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Parno DS, Poon AWP, Singh V. Experimental neutrino physics in a nuclear landscape. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2024; 382:20230122. [PMID: 38910396 PMCID: PMC11343210 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2023.0122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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There are profound connections between neutrino physics and nuclear experiments. Exceptionally precise measurements of single and double beta-decay spectra illuminate the scale and nature of neutrino mass and may finally answer the question of whether neutrinos are their own anti-matter counterparts. Neutrino-nucleus scattering underpins oscillation experiments and probes nuclear structure, neutrinos offer a rare vantage point into collapsing stars and nuclear fission reactors and techniques pioneered in neutrino nuclear physics experiments are advancing quantum sensing technologies. In this article, we review current and planned efforts at the intersection of neutrino and nuclear experiments. This article is part of the theme issue 'The liminal position of Nuclear Physics: from hadrons to neutron stars'.
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- D. S. Parno
- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA15213, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720, USA
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Xu HJ, Zhao J, Wang F. Hexadecapole Deformation of ^{238}U from Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions Using a Nonlinear Response Coefficient. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:262301. [PMID: 38996277 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.262301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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The hexadecapole deformation (β_{4}) of the ^{238}U nucleus has not been determined because its effect is overwhelmed by those from the nucleus' large quadrupole deformation (β_{2}) in nuclear electric transition measurements. In this Letter, we identify the nonlinear response of the hexadecapole anisotropy to ellipticity in relativistic U+U collisions that is solely sensitive to β_{4} and insensitive to β_{2}. We demonstrate this by state-of-the-art hydrodynamic calculations and discuss the prospects of discovering the β_{4} of ^{238}U in heavy-ion data at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
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- Hao-Jie Xu
- School of Science, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
- Strong-Coupling Physics International Research Laboratory (SPiRL), Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, NSFC and Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Research Center for Theoretical Nuclear Physics, NSFC and Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Science, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
- Strong-Coupling Physics International Research Laboratory (SPiRL), Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313000, China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Belley A, Yao JM, Bally B, Pitcher J, Engel J, Hergert H, Holt JD, Miyagi T, Rodríguez TR, Romero AM, Stroberg SR, Zhang X. Ab Initio Uncertainty Quantification of Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ^{76}Ge. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:182502. [PMID: 38759198 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.182502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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The observation of neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay would offer proof of lepton number violation, demonstrating that neutrinos are Majorana particles, while also helping us understand why there is more matter than antimatter in the Universe. If the decay is driven by the exchange of the three known light neutrinos, a discovery would, in addition, link the observed decay rate to the neutrino mass scale through a theoretical quantity known as the nuclear matrix element (NME). Accurate values of the NMEs for all nuclei considered for use in 0νββ experiments are therefore crucial for designing and interpreting those experiments. Here, we report the first comprehensive ab initio uncertainty quantification of the 0νββ-decay NME, in the key nucleus ^{76}Ge. Our method employs nuclear strong and weak interactions derived within chiral effective field theory and recently developed many-body emulators. Our result, with a conservative treatment of uncertainty, is an NME of 2.60_{-1.36}^{+1.28}, which, together with the best-existing half-life sensitivity and phase-space factor, sets an upper limit for effective neutrino mass of 187_{-62}^{+205} meV. The result is important for designing next-generation germanium detectors aiming to cover the entire inverted hierarchy region of neutrino masses.
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- A Belley
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, People's Republic of China
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- ESNT, IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3255, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Department of Physics, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Física Fundamental-CIAFF-UAM, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica (FQA), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), c. Martí i Franqués, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), c. Martí i Franqués, 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, People's Republic of China
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An P, Awe C, Barbeau PS, Becker B, Belov V, Bernardi I, Bock C, Bolozdynya A, Bouabid R, Brown A, Browning J, Cabrera-Palmer B, Cervantes M, Conley E, Daughhetee J, Detwiler J, Ding K, Durand MR, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Fabris L, Febbraro M, Gallo Rosso A, Galindo-Uribarri A, Germer AC, Green MP, Hakenmüller J, Heath MR, Hedges S, Hughes M, Johnson BA, Johnson T, Khromov A, Konovalov A, Kozlova E, Kumpan A, Kyzylova O, Li L, Link JM, Liu J, Mahoney M, Major A, Mann K, Markoff DM, Mastroberti J, Mattingly J, Mueller PE, Newby J, Parno DS, Penttila SI, Pershey D, Prior CG, Rapp R, Ray H, Raybern J, Razuvaeva O, Reyna D, Rich GC, Ross J, Rudik D, Runge J, Salvat DJ, Sander J, Scholberg K, Shakirov A, Simakov G, Sinev G, Skuse C, Snow WM, Sosnovtsev V, Subedi T, Suh B, Tayloe R, Tellez-Giron-Flores K, Tsai YT, Ujah E, Vanderwerp J, van Nieuwenhuizen EE, Varner RL, Virtue CJ, Visser G, Walkup K, Ward EM, Wongjirad T, Yoo J, Yu CH, Zawada A, Zettlemoyer J, Zderic A. Measurement of Electron-Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on ^{127}I with the COHERENT NaIνE Detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:221801. [PMID: 38101357 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.221801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Using an 185-kg NaI[Tl] array, COHERENT has measured the inclusive electron-neutrino charged-current cross section on ^{127}I with pion decay-at-rest neutrinos produced by the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Iodine is one the heaviest targets for which low-energy (≤50 MeV) inelastic neutrino-nucleus processes have been measured, and this is the first measurement of its inclusive cross section. After a five-year detector exposure, COHERENT reports a flux-averaged cross section for electron neutrinos of 9.2_{-1.8}^{+2.1}×10^{-40} cm^{2}. This corresponds to a value that is ∼41% lower than predicted using the MARLEY event generator with a measured Gamow-Teller strength distribution. In addition, the observed visible spectrum from charged-current scattering on ^{127}I has been measured between 10 and 55 MeV, and the exclusive zero-neutron and one-or-more-neutron emission cross sections are measured to be 5.2_{-3.1}^{+3.4}×10^{-40} and 2.2_{-0.5}^{+0.4}×10^{-40} cm^{2}, respectively.
