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Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

We review the potential to probe new physics with neutrinoless double beta decay $(A,Z) \to (A,Z+2) + 2 e^-$. Both the standard long-range light neutrino mechanism as well as short-range mechanisms mediated by heavy particles are discussed.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-12-09 Heinrich Päs , Werner Rodejohann

Signatures of muonic activation in the Majorana Demonstrator

Experiments searching for very rare processes such as neutrinoless double-beta decay require a detailed understanding of all sources of background. Signals from radioactive impurities present in construction and detector materials can be…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-01-21 I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , F. E. Bertrand , E. Blalock , B. Bos , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , M. L. Clark , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , T. R. Edwards , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , R. Henning , D. Hervas Aguilar , E. W. Hoppe , A. Hostiuc , M. F. Kidd , I. Kim , R. T. Kouzes , T. E. Lannen , A. M. Lopez , J. M. López-Castaño , E. L. Martin , R. D. Martin , R. Massarczyk , S. J. Meijer , S. Mertens , T. K. Oli , G. Othman , L. S. Paudel , W. Pettus , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , N. W. Ruof , D. Tedeschi , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , C. -H. Yu , B. X. Zhu

The Majorana Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The Majorana Collaboration proposes to assemble an…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 V. E. Guiseppe

Search for Two-neutrino Double-Beta Decay of $^{136}\rm Xe$ to the $0^+_1$ excited state of $^{136}\rm Ba$ with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

A new search for two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}\rm Xe$ to the $0^+_1$ excited state of $^{136}\rm Ba$ is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. A deep learning-based convolutional neural network is used to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-10-24 200 Collaboration , S. Al Kharusi , G. Anton , I. Badhrees , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , T. Bhatta , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , G. F. Cao , W. R. Cen , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , S. J. Daugherty , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , J. Dilling , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , J. Echevers , W. Fairbank , D. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , Y. S. Fu , D. Fudenberg , P. Gautam , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. Hall , E. V. Hansen , J. Hoessl , P. Hufschmidt , M. Hughes , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , C. Jessiman , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , T. Koffas , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. S. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , R. MacLellan , T. McElroy , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , O. Njoya , O. Nusair , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , A. Perna , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , F. Retière , A. L. Robinson , P. C. Rowson , J. Runge , S. Schmidt , D. Sinclair , K. Skarpaas , A. K. Soma , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , J. Todd , T. Tolba , T. I. Totev , R. Tsang , B. Veenstra , V. Veeraraghavan , P. Vogel , J. -L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , J. Watkins , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , G. Wrede , S. X. Wu , Q. Xia , D. R. Yahne , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich , T. Ziegler

Breakthrough into the Sub-eV Neutrino Mass Range: Status of the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW Double Beta Decay Experiment with enriched $^{76}$Ge

Recent results of the Heidelberg-Moscow double beta decay experiment are presented. After 8.6 kg$\cdot$a of measuring time no signal is seen for the neutrinoless decay mode. A half-life limit of $T_{1/2}^{0\nu\beta\beta} > 5.1\cdot…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 Heidelberg-Moscow-Collaboration

A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{76}$Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched to 88% in $^{76}$Ge)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-28 S. I. Alvis , I. J. Arnquist , F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , C. J. Barton , V. Basu , F. E. Bertrand , B. Bos , M. Busch , M. Buuck , T. S. Caldwell , Y-D. Chan , C. D. Christofferson , P. -H. Chu , C. Cuesta , J. A. Detwiler , Yu. Efremenko , H. Ejiri , S. R. Elliott , T. Gilliss , G. K. Giovanetti , M. P. Green , J. Gruszko , I. S. Guinn , V. E. Guiseppe , C. R. Haufe , R. J. Hegedus , L. Hehn , R. Henning , D. Hervas Aguilar , E. W. Hoppe , M. A. Howe , 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. Piliounis , A. W. P. Poon , D. C. Radford , J. Rager , A. L. Reine , K. Rielage , N. W. Ruof , B. Shanks , M. Shirchenko , D. Tedeschi , R. L. Varner , S. Vasilyev , B. R. White , J. F. Wilkerson , C. Wiseman , W. Xu , E. Yakushev , C. -H. Yu , V. Yumatov , I. Zhitnikov , B. X. Zhu

Nuclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

Neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) is a rare hypothesised process that, if discovered, would establish that the neutrino is Majorana, that is, it is its own antiparticle. Interpretation of experimental results relies on…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2025-04-29 Anthony V. Grebe

Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of $^{100}$Mo with the NEMO-3 Detector

