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The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) seeks to discover the neutrinoless double beta ($\beta\beta 0\nu$) decay of $^{136}$Xe using a high-pressure xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent amplification. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-06 Justo Martín-Albo

We report the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe from the PandaX-4T experiment with a 3.7-tonne natural xenon target. The data reconstruction and the background modeling are optimized in the MeV energy region. A blind…

The NEXT-100 detector will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe using an electroluminescent high-pressure xenon gas TPC filled with 100 kg of enriched Xe. An observation of this hypothetical process would establish a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Lorca

Neutrinoless double beta decay is a lepton number violating process whose observation would also establish that neutrinos are their own anti-particles. There are many experimental efforts with a variety of techniques. Some (EXO,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 B. Schwingenheuer

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe-136 using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-23 NEXT Collaboration , C. Adams , V. Álvarez , L. Arazi , 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 , 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 , Y. Ifergan , 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 , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , A. Redwine , 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 , A. Simón , 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 , R. Weiss-Babai , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

The DARWIN observatory is a proposed next-generation experiment to search for particle dark matter and for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. Out of its 50$\,$t total natural xenon inventory, 40$\,$t will be the active target…

The experiment for the 2$\beta$-decay of $^{136}$Xe search with two high-pressure copper proportional counters has been held in Baksan neutrino observatory. The search for the process is based on comparison of spectra measured with natural…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Ju. M. Gavriljuk , A. M. Gangapshev , V. V. Kuzminov , S. I. Panasenko , S. S. Ratkevich

We report a measurement of the half-life of the ${}^{136}$Xe two-neutrino double beta decay performed with a novel direct background subtraction technique. The analysis relies on the data collected with the NEXT-White detector operated with…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-05-12 NEXT Collaboration , P. Novella , M. Sorel , A. Usón , C. Adams , H. Almazán , V. Álvarez , B. Aparicio , A. I. Aranburu , L. Arazi , I. J. Arnquist , S. Ayet , C. D. R. Azevedo , K. Bailey , F. Ballester , J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez , F. I. G. M. Borges , S. Bounasser , 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 , T. Dickel , J. Escada , R. Esteve , A. Fahs , R. Felkai , L. M. P. Fernandes , P. Ferrario , A. L. Ferreira , F. W. Foss , E. D. C. Freitas , Z. Freixa , J. Generowicz , A. Goldschmidt , J. J. Gómez-Cadenas , R. González , D. González-Díaz , R. Guenette , R. M. Gutiérrez , J. Haefner , K. Hafidi , J. Hauptman , C. A. O. Henriques , J. A. Hernando Morata , P. Herrero-Gómez , V. Herrero , J. Ho , Y. Ifergan , B. J. P. Jones , M. Kekic , L. Labarga , A. Laing , L. Larizgoitia , P. Lebrun , D. Lopez Gutierrez , N. López-March , M. Losada , R. D. P. Mano , J. Martín-Albo , A. Martínez , G. Martínez-Lema , M. Martínez-Vara , A. D. McDonald , Z. E. Meziani , K. Mistry , F. Monrabal , C. M. B. Monteiro , F. J. Mora , J. Muñoz Vidal , K. Navarro , D. R. Nygren , E. Oblak , M. Odriozola-Gimeno , B. Palmeiro , A. Para , J. Pérez , M. Querol , A. Raymond , A. B. Redwine , 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 , A. Simón , C. Stanford , J. M. R. Teixeira , P. Thapa , J. F. Toledo , J. Torrent , J. F. C. A. Veloso , T. T. Vuong , R. Webb , J. T. White , K. Woodruff , N. Yahlali

The review of current experiments on search and studying of double beta decay processes is done. Results of the most sensitive experiments are discussed and values of modern limits on effective Majorana neutrino mass ($<m_{\nu}>) are given.…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-09-20 A. S. Barabash

Search for \beta \beta -decay of Xe-136 with two high pressure proportional counters is carried out in Baksan Neutrino Observatory. The experiment is based on comparision of spectra measured with natural and enriched xenon. The measured…

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…

We report on an improved measurement of the 2\nu \beta \beta\ half-life of Xe-136 performed by EXO-200. The use of a large and homogeneous time projection chamber allows for the precise estimate of the fiducial mass used for the…

We present a search for neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{136}$Xe using the full \mbox{KamLAND-Zen 800} dataset with 745\,kg of enriched xenon, corresponding to an exposure of $2.1$\,ton\,yr of $^{136}$Xe. This updated…