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- P An
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania 15301, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow 115409, Russian Federation
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Concord University, Athens, West Virginia 24712, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Augier C, Barabash AS, Bellini F, Benato G, Beretta M, Bergé L, Billard J, Borovlev YA, Cardani L, Casali N, Cazes A, Celi E, Chapellier M, Chiesa D, Dafinei I, Danevich FA, De Jesus M, Dixon T, Dumoulin L, Eitel K, Ferri F, Fujikawa BK, Gascon J, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Grigorieva VD, Gros M, Helis DL, Huang HZ, Huang R, Imbert L, Johnston J, Juillard A, Khalife H, Kleifges M, Kobychev VV, Kolomensky YG, Konovalov SI, Kotila J, Loaiza P, Ma L, Makarov EP, de Marcillac P, Mariam R, Marini L, Marnieros S, Navick XF, Nones C, Norman EB, Olivieri E, Ouellet JL, Pagnanini L, Pattavina L, Paul B, Pavan M, Peng H, Pessina G, Pirro S, Poda DV, Polischuk OG, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Redon T, Rojas A, Rozov S, Sanglard V, Scarpaci JA, Schmidt B, Shen Y, Shlegel VN, Šimkovic F, Singh V, Tomei C, Tretyak VI, Umatov VI, Vagneron L, Velázquez M, Ware B, Welliver B, Winslow L, Xue M, Yakushev E, Zarytskyy M, Zolotarova AS. Measurement of the 2νββ Decay Rate and Spectral Shape of ^{100}Mo from the CUPID-Mo Experiment. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:162501. [PMID: 37925694 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.162501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is a yet unobserved nuclear process that would demonstrate Lepton number violation, a clear evidence of beyond standard model physics. The process two neutrino double beta decay (2νββ) is allowed by the standard model and has been measured in numerous experiments. In this Letter, we report a measurement of 2νββ decay half-life of ^{100}Mo to the ground state of ^{100}Ru of [7.07±0.02(stat)±0.11(syst)]×10^{18} yr by the CUPID-Mo experiment. With a relative precision of ±1.6% this is the most precise measurement to date of a 2νββ decay rate in ^{100}Mo. In addition, we constrain higher-order corrections to the spectral shape, which provides complementary nuclear structure information. We report a novel measurement of the shape factor ξ_{3,1}=0.45±0.03(stat)±0.05(syst) based on a constraint on the ratio of higher-order terms from theory, which can be reliably calculated. This is compared to theoretical predictions for different nuclear models. We also extract the first value for the effective axial vector coupling constant obtained from a spectral shape study of 2νββ decay.
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- C Augier
- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Kurchatov Complex of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Data Processing and Electronics, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyvaäskylä, Finland
- Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching D-85748, Germany
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, People's Republic of China
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- LSM, Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, 73500 Modane, France
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University in Prague, 128 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IP2I-Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, SIMAP, 38420 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
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- John de Laeter Centre for Isotope Research, GPO Box U 1987, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
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- University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, JINR, 141980 Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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Agostini M, Alexander A, Araujo GR, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Biancacci V, Bossio E, Bothe V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Calgaro S, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Chiu PJ, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Giacinto A, Di Marco N, Doroshkevich E, Fischer F, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Gooch C, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hackenmüller S, Hemmer S, Hofmann W, Huang J, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Khushbakht H, Kihm T, Kilgus K, Kirpichnikov IV, Klimenko A, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Manzanillas L, Marshall G, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Morella M, Müller Y, Nemchenok I, Neuberger M, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Rauscher L, Redchuk M, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sailer S, Salamida F, Schönert S, Schreiner J, Schütt M, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Shtembari L, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stukov D, Sullivan S, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, Vignoli C, von Sturm K, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zatschler B, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double-β Decay Half-Life of ^{76}Ge. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:142501. [PMID: 37862664 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.142501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
Abstract
We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double-β decay rate of ^{76}Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg yr, the half-life of the process has been determined: T_{1/2}^{2ν}=(2.022±0.018_{stat}±0.038_{syst})×10^{21} yr. This is the most precise determination of the ^{76}Ge two-neutrino double-β decay half-life and one of the most precise measurements of a double-β decay process. The relevant nuclear matrix element can be extracted: M_{eff}^{2ν}=(0.101±0.001).
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- M Agostini
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- European Commission, JRC-Geel, Geel, Belgium
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
- INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Rebeiro BM, Triambak S, Garrett PE, Ball GC, Brown BA, Menéndez J, Romeo B, Adsley P, Lenardo BG, Lindsay R, Bildstein V, Burbadge C, Coleman R, Diaz Varela A, Dubey R, Faestermann T, Hertenberger R, Kamil M, Leach KG, Natzke C, Nzobadila Ondze JC, Radich A, Rand E, Wirth HF. ^{138}Ba(d,α) Study of States in ^{136}Cs: Implications for New Physics Searches with Xenon Detectors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:052501. [PMID: 37595245 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.052501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
Abstract
We used the ^{138}Ba(d,α) reaction to carry out an in-depth study of states in ^{136}Cs, up to around 2.5 MeV. In this Letter, we place emphasis on hitherto unobserved states below the first 1^{+} level, which are important in the context of solar neutrino and fermionic dark matter (FDM) detection in large-scale xenon-based experiments. We identify for the first time candidate metastable states in ^{136}Cs, which would allow a real-time detection of solar neutrino and FDM events in xenon detectors, with high background suppression. Our results are also compared with shell-model calculations performed with three Hamiltonians that were previously used to evaluate the nuclear matrix element (NME) for ^{136}Xe neutrinoless double beta decay. We find that one of these Hamiltonians, which also systematically underestimates the NME compared with the others, dramatically fails to describe the observed low-energy ^{136}Cs spectrum, while the other two show reasonably good agreement.
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- B M Rebeiro
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Department of Physics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics and Institute of Cosmos Sciences, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Cyclotron Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
- Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, 70-451 Szczecin, Poland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of the Western Cape, P/B X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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Giraud S, Zamora JC, Zegers RGT, Bazin D, Ayyad Y, Bacca S, Beceiro-Novo S, Brown BA, Carls A, Chen J, Cortesi M, DeNudt M, Hagen G, Hultquist C, Maher C, Mittig W, Ndayisabye F, Noji S, Novario SJ, Pereira J, Rahman Z, Schmitt J, Serikow M, Sun LJ, Surbrook J, Watwood N, Wheeler T. β^{+} Gamow-Teller Strengths from Unstable ^{14}O via the (d,^{2}He) Reaction in Inverse Kinematics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:232301. [PMID: 37354417 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.232301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
Abstract
For the first time, the (d,^{2}He) reaction was successfully used in inverse kinematics to extract the Gamow-Teller transition strength in the β^{+} direction from an unstable nucleus. The new technique was made possible by the use of an active-target time-projection chamber and a magnetic spectrometer, and opens a path to addressing a range of scientific challenges, including in astrophysics and neutrino physics. In this Letter, the nucleus studied was ^{14}O, and the Gamow-Teller transition strength to ^{14}N was extracted up to an excitation energy of 22 MeV. The data were compared to shell-model and state-of-the-art coupled-cluster calculations. Shell-model calculations reproduce the measured Gamow-Teller strength distribution up to about 15 MeV reasonably well, after the application of a phenomenological quenching factor. In a significant step forward to better understand this quenching, the coupled-cluster calculation reproduces the full strength distribution well without such quenching, owing to the large model space, the inclusion of strong correlations, and the coupling of the weak interaction to two nucleons through two-body currents.