We report the results of a search for the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{100}$Mo, using the NEMO-3 detector to reconstruct the full topology of the final state events. With an exposure of 34.7 kg.y, no evidence…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-06-23 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 , C. Cerna , A. Chapon , E. Chauveau , D. Duchesneau , D. Durand , V. Egorov , G. Eurin , J. J. Evans , R. Flack , X. Garrido , H. Gómez , B. Guillon , P. Guzowski , R. Hodák , P. Hubert , C. Hugon , S. Jullian , A. Klimenko , O. Kochetov , S. I. Konovalov , V. Kovalenko , D. Lalanne , K. Lang , Y. Lemière , Z. Liptak , 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 , Y. A. Ramachers , A. Remoto , J. L. Reyss , B. Richards , C. L. Riddle , E. Rukhadze , R. Saakyan , X. Sarazin , Yu. Shitov , L. Simard , F. Šimkovic , A. Smetana , K. Smolek , A. Smolnikov , S. Söldner-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

75 years of double beta decay: yesterday, today and tomorrow

In this report I will briefly review the motivation and history of double beta decay search since the first consideration of two neutrino process (2$\beta(2\nu)$) by Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1935. The first experiments on search for double…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-03-17 A. S. Barabash

Searching for $^{76}$Ge neutrinoless double beta decay with the CDEX-1B experiment

We operated a p-type point contact high purity germanium (PPCGe) detector (CDEX-1B, 1.008 kg) in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) for 500.3 days to search for neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge. A…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-09-24 B. T. Zhang , J. Z. Wang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , 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 , S. Karmakar , 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 , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , Z. She , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. 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 , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , 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

Neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge and 130Te. A correction of the neutrinoless 2\b{eta}-decay model and a reanalysis of QUORICINO results

A correction of the neutrinoless 2\b{eta}-decay model was proposed which predicted a shift of the 2\b{eta}0{\nu}-signal from the Q value (2\b{eta}-decay energy). The shifts were calculated for 76Ge (\D{elta}E=-2.6 keV), 100Mo…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-05-20 I. V. Kirpichnikov

SuperNEMO - the next generation double beta decay experiment

The SuperNEMO experiment is being designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay to test if neutrinos are Majorana particles. The experimental technique follows that of the currently running NEMO-3 experiment, which successfully…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Irina Nasteva

Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{136}$Xe

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment will enable a neutrinoless double beta decay search in parallel to the main science goal of discovering dark matter particle interactions. We report the expected LZ sensitivity to $^{136}$Xe neutrinoless…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-07-15 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , A. Baxter , J. Bensinger , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , M. C. Carmona Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , A. Cottle , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , A. Harrison , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , J. YK. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , C. D. Kocher , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , F. T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , K. Pushkin , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , G. Rutherford , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Search for neutrinoless double beta decay with the NEMO-3 detector: first results

The NEMO-3 detector, which has been operating in the Frejus Underground Laboratory since February 2003, is devoted to searching for neutrinoless double beta decay (\beta\beta 0 \nu). The expected performance of the detector has been…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-12-09 Xavier Sarazin

Mitigation Strategies for ${}^{42}$Ar/${}^{42}$K Background Reduction using Encapsulation with Ultra-Pure Plastic for the LEGEND Experiment

Neutrinoless double-beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay is the most compelling approach to determine the Majorana nature of neutrino and measure effective Majorana neutrino mass. The LEGEND collaboration is aiming to look for 0$\nu\beta\beta$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-08 M. Ibrahim Mirza

Results on $^{82}$Se $2\nu\beta\beta$ with CUPID-0 Phase I

The nucleus is an extraordinarily complex object where fundamental forces are at work. The solution of this many-body problem has challenged physicists for decades: several models with complementary virtues and flaws have been adopted, none…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-12-24 L Pagnanini , O Azzolini , J W Beeman , F Bellini , M Beretta , M Biassoni , C Brofferio , C Bucci , S Capelli , L Cardani , P Carniti , N Casali , D Chiesa , M Clemenza , O Cremonesi , A Cruciani , I Dafinei , S Di Domizio , F Ferroni , L Gironi , A Giuliani , P Gorla , C Gotti , G Keppel , M Martinez , S Nagorny , M Nastasi , S Nisi , C Nones , D Orlandi , M Pallavicini , L Pattavina , M Pavan , G Pessina , V Pettinacci , S Pirro , S Pozzi , E Previtali , A Puiu , C Rusconi , K Schaffner , C Tomei , M Vignati , A S Zolotarova

Latest Results from the Heidelberg-Moscow Double Beta Decay Experiment

New results for the double beta decay of 76Ge are presented. They are extracted from Data obtained with the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW, which operates five enriched 76Ge detectors in an extreme low-level environment in the GRAN SASSO. The two…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , A. Dietz , L. Baudis , G. Heusser , I. V. Krivosheina , S. Kolb , B. Majorovits , H. Paes , H. Strecker , V. Alexeev , A. Balysh , A. Bakalyarov , S. T. Belyaev , V. I. Lebedev , S. Zhukov

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

Experimental searches of neutrinoless double beta decay

Neutrinoless double decay is a unique probe for lepton number conservation and neutrino properties. It allows to investigate the Dirac/Majorana nature of the neutrinos and their absolute mass scale (hierarchy problem) with unprecedented…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-12 Oliviero Cremonesi

One Year of Evidence for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

The present experimental status in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay is reviewed, with emphasis on the first indication for neutrinoless double beta decay found in the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW experiment, giving first evidence for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus