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A high pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification (EL HPGXe TPC) searching for the neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay offers: excellent energy resolution ($0.5-0.7\%$ FWHM at the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-10-11 N. Lopez-March

Germanium detectors have very good capabilities for the investigation of rare phenomena like the neutrinoless double beta decay. Rejection of the background entangling the expected signal is one primary goal in this kind of experiments.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Gómez , S. Cebrián , J. Morales , J. A. Villar

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

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

The recent results from the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW experiment have demonstrated the large potential of double beta decay to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model. To increase by a major step the present sensitivity for double beta…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-26 J. Hellmig , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would resolve the Majorana nature of the neutrino and could provide information on the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The initial phase of the Majorana experiment, known as the…

We present results from the first phase of the KamLAND-Zen double-beta decay experiment, corresponding to an exposure of 89.5 kg yr of Xe-136. We obtain a lower limit for the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of T_{1/2}^{0{\nu}} >…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-02-27 Zen Collaboration

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

A search for double-beta decays of 136Xe to excited states of 136Ba has been performed with the first phase data set of the KamLAND-Zen experiment. The 0+1, 2+1 and 2+2 transitions of 0{\nu}\{beta}\{beta} decay were evaluated in an exposure…

The $2\nu2\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd to the first excited 740.5 keV $0^{+}_{1}$ level of $^{150}$Sm was measured over 5.845 yr with the help of a four-crystal low-background HPGe $\gamma$ spectrometry system in the underground…

The Majorana Experiment is a next-generation Ge-76 double-beta decay search. It will employ 500 kg of Ge, isotopically enriched to 86% in Ge-76, in the form of 200 detectors in a close-packed array for high granularity. Each crystal will be…

Various double beta decay modes of Cd, Zn and Te isotopes are explored with the help of CdTe and CdZnTe semiconductor detectors. The data set is splitted in an energy range below 1 MeV having a statistics of 134.5 g$\cdot$d and one above 1…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Kiel , D. Münstermann , K. Zuber

Indirect support for the evidence of neutrinoless double beta decay reported recently, is obtained by analysis of other Ge double beta experiments, which yield independent information on the background in the region of Q_(beta-beta). Some…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , A. Dietz , I. V. Krivosheina , Ch. Doerr , C. Tomei

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

The nEXO neutrinoless double beta decay experiment is designed to use a time projection chamber and 5000 kg of isotopically enriched liquid xenon to search for the decay in $^{136}$Xe. Progress in the detector design, paired with higher…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 nEXO Collaboration , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , G. Anton , I. J. Arnquist , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Collister , S. A. Czyz , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. Di Vacri , J. Dilling , Y. Y. Ding , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , S. Ferrara , S. Feyzbakhsh , Y. S. Fu , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , W. Gillis C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. W. Hoppe , A. House , A. Iverson , A. Jamil , M. Jewell , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , I. Kotov , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , Y. Lan , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , M. Mahtab , P. Martel-Dion , J. Masbou , N. Massacret , T. McElroy , K. McMichael , M. Medina Peregrina , T. Michel , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , R. J. Newby , K. Ni , F. Nolet , O. Nusair , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , K. Odgers , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Perna , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , J-F. Pratte , N. Priel , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , T. Rao , H. Rasiwala , S. Rescia , F. Retière , J. Ringuette , V. Riot , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , N. Roy , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , M. Tarka , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , T. Tsang , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , C. Vivo-Vilches , P. Vogel , J-L. Vuilleumier , M. Wagenpfeil , T. Wager , M. Walent , K. Wamba , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , S. X. Wu , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , Q. Xia , W. Yan , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay. Its main goal is to investigate this…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-02-03 D. Q. Adams , C. Alduino , K. Alfonso , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , G. Bari , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , M. Biassoni , A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. Camilleri , A. Caminata , A. Campani , L. Canonica , X. G. Cao , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , D. Chiesa , M. Clemenza , S. Copello , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , F. Del Corso , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , 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 , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , A. Gianvecchio , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , R. G. Huang , H. Z. Huang , J. Johnston , G. Keppel , Yu. G. Kolomensky , R. Kowalski , C. Ligi , R. Liu , L. Ma , Y. G. Ma , L. Marini , R. H. Maruyama , D. Mayer , Y. Mei , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , A. Nucciotti , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , M. Olmi , 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 , S. Quitadamo , A. Ressa , C. Rosenfeld , 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

We report the present results of CUORICINO a cryogenic experiment on neutrinoless double beta decay (DBD) of 130Te consisting of an array of 62 crystals of TeO2 with a total active mass of 40.7 kg. The array is framed inside of a dilution…

A model of a neutrinoless 2\b{eta}-decay 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 ({\Delta}E=-2.6 keV), 100Mo ({\Delta}E=-4.7 keV), 130Te…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-01-16 I. V. Kirpichnikov

Double beta processes in 64-Zn, 70-Zn, 180-W, and 186-W have been searched for with the help of large volume (0.1-0.7 kg) low background ZnWO4 crystal scintillators at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN. Total time of…