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- S Giraud
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik and PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- CITENI, Campus Industrial de Ferrol, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de Esteiro, 15403 Ferrol, Spain
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics: Center for the Evolution of the Elements, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Barton PJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kidd MF, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Schaper DC, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Final Result of the Majorana Demonstrator's Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{76}Ge. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:062501. [PMID: 36827565 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.062501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The Majorana Demonstrator searched for neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) of ^{76}Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-background shield. The arrays operated with up to 40.4 kg of detectors (27.2 kg enriched to ∼88% in ^{76}Ge). From these measurements, the Demonstrator has accumulated 64.5 kg yr of enriched active exposure. With a world-leading energy resolution of 2.52 keV FWHM at the 2039 keV Q_{ββ} (0.12%), we set a half-life limit of 0νββ in ^{76}Ge at T_{1/2}>8.3×10^{25} yr (90% C.L.). This provides a range of upper limits on m_{ββ} of (113-269) meV (90% C.L.), depending on the choice of nuclear matrix elements.
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- I J Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München 80805, Germany
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München, 85748 Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Leder AF, Mayer D, Ouellet JL, Danevich FA, Dumoulin L, Giuliani A, Kostensalo J, Kotila J, de Marcillac P, Nones C, Novati V, Olivieri E, Poda D, Suhonen J, Tretyak VI, Winslow L, Zolotarova A. Determining g_{A}/g_{V} with High-Resolution Spectral Measurements Using a LiInSe_{2} Bolometer. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:232502. [PMID: 36563213 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.232502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) processes sample a wide range of intermediate forbidden nuclear transitions, which may be impacted by quenching of the axial vector coupling constant (g_{A}/g_{V}), the uncertainty of which plays a pivotal role in determining the sensitivity reach of 0νββ experiments. In this Letter, we present measurements performed on a high-resolution LiInSe_{2} bolometer in a "source=detector" configuration to measure the spectral shape of the fourfold forbidden β decay of ^{115}In. The value of g_{A}/g_{V} is determined by comparing the spectral shape of theoretical predictions to the experimental β spectrum taking into account various simulated background components as well as a variety of detector effects. We find evidence of quenching of g_{A}/g_{V} at >5σ with a model-dependent quenching factor of 0.655±0.002 as compared to the free-nucleon value for the interacting shell model. We also measured the ^{115}In half-life to be [5.18±0.06(stat)_{-0.015}^{+0.005}(sys)]×10^{14} yr within the interacting shell model framework. This Letter demonstrates the power of the bolometeric technique to perform precision nuclear physics single-β decay measurements, which along with improved nuclear modeling can help reduce the uncertainties in the calculation of several decay nuclear matrix elements including those used in 0νββ sensitivity calculations.
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- A F Leder
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2521 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, Kyiv 03028, Ukraine
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Yliopistokatu 6B, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
- Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Physics Laboratory Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8120, USA
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Commissariat á l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NASU, Kyiv 03028, Ukraine
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Commissariat á l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Si L, Cheng Z, Abdukerim A, Bo Z, Chen W, Chen X, Chen Y, Cheng C, Cheng Y, Cui X, Fan Y, Fang D, Fu C, Fu M, Geng L, Giboni K, Gu L, Guo X, Han K, He C, He J, Huang D, Huang Y, Huang Z, Hou R, Ji X, Ju Y, Li C, Li J, Li M, Li S, Li S, Lin Q, Liu J, Lu X, Luo L, Luo Y, Ma W, Ma Y, Mao Y, Meng Y, Shaheed N, Shang X, Ning X, Qi N, Qian Z, Ren X, Shang C, Shen G, Sun W, Tan A, Tao Y, Wang A, Wang M, Wang Q, Wang S, Wang S, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Wei Y, Wu M, Wu W, Xia J, Xiao M, Xiao X, Xie P, Yan B, Yan X, Yang J, Yang Y, Yu C, Yuan J, Yuan Y, Yuan Z, Zhang D, Zhang M, Zhang P, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhao L, Zheng Q, Zhou J, Zhou N, Zhou X, Zhou Y. Determination of Double Beta Decay Half-Life of 136Xe with the PandaX-4T Natural Xenon Detector. RESEARCH (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2022; 2022:9798721. [PMID: 38645679 PMCID: PMC11030110 DOI: 10.34133/2022/9798721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
Abstract
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 136Xe using the PandaX-4T dual-phase Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with 3.7-tonne natural xenon and the first 94.9-day physics data release. The background model in the fiducial volume is well constrained in situ by events in the outer active region. With a 136Xe exposure of 15.5 kg-year, we establish the half-life as 2.27 ± 0.03(stat.) ± 0.10(syst.) × 1021 years. This is the first DBD half-life measurement with natural xenon and demonstrates the physics capability of a large-scale liquid xenon TPC in the field of rare event searches.
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- Lin Si
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Zhuhai 519082,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
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- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
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- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- School of Physics,
Nankai University,
Tianjin 300071,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE),
Institute of Modern Physics,
Fudan University,
Shanghai 200433,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE),
Institute of Modern Physics,
Fudan University,
Shanghai 200433,
China
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- School of Physics,
Peking University,
Beijing 100871,
China
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- School of Physics,
Beihang University,
Beijing 100191,
China
- International Research Center for Nuclei and Particles in the Cosmos & Beijing key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics,
Beihang University,
Beijing 100191,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Jinrong He
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Di Huang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering,
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,
Shanghai 200093,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
| | - Xiangdong Ji
- Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
College Park,
Maryland 20742,
USA
| | - Yonglin Ju
- School of Mechanical Engineering,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Chenxiang Li
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Jiafu Li
- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
| | - Mingchuan Li
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Shu Li
- School of Mechanical Engineering,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Shuaijie Li
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Qing Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics,
University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,
China
- Department of Modern Physics,
University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
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- School of Physics,
Peking University,
Beijing 100871,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics,
University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,
China
- Department of Modern Physics,
University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei 230026,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE),
Institute of Modern Physics,
Fudan University,
Shanghai 200433,
China
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- School of Physics,
Peking University,
Beijing 100871,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
| | - Xiaofeng Shang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Xuyang Ning
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Ningchun Qi
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Zhicheng Qian
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Xiangxiang Ren
- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
| | - Changsong Shang
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Guofang Shen
- School of Physics,
Beihang University,
Beijing 100191,
China
| | - Wenliang Sun
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Andi Tan
- Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
College Park,
Maryland 20742,
USA
| | - Yi Tao
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
| | - Anqing Wang
- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
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- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
| | - Qiuhong Wang
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE),
Institute of Modern Physics,
Fudan University,
Shanghai 200433,
China
| | - Shaobo Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- SJTU Paris Elite Institute of Technology,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Siguang Wang
- School of Physics,
Peking University,
Beijing 100871,
China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Zhuhai 519082,
China
- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
| | - Xiuli Wang
- School of Mechanical Engineering,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Zhou Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
