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The end point energies of nuclear $\beta$ decays have been measured with a segmented planar Ge LEPS detector using both singles and coincidence techniques. The $\beta - \gamma$ coincidence has been performed with a segmented planar Ge LEPS…

We examine the reach of a Beta-beam experiment with two detectors at carefully chosen baselines for exploring neutrino mass parameters. Locating the source at CERN, the two detectors and baselines are: (a) a 50 kton iron calorimeter (ICAL)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Sanjib Kumar Agarwalla , Sandhya Choubey , Amitava Raychaudhuri

The CUORE experiment is a large bolometric array searching for the lepton number violating neutrino-less double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in the isotope $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$. In this work we present the latest results on two searches for…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-08-02 CUORE Collaboration , D. Q. Adams , C. Alduino , K. Alfonso , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , G. Bari , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Biassoni A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. Camilleri , A. Caminata , A. Campani , L. Canonica , X. G. Cao , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti N. Casali , E. Celi , D. Chiesa M. Clemenza S. Copello , C. Cosmelli , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , C. J. Davis , S. Dell'Oro S. Di Domizio , V. Dompè , D. Q. Fang , G. Fantini , M. Faverzani E. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Fiorini , M. A. Franceschi , S. J. Freedman , S. H. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , A. Giachero , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , K. M. Heeger , R. G. Huang , H. Z. Huang , J. Johnston , G. Keppel , Yu. G. Kolomensky , C. Ligi , L. Ma , Y. G. Ma , L. Marini , R. H. Maruyama , D. Mayer , Y. Mei , N. Moggi , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , A. Nucciotti , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , J. L. Ouellet , S. Pagan , C. E. Pagliarone , L. Pagnanini , M. Pallavicini , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , C. Rosenfeld , C. Rusconi , M. Sakai , S. Sangiorgio , B. Schmidt , N. D. Scielzo , V. Sharma , V. Singh , M. Sisti , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , F. Terranova , C. Tomei , K. J. Vetter , M. Vignati , S. L. Wagaarachchi , B. S. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , S. Zimmermann , S. Zucchelli

Present status, and future plans for Double Beta Decay searches are reviewed. Given the recent observations of neutrino oscillations, a possibility to observe $\beta\beta(0\nu)$~ at a neutrino mass scale suggested by present experimental…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-19 Oliviero Cremonesi

Precise measurement of two-neutrino double beta decay (DBD) half-life is an important step for the searches of Majorana neutrinos with neutrinoless double beta decay. We report the measurement of DBD half-life of $^{136}$Xe using the…

The LEGEND experiment is looking for the extremely rare neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge using isotopically-enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors. The detection of this process would imply that the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-27 Carmen Romo-Luque

The current situation in double beta decay experiments , the characteristics of modern detectors and the possibility of increasing the sensitivity to neutrino mass in future experiments are discussed. The issue of the production and use of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-04-18 A. S. Barabash

Neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay is of fundamental importance for determining the neutrino mass. Although double electron ($\beta^-\beta^-$) decay is the most promising mode, in very recent years interest in double positron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-09-18 J. Barea , J. Kotila , F. Iachello

This project is focused on the development of a novel strategy for the precise measurement of beta decay energy spectra. The exact determination of beta spectra has wide implications in the particle and nuclear physics fields: from sterile…

The two neutrino positron double beta decay of $^{106}$Cd for 0$^{+} \to $ 0$^{+}$ transition has been studied in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov model in conjunction with the summation method. In the first step, the reliability of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Shukla , P. K. Raina , R. Chandra , P. K. Rath , J. G. Hirsch

The HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW experiment, which is the most sensitive double beta decay experiment since ten years has been regularly continued until end of November 2003. An analysis of the data has been performed already until May 20, 2003. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-29 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , I. V. Krivosheina , A. Dietz , C. Tomei , O. Chkvoretz , H. Strecker

The recent neutrino oscillation experimental results indicate that at least one neutrino has a mass greater than 50 meV. The next generation of double-beta decay experiments will very likely have a sensitivity to an effective Majorana…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-07-19 Steven R. Elliott

Motivated by the observation of non-zero neutrino masses and the potential for discovering physics beyond the Standard Model, numerous experiments are actively searching for neutrinoless double beta $(0\nu\beta\beta)$ decay. In all of these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-05 Noor-Ines Boudjema , Frank F. Deppisch , Antonio Herrero-Brocal , Chayan Majumdar , Supriya Senapati

The possibility to observe the neutrino-less double $ \beta $ decay and thus to prove the Majorana nature of neutrino as well as provide a sensitive measure of its mass is a major challenge of to-day's neutrino physics. As an attractive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Z. Sujkowski , S. Wycech

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

The measurement of positron--nucleus collisions was used to estimate the possibility of suppressing background events that simulate $\beta\beta$ decay in the emulsion region adjacent to molybdenum conglomerates. The range of the escape of…

The observation of the neutrinoless double beta decay may provide essential information on the nature of neutrinos. Among the current experimental approaches, a high pressure gaseous TPC is an attractive option for the search of double beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 F. J. Iguaz , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , H. Gomez , D. C. Herrera , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzon , L. Segui , A. Tomas