanin , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y. -D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , C. Dunagan , Yu Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , M. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , L. Hehn , R. Henning , 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. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , N. W. Ruff , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , A. M. Suriano , D. Tedeschi , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , K. Vetter , K. Vorren , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. Z. Zhu

Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of $^{76}$Ge with a Natural Broad Energy Germanium Detector

A natural broad energy germanium (BEGe) detector is operated in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) for a feasibility study of building the next generation experiment of the neutrinoless double-beta (0{$\nu\beta\beta$}) decay of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-08-19 CDEX collaboration , W. H. Dai , H. Ma , Q. Yue , Z. She , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , 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 , 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 , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , K. Saraswat , V. Sharma , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. 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 , L. T. Yang , C. H. Yeh , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , 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

Conceptual design and first results for a neutron detector with interaction localization capabilities

A new high-precision detector for studying neutrons from beta-delayed neutron emission and direct reaction studies is proposed. The Neutron dEtector with Xn Tracking (NEXT) array is designed to maintain high intrinsic neutron detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-23 J. Heideman , D. Perez-Loureiro , R. Grzywacz , C. R. Thornsberry , J. Chan , L. H. Heilbronn , S. K. Neupane , K. Schmitt , M. M. Rajabali , A. R. Engelhardt , C. W. Howell , L. D. Mostella , J. S. Owens , S. C. Shadrick , E. E. Peters , A. P. D. Ramirez , S. W. Yates , K. Vaigneur

Measurement of the 2$\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life of $^{150}$Nd and a search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay processes with the full exposure from the NEMO-3 detector

We present results from a search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay using 36.6 g of the isotope $^{150}$Nd with data corresponding to a live time of 5.25 y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector. We construct a complete…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-13 3 Collaboration , R. Arnold , C. Augier , J. D. Baker , A. S. Barabash , A. Basharina-Freshville , S. Blondel , S. Blot , M. Bongrand , V. Brudanin , J. Busto , A. J. Caffrey , S. Calvez , M. Cascell , C. Cerna , J. P. Cesar , A. Chapon , E. Chauveau , A. Chopra , D. Duchesneau , D. Durand , V. Egorov , G. Eurin , J. J. Evans , L. Fajt , D. Filosofov , R. Flack , X. Garrido , H. Gòmez , B. Guillon , P. Guzowski , R. Hodák , A. Huber , P. Hubert , C. Hugon , S. Jullian , A. Klimenko , O. Kochetov , S. I. Konovalov , V. Kovalenko , D. Lalanne , K. Lang , Y. Lemière , T. Le Noblet , Z. Liptak , X. R. Liu , P. Loaiza , G. Lutter , F. Mamedov , C. Marquet , F. Mauger , B. Morgan , J. Mott , I. Nemchenok , M. Nomachi , F. Nova , F. Nowacki , H. Ohsumi , R. B. Pahlka , F. Perrot , F. Piquemal , P. Povinec , P. Přidal , Y. A. Ramachers , A. Remoto , J. L. Reyss , B. Richards , C. L. Riddle , E. Rukhadze , R. Saakyan , R. Salazar , X. Sarazin , Yu. Shitov , L. Simard , F. Šimkovic , A. Smetana , K. Smolek , A. Smolnikov , S. Soldner-Rembold , B. Soulé , I. Štekl , J. Suhonen , C. S. Sutton , G. Szklarz , J. Thomas , V. Timkin , S. Torre , Vl. I. Tretyak , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , I. Vanushin , C. Vilela , V. Vorobel , D. Waters , A. Žukauskas

Ion manipulation from liquid Xe to vacuum: Ba-tagging for a nEXO upgrade and future $0 \nu \beta \beta$ experiments

Neutrinoless double beta decay {($0\nu\beta\beta$)} provides a way to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The upcoming nEXO experiment will search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in $^{136}$Xe with a projected half-life…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-30 Dwaipayan Ray , Robert Collister , Hussain Rasiwala , Lucas Backes , Ali V. Balbuena , Thomas Brunner , Iroise Casandjian , Chris Chambers , Megan Cvitan , Tim Daniels , Jens Dilling , Ryan Elmansali , William Fairbank , Daniel Fudenberg , Razvan Gornea , Giorgio Gratta , Alec Iverson , Anna A. Kwiatkowski , Kyle G. Leach , Annika Lennarz , Zepeng Li , Melissa Medina-Peregrina , Kevin Murray , Kevin O Sullivan , Regan Ross , Raad Shaikh , Xiao Shang , Joseph Soderstrom , Victor Varentsov , Liang Yang

Toward CUPID-1T

Current experiments to search for broken lepton-number symmetry through the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\mathrm{\nu\beta\beta}$) provide the most stringent limits on the Majorana nature of neutrinos and the effective…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-04-11 A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , M. Balata , K. Ballen , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , V. Boldrini , A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. Camilleri , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , D. Chiesa , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , E. Craft , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , G. D'Imperio , S. Dabagov , I. Dafinei , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , T. Dixon , V. Dompè , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , L. Foggetta , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , C. Fu , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , A. Gallas , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , A. Gianvecchio , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , C. Grant , P. Gras , P. V. Guillaumon , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , D. Helis , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. G. Huang , L. Imbert , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , R. Kowalski , T. Langford , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , M. Madhukuttan , F. Mancarella , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , B. Mauri , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , Y. Mei , S. Milana , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , J. L. Ouellet , S. Pagan , C. Pagliarone , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , I. Ponce , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Quitadamo , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , J. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , V. Sharma , V. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , C. Tomei , J. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , A. Tsymbaliuk , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , M. Xue , L. Yan , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , J. Zhang , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment

SuperNEMO is a next-generation double beta decay experiment based on the successful tracking plus calorimetry design approach of the recently stopped NEMO3 experiment. SuperNEMO can study a range of isotopes, but the baseline isotope is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 A. S. Barabash

Results from the NEMO 3 experiment

The aim of the NEMO 3 experiment is the search for neutrinoless double beta decay and precise measurement of two-neutrino double beta decay of several isotopes. The experiment has been taking data since 2003. Since no evidence for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Ladislav Vala

Statistical Framework for Discovery Sensitivity and Majorana Mass Estimation in $^{136}$Xe Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a sensitive probe of lepton-number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In xenon-based experiments, the expected signal rate inside the region of interest (ROI) is extremely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-26 Pratima Singh , Jyotsna Singh , R. B. Singh

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with $^{82}$SeF$_6$ and Direct Ion Imaging

We present a new neutrinoless double beta decay concept: the high pressure selenium hexafluoride gas time projection chamber. Combining techniques pioneered in high pressure xenon gas such as topological discrimination, with the high…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-05 D. R. Nygren , B. J. P. Jones , N. Lopez-march , Y. Mei , F. Psihas , J. Renner