- Sichuan Research Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Chengdu 610213,
China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Yuehuan Wei
- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Zhuhai 519082,
China
| | - Mengmeng Wu
- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
| | - Weihao Wu
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Jingkai Xia
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Mengjiao Xiao
- Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
College Park,
Maryland 20742,
USA
| | - Xiang Xiao
- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
| | - Pengwei Xie
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Binbin Yan
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Xiyu Yan
- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering,
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,
Shanghai 200093,
China
| | - Jijun Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Yong Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Chunxu Yu
- School of Physics,
Nankai University,
Tianjin 300071,
China
| | - Jumin Yuan
- Research Center for Particle Science and Technology,
Institute of Frontier and Interdisciplinary Science,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
- Key Laboratory of Particle Physics and Particle Irradiation of Ministry of Education,
Shandong University,
Qingdao,
266237 Shandong,
China
| | - Ying Yuan
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Zhe Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE),
Institute of Modern Physics,
Fudan University,
Shanghai 200433,
China
| | - Dan Zhang
- Department of Physics,
University of Maryland,
College Park,
Maryland 20742,
USA
| | - Minzhen Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Peng Zhang
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
| | - Shibo Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Shu Zhang
- School of Physics,
Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275,
China
| | - Tao Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Li Zhao
- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Qibin Zheng
- School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering,
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology,
Shanghai 200093,
China
| | - Jifang Zhou
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology,
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology,
School of Physics and Astronomy,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240,
China
| | - Xiaopeng Zhou
- School of Physics,
Beihang University,
Beijing 100191,
China
| | - Yong Zhou
- Yalong River Hydropower Development Company,
Ltd.,
288 Shuanglin Road,
Chengdu 610051,
China
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Azzolini O, Beeman JW, Bellini F, Beretta M, Biassoni M, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Capelli S, Caracciolo V, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Clemenza M, Colantoni I, Cremonesi O, Cruciani A, D'Addabbo A, Dafinei I, De Dominicis F, Di Domizio S, Ferroni F, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Keppel G, Martinez M, Nagorny S, Nastasi M, Nisi S, Nones C, Orlandi D, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rusconi C, Schäffner K, Tomei C, Vignati M, Zolotarova AS. Final Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of ^{82}Se with CUPID-0. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:111801. [PMID: 36154394 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.111801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
CUPID-0, an array of Zn^{82}Se cryogenic calorimeters, was the first medium-scale demonstrator of the scintillating bolometers' technology. The first project phase (March 2017-December 2018) allowed the most stringent limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of the isotope of interest, ^{82}Se, to be set. After a six month long detector upgrade, CUPID-0 began its second and last phase (June 2019-February 2020). In this Letter, we describe the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{82}Se with a total exposure (phase I+II) of 8.82 kg yr^{-1} of isotope. We set a limit on the half-life of ^{82}Se to the ground state of ^{82}Kr of T_{1/2}^{0ν}(^{82}Se)>4.6×10^{24} yr (90% credible interval), corresponding to an effective Majorana neutrino mass m_{ββ}<(263-545) meV. We also set the most stringent lower limits on the neutrinoless decays of ^{82}Se to the 0_{1}^{+}, 2_{1}^{+}, and 2_{2}^{+} excited states of ^{82}Kr, finding 1.8×10^{23} yr, 3.0×10^{23} yr, and 3.2×10^{23} yr (90% credible interval) respectively.
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- O Azzolini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Pd), Italy
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Beretta
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- CNRS/CSNSM, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Pd), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano - Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Effective Majorana Neutrino Mass for ΔL = 2 Neutrino Oscillations. Symmetry (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/sym14071383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
It is well known that the observations of neutrinoless double-beta decay prove the Majorana nature of the neutrino. However, with specific values of Majorana phases, the effective Majorana neutrino mass to be estimated from the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments is strongly suppressed if the neutrino mass pattern adheres to a normal ordering. In this case, double-beta decay might not be observed even though the neutrino is Majorana in nature. We show if neutrinos oscillate to antineutrinos in their propagation; then, the observation of this oscillation proves that neutrinos are Majorana and will provide a measurement of neutrino masses and Majorana phases.
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Lepton-flavor violation (LFV) has been discovered in the neutrino sector by neutrino oscillation experiments. The minimal extension of the Standard Model (SM) to include neutrino masses allows LFV in the charged sector (CLFV) at the loop level, but at rates that are too small to be experimentally observed. Lepton-number violation (LNV) is explicitly forbidden even in the minimally extended SM, so the observation of an LNV process would be unambiguous evidence of physics beyond the SM. The search for the LNV and CLFV process μ−+N(A,Z)→e++N′(A,Z−2) (referred to as μ−→e+) complements 0νββ decay searches, and is sensitive to potential flavor effects in the neutrino mass-generation mechanism. A theoretical motivation for μ−→e+ is presented along with a review of the status of past μ−→e+ experiments and future prospects. Special attention is paid to an uncertain and potentially dominant background for these searches, namely, radiative muon capture (RMC). The RMC high energy photon spectrum is theoretically understudied and existing measurements insufficiently constrain this portion of the spectrum, leading to potentially significant impacts on current and future μ−→e+ work.
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Wirth R, Yao JM, Hergert H. Ab Initio Calculation of the Contact Operator Contribution in the Standard Mechanism for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:242502. [PMID: 34951798 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.242502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Starting from chiral nuclear interactions, we evaluate the contribution of the leading-order contact transition operator to the nuclear matrix element (NME) of neutrinoless double-beta decay, assuming a light Majorana neutrino-exchange mechanism. The corresponding low-energy constant (LEC) is determined by fitting the transition amplitude of the nn→ppe^{-}e^{-} process to a recently proposed synthetic datum. We examine the dependence of the amplitude on similarity renormalization group scale and chiral expansion order of the nuclear interaction, finding that both dependences can be compensated to a large extent by readjusting the LEC. We evaluate the contribution of both the leading-order contact operator and standard long-range operator to the neutrinoless double-beta decays in the light nuclei ^{6,8}He and the candidate nucleus ^{48}Ca. Our results provide the first clear demonstration that the contact term enhances the NME in calculations with commonly used chiral two- plus three-nucleon interactions. In the case of ^{48}Ca, for example, the NME obtained with the EM(1.8/2.0) interaction is enhanced from 0.61 to 0.87(4), where the uncertainty is propagated from the synthetic datum.
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- R Wirth
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, People's Republic of China
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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This review aims to cover the history and recent developments on cryogenic bolometers for neutrinoless double beta decay (0ν2β) searches. A 0ν2β decay observation would confirm the total lepton charge non-conservation, which is related to a global U(1)LC symmetry. This discovery would also provide essential information on neutrino masses and nature, opening the door to new physics beyond the Standard Model. The bolometric technology shows good prospects for future ton-scale experiments that aim to fully investigate the inverted ordering region of neutrino masses. The big advantage of bolometers is the high energy resolution and the possibility of particle identification, as well as various methods of additional background rejection. The CUORE experiment has proved the feasibility of ton-scale cryogenic experiments, setting the most stringent limit on 130Te 0ν2β decay. Two CUPID demonstrators (CUPID-0 and CUPID-Mo) have set the most stringent limits on 82Se and 100Mo isotopes, respectively, with compatibly low exposures. Several experiments are developing new methods to improve the background in the region of interest with bolometric detectors. CUPID and AMoRE experiments aim to cover the inverted hierarchy region, using scintillating bolometers with hundreds of kg of 100Mo. We review all of these efforts here, with a focus on the different types of radioactive background and the measures put in place to mitigate them.