We study a possible calibration technique for the nEXO experiment using a $^{127}$Xe electron capture source. nEXO is a next-generation search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) that will use a 5-tonne, monolithic liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-03 B. G. Lenardo , C. A. Hardy , R. H. M. Tsang , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , A. Piepke , S. Triambak , A. Jamil , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , I. J. Arnquist , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhat , T. Bhatta , A. Bolotnikov , P. A. Breur , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , T. Brunner , E. Caden , G. F. Cao , L. Cao , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , J. R. Cohen , R. Collister , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , L. Darroch , R. DeVoe , M. L. di Vacri , Y. Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , J. Echevers , B. Eckert , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , D. Fairbank , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , Y. S. Fu , G. Gallina , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , W. Gillis , C. Gingras , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , K. Harouaka , M. Heffner , E. Hein , J. Hößl , A. House , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , D. S. Leonard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , J. Masbou , K. McMichael , M. Medina Peregrina , B. Mong , D. C. Moore , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , X. E. Ngwadla , K. Ni , Z. Ning , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , I. Ostrovskiy , C. T. Overman , A. Perna , T. Pinto Franco , A. Pocar , J. F. Pratte , N. Priel , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , H. Rasiwala , K. Raymond , G. Richardson , M. Richman , J. Ringuette , P. C. Rowson , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , A. K. Soma , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , S. Thibado , A. Tidball , J. Todd , T. Totev , O. A. Tyuka , F. Vachon , V. Veeraraghavan , S. Viel , K. Wamba , Y. Wang , Q. Wang , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , W. H. Wu , W. Yan , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

The continuous spectrum of double beta decay ($\beta\beta$) provides a sensitive probe to test the predictions of the standard model and to search for signatures of new physics beyond it. We present a comprehensive analysis of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-04-29 PandaX Collaboration , Zhe Yuan , Zihao Bo , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Chen Cheng , Xiangyi Cui , Manna Deng , Yingjie Fan , Deqing Fang , Xuanye Fu , Zhixing Gao , Yujie Ge , Lisheng Geng , Karl Giboni , Xunan Guo , Xuyuan Guo , Zichao Guo , Chencheng Han , Ke Han , Changda He , Jinrong He , Houqi Huang , Junting Huang , Yule Huang , Ruquan Hou , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Xiaorun Lan , Chenxiang Li , Jiafu Li , Mingchuan Li , Peiyuan Li , Shuaijie Li , Tao Li , Yangdong Li , Zhiyuan Li , Qing Lin , Jianglai Liu , Yuanchun Liu , Congcong Lu , Xiaoying Lu , Lingyin Luo , Yunyang Luo , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Yue Meng , Binyu Pang , Ningchun Qi , Zhicheng Qian , Xiangxiang Ren , Dong Shan , Xiaofeng Shang , Xiyuan Shao , Guofang Shen , Manbin Shen , Wenliang Sun , Xuyan Sun , Yi Tao , Yueqiang Tian , Yuxin Tian , Anqing Wang , Guanbo Wang , Hao Wang , Haoyu Wang , Jiamin Wang , Lei Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Shaobo Wang , Shibo Wang , Siguang Wang , Wei Wang , Xu Wang , Zhou Wang , Yuehuan Wei , Weihao Wu , Yuan Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao , Kaizhi Xiong , Jianqin Xu , Yifan Xu , Shunyu Yao , Binbin Yan , Xiyu Yan , Yong Yang , Peihua Ye , Chunxu Yu , Ying Yuan , Youhui Yun , Xinning Zeng , Minzhen Zhang , Peng Zhang , Shibo Zhang , Siyuan Zhang , Shu Zhang , Tao Zhang , Wei Zhang , Yang Zhang , Yingxin Zhang , Yuanyuan Zhang , Li Zhao , Kangkang Zhao , Jifang Zhou , Jiaxu Zhou , Jiayi Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou , Zhizhen Zhou , Chenhui Zhu , Dong-Liang Fang , Yu-Feng Li

NEXT-DEMO is a 1:4.5 scale prototype of the NEXT100 detector, a high-pressure xenon gas TPC that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe. X-ray energy depositions produced by the de-excitation of Xenon atoms after…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 L. Serra , D. Lorca , J. Martin-Albo , M. Sorel , J. J. Gomez-Cadenas

We perform a search of double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state, $0^+_1$, of $^{136}$Ba (2$\nu \beta \beta$-0$_1^+$), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site…

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…

An experimental setup is being developed to extract Ba ions from a high-pressure Xe gas environment. It aims to transport Ba ions from 10 bar Xe to vacuum conditions. The setup utilizes a converging-diverging nozzle in combination with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Brunner , D. Fudenberg , A. Sabourov , V. L. Varentsov , G. Gratta , D. Sinclair