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Inorganic crystal scintillators play a crucial role in particle detection for various applications in fundamental physics and applied science. The use of such materials as scintillating bolometers, which operate at temperatures as low as 10 mK and detect both heat (phonon) and scintillation signals, significantly extends detectors performance compared to the conventional scintillation counters. In particular, such low-temperature devices offer a high energy resolution in a wide energy interval thanks to a phonon signal detection, while a simultaneous registration of scintillation emitted provides an efficient particle identification tool. This feature is of great importance for a background identification and rejection. Combined with a large variety of elements of interest, which can be embedded in crystal scintillators, scintillating bolometers represent powerful particle detectors for rare-event searches (e.g., rare alpha and beta decays, double-beta decay, dark matter particles, neutrino detection). Here, we review the features and results of low-temperature scintillation detection achieved over a 30-year history of developments of scintillating bolometers and their use in rare-event search experiments.
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Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is a posited lepton number violating decay whose search is an increasingly active field in modern astroparticle physics. A discovery would imply neutrinos are Majorana particles and inform neutrino physics, cosmology and beyond-standard-model theories. Among the few nuclei where double beta decay (ββ) is allowed, tellurium isotopes stand for their high natural abundance and are currently employed in multiple experiments. The search for 0νββ will provide large exposure data sets in the coming years, paving the way for unprecedented sensitivities. We review the latest rare decay searches in tellurium isotopes and compare past results with theories and prospects from running experiments.
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Novario S, Gysbers P, Engel J, Hagen G, Jansen GR, Morris TD, Navrátil P, Papenbrock T, Quaglioni S. Coupled-Cluster Calculations of Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{48}Ca. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:182502. [PMID: 34018796 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.182502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We use coupled-cluster theory and nuclear interactions from chiral effective field theory to compute the nuclear matrix element for the neutrinoless double-β decay of ^{48}Ca. Benchmarks with the no-core shell model in several light nuclei inform us about the accuracy of our approach. For ^{48}Ca we find a relatively small matrix element. We also compute the nuclear matrix element for the two-neutrino double-β decay of ^{48}Ca with a quenching factor deduced from two-body currents in recent ab initio calculation of the Ikeda sum rule in ^{48}Ca [Gysbers et al., Nat. Phys. 15, 428 (2019)NPAHAX1745-247310.1038/s41567-019-0450-7].
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- S Novario
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-414, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Cirigliano V, Dekens W, de Vries J, Hoferichter M, Mereghetti E. Toward Complete Leading-Order Predictions for Neutrinoless Double β Decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:172002. [PMID: 33988430 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.172002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The amplitude for the neutrinoless double β (0νββ) decay of the two-neutron system nn→ppe^{-}e^{-} constitutes a key building block for nuclear-structure calculations of heavy nuclei employed in large-scale 0νββ searches. Assuming that the 0νββ process is mediated by a light-Majorana-neutrino exchange, a systematic analysis in chiral effective field theory shows that already at leading order a contact operator is required to ensure renormalizability. In this Letter, we develop a method to estimate the numerical value of its coefficient (in analogy to the Cottingham formula for electromagnetic contributions to hadron masses) and validate the result by reproducing the charge-independence-breaking contribution to the nucleon-nucleon scattering lengths. Our central result, while derived in dimensional regularization, is given in terms of the renormalized amplitude A_{ν}(|p|,|p^{'}|), matching to which will allow one to determine the contact-term contribution in regularization schemes employed in nuclear-structure calculations. Our results thus greatly reduce a crucial uncertainty in the interpretation of searches for 0νββ decay.
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- Vincenzo Cirigliano
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
- RIKEN BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
- Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam and Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Nikhef, Theory Group, Science Park 105, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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What Is Matter According to Particle Physics, and Why Try to Observe Its Creation in a Lab? UNIVERSE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/universe7030061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The standard model of elementary interactions has long qualified as a theory of matter, in which the postulated conservation laws (one baryonic and three leptonic) acquire theoretical meaning. However, recent observations of lepton number violations—neutrino oscillations—demonstrate its incompleteness. We discuss why these considerations suggest the correctness of Ettore Majorana’s ideas on the nature of neutrino mass and add further interest to the search for an ultra-rare nuclear process in which two particles of matter (electrons) are created, commonly called neutrinoless double beta decay. The approach of the discussion is mainly historical, and its character is introductory. Some technical considerations, which highlight the usefulness of Majorana’s representation of gamma matrices, are presented in the appendix.
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Belley A, Payne CG, Stroberg SR, Miyagi T, Holt JD. Ab Initio Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Matrix Elements for ^{48}Ca, ^{76}Ge, and ^{82}Se. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:042502. [PMID: 33576665 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.042502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We calculate basis-space converged neutrinoless ββ-decay nuclear matrix elements for the lightest candidates: ^{48}Ca, ^{76}Ge, and ^{82}Se. Starting from initial two- and three-nucleon forces, we apply the ab initio in-medium similarity renormalization group to construct valence-space Hamiltonians and consistently transformed ββ-decay operators. We find that the tensor component is non-negligible in ^{76}Ge and ^{82}Se, and the resulting nuclear matrix elements are overall 25%-45% smaller than those obtained from the phenomenological shell model. While a final matrix element with uncertainties still requires substantial developments, this work nevertheless opens a path toward a true first-principles calculation of neutrinoless ββ decay in all nuclei relevant for ongoing large-scale searches.
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- A Belley
- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 Rue University, Montréal, Quebec City H3A 2T8, Canada
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Yao J. Advances in modeling nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double beta decay. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2021; 66:3-5. [PMID: 36654310 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Jiangming Yao
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA.
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Cappuzzello F, Acosta L, Agodi C, Altana C, Amador-Valenzuela P, Boztosun I, Giuseppe AB, Calabrese S, Calvo D, Capirossi V, Carbone D, Cavallaro M, Efrain RCL, Ciraldo I, Cutuli M, Delaunay F, Djapo H, Eke C, Finocchiaro P, Firat S, Fisichella M, Marcilei AGDS, Hacisalihoglu A, Iazzi F, Lanzalone G, La Fauci L, Linares R, Nilberto HM, Moralles M, José RBO, Pakou A, Pandola L, Petrascu H, Pinna F, Russo G, Roberto BBS, Sgouros O, Selçuk OS, Souliotis G, Soukeras V, Spatafora A, Torresi D, Tudisco S, Yildirin A, Vinicius ABZ. Recent experimental activity on heavy-ion induced reactions within the NUMEN project. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202125204001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The possibility to use a special class of heavy-ion induced direct reactions, such as double charge exchange reactions, is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay half-life. The strategies adopted in the experimental campaigns performed at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud are briefly described, emphasizing the advantages of the multi-channel approach to nuclear reaction data analysis.
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Neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay searches are currently among the major foci of experimental physics. The observation of such a decay will have important implications in our understanding of the intrinsic nature of neutrinos and shed light on the limitations of the Standard Model. The rate of this process depends on both the unknown neutrino effective mass and the nuclear matrix element (M0ν) associated with the given 0νββ transition. The latter can only be provided by theoretical calculations, hence the need of accurate theoretical predictions of M0ν for the success of the experimental programs. This need drives the theoretical nuclear physics community to provide the most reliable calculations of M0ν. Among the various computational models adopted to solve the many-body nuclear problem, the shell model is widely considered as the basic framework of the microscopic description of the nucleus. Here, we review the most recent and advanced shell-model calculations of M0ν considering the light-neutrino-exchange channel for nuclei of experimental interest. We report the sensitivity of the theoretical calculations with respect to variations in the model spaces and the shell-model nuclear Hamiltonians.
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Neutrino-Mass Sensitivity and Nuclear Matrix Element for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. UNIVERSE 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/universe6120225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neutrinoless double beta decay (DBD) is a useful probe to study neutrino properties such as the Majorana nature, the absolute neutrino mass, the CP phase and the others, which are beyond the standard model. The nuclear matrix element (NME) for DBD is crucial to extract the neutrino properties from the experimental transition rate. The neutrino-mass sensitivity, i.e., the minimum neutrino-mass to be measured by the DBD experiment, is very sensitive to the DBD NME. Actually, the NME is one of the key elements for designing the DBD experiment. Theoretical evaluation for the DBD NME, however, is very hard. Recently experimental studies of charge-exchange nuclear and leptonic reactions have shown to be used to get single-β NMEs associated with the DBD NME. Critical discussions are made on the neutrino-mass sensitivity and the NME for the DBD neutrino-mass study and on the experimental studies of the single-β NMEs and nuclear structures associated with DBD NMEs.
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Gambacurta D, Grasso M, Engel J. Gamow-Teller Strength in ^{48}Ca and ^{78}Ni with the Charge-Exchange Subtracted Second Random-Phase Approximation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:212501. [PMID: 33274967 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.212501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We develop a fully self-consistent subtracted second random-phase approximation for charge-exchange processes with Skyrme energy-density functionals. As a first application, we study Gamow-Teller excitations in the doubly magic nucleus ^{48}Ca, the lightest double-β emitter that could be used in an experiment, and in ^{78}Ni, the single-beta-decay rate of which is known. The amount of Gamow-Teller strength below 20 or 30 MeV is considerably smaller than in other energy-density-functional calculations and agrees better with experiment in ^{48}Ca, as does the beta-decay rate in ^{78}Ni. These important results, obtained without ad hoc quenching factors, are due to the presence of two-particle-two-hole configurations. Their density progressively increases with excitation energy, leading to a long high-energy tail in the spectrum, a fact that may have implications for the computation of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-β decay in the same framework.
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- D Gambacurta
- INFN-LNS, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, CB 3255, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255, USA
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Nuclear Response to Second-Order Isospin Probes in Connection to Double Beta Decay. UNIVERSE 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/universe6110217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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One of the key ingredients needed to extract quantitative information on neutrino absolute mass scale from the possible measurement of the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay half-lives is the nuclear matrix element (NME) characterizing such transitions. NMEs are not physical observables and can only be deduced by theoretical calculations. However, since the atomic nuclei involved in the decay are many-body systems, only approximated values are available to date. In addition, the value of the coupling constants to be used for the weak interaction vertices is still an open question, which introduces a further indetermination in the calculations of NMEs. Several experimental approaches were developed in the years with the aim of providing useful information to further constrain the theory. Here we give an overview of the role of charge exchange reactions in this scenario, focusing on second-order processes, namely the double charge exchange (DCE) reactions.
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Ma YL, Rho M. Quenched g_{A} in Nuclei and Emergent Scale Symmetry in Baryonic Matter. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:142501. [PMID: 33064499 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.142501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The recent RIKEN experiment on the quenched g_{A} in the superallowed Gamow-Teller transition from ^{100}Sn indicates the role of scale anomaly encoded in the anomalous dimension β^{'} of the gluonic stress tensor Tr G_{μν}^{2}. This observation provides support to the notion of hidden scale symmetry emerging by strong nuclear correlations with an infrared (IR) fixed point realized-in the chiral limit-in the Nambu-Goldstone mode. We suggest there is an analogy in the way scale symmetry manifests in a nuclear medium to the continuity from the unitarity limit at low density (in light nuclei) to the dilaton limit at high density (in compact stars). In between the limits, say, at normal nuclear matter density, the symmetry is not visible, hence hidden.
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- Yong-Liang Ma
- School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (ICTP-AP) (Beijing/Hangzhou), UCAS, Beijing 100190, China
- Center for Theoretical Physics and College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Théorique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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All existing positive results on two-neutrino double beta decay and two-neutrino double electron capture in different nuclei have been analyzed. Weighted average and recommended half-life values for 48Ca, 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 100Mo - 100Ru (01+), 116Cd, 128Te, 130Te, 136Xe, 150Nd, 150Nd - 150Sm (01+), 238U, 78Kr, 124Xe and 130Ba have been obtained. Given the measured half-life values, effective nuclear matrix elements for all these transitions were calculated.
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Are neutrinos with definite masses Majorana or Dirac particles? This is one of the most fundamental problems of modern neutrino physics. The solution to this problem could be crucial for understanding the origin of small neutrino masses. We review here basic arguments in favor of the Majorana nature of massive neutrinos. The phenomenological theory of 0νββ-decay is briefly discussed and recent experimental data and sensitivity of future experiments are presented.
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The NUMEN Heavy Ion Multidetector for a Complementary Approach to the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. UNIVERSE 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/universe6090129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neutrinos are so far the most elusive known particles, and in the last decades many sophisticated experiments have been set up in order to clarify several questions about their intrinsic nature, in particular their masses, mass hierarchy, intrinsic nature of Majorana or Dirac particles. Evidence of the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (NDBD) would prove that neutrinos are Majorana particles, thus improving the understanding of the universe itself. Besides the search for several large underground experiments for the direct experimental detection of NDBD, the NUMEN experiment proposes the investigation of a nuclear mechanism strongly linked to this decay: the Double Charge Exchange reactions (DCE). As such reactions share with the NDBD the same initial and final nuclear states, they could shed light on the determination of the Nuclear Matrix Elements (NMEs), which play a relevant role in the decay. The physics of DCE is described elsewhere in this issue, while the focus of this paper will be on the challenging experimental apparatus currently under construction in order to fulfil the requirements of the NUMEN experiment. The overall structure of the technological improvement to the cyclotron, along with the newly developed detection systems required for tracking and identifying the reaction products and their final excitation level are described.
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Yao JM, Bally B, Engel J, Wirth R, Rodríguez TR, Hergert H. Ab Initio Treatment of Collective Correlations and the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of ^{48}Ca. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:232501. [PMID: 32603157 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.232501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Working with Hamiltonians from chiral effective field theory, we develop a novel framework for describing arbitrary deformed medium-mass nuclei by combining the in-medium similarity renormalization group with the generator coordinate method. The approach leverages the ability of the first method to capture dynamic correlations and the second to include collective correlations without violating symmetries. We use our scheme to compute the matrix element that governs the neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{48}Ca to ^{48}Ti, and find it to have the value 0.61, near or below the predictions of most phenomenological methods. The result opens the door to ab initio calculations of the matrix elements for the decay of heavier nuclei such as ^{76}Ge, ^{130}Te, and ^{136}Xe.
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- J M Yao
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3255, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3255, USA
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Departamento de Física Teórica y Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Física Fundamental, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Adams DQ, Alduino C, Alfonso K, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Bari G, Bellini F, Benato G, Biassoni M, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Caminata A, Campani A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Chott N, Clemenza M, Copello S, Cosmelli C, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, D'Addabbo A, D'Aguanno D, Dafinei I, Davis CJ, Dell'Oro S, Di Domizio S, Dompè V, Fang DQ, Fantini G, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Giachero A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Gutierrez TD, Han K, Heeger KM, Huang RG, Huang HZ, Johnston J, Keppel G, Kolomensky YG, Ligi C, Ma YG, Ma L, Marini L, Maruyama RH, Mei Y, Moggi N, Morganti S, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nikkel J, Nones C, Norman EB, Novati V, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Ouellet JL, Pagliarone CE, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rosenfeld C, Rusconi C, Sakai M, Sangiorgio S, Schmidt B, Scielzo ND, Sharma V, Singh V, Sisti M, Speller D, Surukuchi PT, Taffarello L, Terranova F, Tomei C, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wang BS, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Zanotti L, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ^{130} Te with CUORE. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:122501. [PMID: 32281829 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.122501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ^{130} Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a fourfold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds, and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of (1.38±0.07)×10^{-2} counts/(keV kg yr)) in the 0νββ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5 kg yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of 1.7×10^{25} yr. We find no evidence for 0νββ decay and set a 90% credibility interval Bayesian lower limit of 3.2×10^{25} yr on the ^{130} Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that 0νββ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350 meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.
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- D Q Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- CSNSM, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
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- INPAC and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Service de Physique des Particules, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- CSNSM, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Universit Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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Yates SW, Peters EE, Crider BP, Mukhopadhyay S, Ramirez APD. Relevance of the Nuclear Structure of the Stable Ge Isotopes to the Neutrino-less Double-Beta Decay of 76Ge. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023204011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Gamma-ray detection following the inelastic neutron scattering reaction on isotopically enriched material was used to study the nuclear structure of 74Ge. From these measurements, low-lying, low-spin excited states were characterized, new states and their decays were identified, level lifetimes were measured with the Doppler-shift attenuation method (DSAM), multipole mixing ratios were established, and transition probabilities were determined. New structural features in 74Ge were identified, and the reanalysis of older 76Ge data led to the placement of the 2+ member of the intruder band. In addition, a number of previously placed states in 74Ge were shown not to exist. A procedure for future work, which will lead to meaningful data for constraining calculations of the neutrinoless double-beta decay matrix element, is suggested.
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Itaco N, Coraggio L, Mancino R. Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay and Realistic Shell Model. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201922301025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report on the calculation of the neutrinoless double-ß decay nuclear matrix element for 76Ge within the framework of the realistic shell model. The effective shell-model Hamiltonian and the two-body transition operator describing the decay are derived by way of many-body perturbation theory. Particular attention is focused on the role played by the so-called Pauli blocking effect in the derivation of the effective operator.
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Robin C, Litvinova E. Time-Reversed Particle-Vibration Loops and Nuclear Gamow-Teller Response. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:202501. [PMID: 31809092 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.202501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The nuclear response theory for charge-exchange modes in the relativistic particle-vibration coupling approach is extended to include for the first time particle-vibration coupling effects in the ground state of the parent nucleus. In a framework based on the effective meson-nucleon Lagrangian, we investigate the role of such complex ground-state correlations in the description of Gamow-Teller transitions in ^{90}Zr in both (p, n) and (n, p) channels. The particle-vibration coupling effects are calculated without introducing new parameters. We find that this new correlation mechanism is fully responsible for the appearance of the strength in the (n, p) branch. Comparison of our results to the available experimental data shows a very good agreement up to excitation energies beyond the giant resonance region when taking into account a phenomenological admixture of the isovector spin monopole transitions. The parent-daughter binding-energy differences are also greatly improved by the inclusion of the new correlations.
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- Caroline Robin
- Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
- JINA-CEE, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5252, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Anton G, Badhrees I, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Bhatta T, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Cao GF, Cen WR, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Danilov M, Darroch L, Daugherty SJ, Davis J, Delaquis S, Der Mesrobian-Kabakian A, DeVoe R, Dilling J, Dolgolenko A, Dolinski MJ, Echevers J, Fairbank W, Fairbank D, Farine J, Feyzbakhsh S, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Gautam P, Gornea R, Gratta G, Hall C, Hansen EV, Hoessl J, Hufschmidt P, Hughes M, Iverson A, Jamil A, Jessiman C, Jewell MJ, Johnson A, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Koffas T, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Lan Y, Larson A, Lenardo BG, Leonard DS, Li GS, Li S, Li Z, Licciardi C, Lin YH, MacLellan R, McElroy T, Michel T, Mong B, Moore DC, Murray K, Njoya O, Nusair O, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Piepke A, Pocar A, Retière F, Robinson AL, Rowson PC, Ruddell D, Runge J, Schmidt S, Sinclair D, Soma AK, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Todd J, Tolba T, Totev TI, Veenstra B, Veeraraghavan V, Vogel P, Vuilleumier JL, Wagenpfeil M, Watkins J, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Wrede G, Wu SX, Xia Q, Yahne DR, Yang L, Yen YR, Zeldovich OY, Ziegler T. Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:161802. [PMID: 31702371 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.161802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A search for neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) in ^{136}Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between 0νββ and background events. Relative to previous analyses, the signal detection efficiency has been raised from 80.8% to 96.4±3.0%, and the energy resolution of the detector at the Q value of ^{136}Xe 0νββ has been improved from σ/E=1.23% to 1.15±0.02% with the upgraded detector. Accounting for the new data, the median 90% confidence level 0νββ half-life sensitivity for this analysis is 5.0×10^{25} yr with a total ^{136}Xe exposure of 234.1 kg yr. No statistically significant evidence for 0νββ is observed, leading to a lower limit on the 0νββ half-life of 3.5×10^{25} yr at the 90% confidence level.
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- G Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, Quebec, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, Quebec, Canada
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- Physics Department and CEEM, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Garching 80805, Germany
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics, Daejeon 34126, Korea
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, Quebec, Canada
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T8, Quebec, Canada
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Kellogg Lab, Caltech, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LHEP, Albert Einstein Center, University of Bern, Bern CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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- Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Physics Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics named by A.I. Alikhanov of National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute," 117218 Moscow, Russia
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen 91058, Germany
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Agostini M, Bakalyarov AM, Balata M, Barabanov I, Baudis L, Bauer C, Bellotti E, Belogurov S, Bettini A, Bezrukov L, Borowicz D, Brudanin V, Brugnera R, Caldwell A, Cattadori C, Chernogorov A, Comellato T, D'Andrea V, Demidova EV, Di Marco N, Domula A, Doroshkevich E, Egorov V, Falkenstein R, Fomina M, Gangapshev A, Garfagnini A, Giordano M, Grabmayr P, Gurentsov V, Gusev K, Hakenmüller J, Hegai A, Heisel M, Hemmer S, Hiller R, Hofmann W, Hult M, Inzhechik LV, Janicskó Csáthy J, Jochum J, Junker M, Kazalov V, Kermaïdic Y, Kihm T, Kirpichnikov IV, Kirsch A, Kish A, Klimenko A, Kneißl R, Knöpfle KT, Kochetov O, Kornoukhov VN, Krause P, Kuzminov VV, Laubenstein M, Lazzaro A, Lindner M, Lippi I, Lubashevskiy A, Lubsandorzhiev B, Lutter G, Macolino C, Majorovits B, Maneschg W, Miloradovic M, Mingazheva R, Misiaszek M, Moseev P, Nemchenok I, Panas K, Pandola L, Pelczar K, Pertoldi L, Piseri P, Pullia A, Ransom C, Riboldi S, Rumyantseva N, Sada C, Sala E, Salamida F, Schmitt C, Schneider B, Schönert S, Schütz AK, Schulz O, Schwarz M, Schwingenheuer B, Selivanenko O, Shevchik E, Shirchenko M, Simgen H, Smolnikov A, Stanco L, Stukov D, Vanhoefer L, Vasenko AA, Veresnikova A, von Sturm K, Wagner V, Wegmann A, Wester T, Wiesinger C, Wojcik M, Yanovich E, Zhitnikov I, Zhukov SV, Zinatulina D, Zschocke A, Zsigmond AJ, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Probing Majorana neutrinos with double-β decay. Science 2019; 365:1445-1448. [PMID: 31488705 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav8613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
A discovery that neutrinos are Majorana fermions would have profound implications for particle physics and cosmology. The Majorana character of neutrinos would make possible the neutrinoless double-β (0νββ) decay, a matter-creating process without the balancing emission of antimatter. The GERDA Collaboration searches for the 0νββ decay of 76Ge by operating bare germanium detectors in an active liquid argon shield. With a total exposure of 82.4 kg⋅year, we observe no signal and derive a lower half-life limit of T 1/2 > 0.9 × 1026 years (90% C.L.). Our T 1/2 sensitivity, assuming no signal, is 1.1 × 1026 years. Combining the latter with those from other 0νββ decay searches yields a sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass of 0.07 to 0.16 electron volts.
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- M Agostini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
| | - M Balata
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - I Barabanov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - L Baudis
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - C Bauer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Bellotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy.,INFN Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milan, Italy
| | - S Belogurov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia.,Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - A Bettini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - L Bezrukov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - D Borowicz
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - V Brudanin
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - R Brugnera
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - A Caldwell
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - T Comellato
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - V D'Andrea
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - E V Demidova
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - N Di Marco
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - A Domula
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
| | - E Doroshkevich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - V Egorov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - R Falkenstein
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - M Fomina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - A Gangapshev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - A Garfagnini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - M Giordano
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - P Grabmayr
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - V Gurentsov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - K Gusev
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany.,National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Hegai
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - M Heisel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Hemmer
- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - R Hiller
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - W Hofmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Hult
- European Commission, JRC-Geel, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - J Janicskó Csáthy
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - J Jochum
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - M Junker
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - V Kazalov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - Y Kermaïdic
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - T Kihm
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I V Kirpichnikov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - A Kirsch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Kish
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - K T Knöpfle
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - V N Kornoukhov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia.,Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - P Krause
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - V V Kuzminov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - M Laubenstein
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - A Lazzaro
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - M Lindner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I Lippi
- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - A Lubashevskiy
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - B Lubsandorzhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - G Lutter
- European Commission, JRC-Geel, B-2440 Geel, Belgium
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - B Majorovits
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - W Maneschg
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Miloradovic
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - R Mingazheva
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - M Misiaszek
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
| | - P Moseev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - I Nemchenok
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - K Panas
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
| | - L Pandola
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, I-95123 Catania, Italy
| | - K Pelczar
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 Assergi, Italy
| | - L Pertoldi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - P Piseri
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
| | - A Pullia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
| | - C Ransom
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
| | - S Riboldi
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
| | - N Rumyantseva
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - C Sada
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - E Sala
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - F Salamida
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - C Schmitt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - B Schneider
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
| | - S Schönert
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - A-K Schütz
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - O Schulz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - M Schwarz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - E Shevchik
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - M Shirchenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - H Simgen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Smolnikov
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - L Stanco
- INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - D Stukov
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
| | - L Vanhoefer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - A A Vasenko
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117259, Russia
| | - A Veresnikova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - K von Sturm
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, I-35121 Padua, Italy.,INFN Padova, I-35131 Padua, Italy
| | - V Wagner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Wegmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - T Wester
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
| | - C Wiesinger
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Munich, Germany
| | - M Wojcik
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
| | - E Yanovich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
| | - I Zhitnikov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
| | - S V Zhukov
- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow 123182, Russia
| | - D Zinatulina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | - A J Zsigmond
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 Munich, Germany
| | - K Zuber
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
| | - G Zuzel
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow 40-348, Poland
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Ayangeakaa AD, Janssens RVF, Zhu S, Little D, Henderson J, Wu CY, Hartley DJ, Albers M, Auranen K, Bucher B, Carpenter MP, Chowdhury P, Cline D, Crawford HL, Fallon P, Forney AM, Gade A, Hayes AB, Kondev FG, Lauritsen T, Li J, Macchiavelli AO, Rhodes D, Seweryniak D, Stolze SM, Walters WB, Wu J. Evidence for Rigid Triaxial Deformation in ^{76}Ge from a Model-Independent Analysis. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:102501. [PMID: 31573317 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.102501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
An extensive, model-independent analysis of the nature of triaxial deformation in ^{76}Ge, a candidate for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay, was carried out following multistep Coulomb excitation. Shape parameters deduced on the basis of a rotational-invariant sum-rule analysis provided considerable insight into the underlying collectivity of the ground-state and γ bands. Both sequences were determined to be characterized by the same β and γ deformation parameter values. In addition, compelling evidence for low-spin, rigid triaxial deformation in ^{76}Ge was obtained for the first time from the analysis of the statistical fluctuations of the quadrupole asymmetry deduced from the measured E2 matrix elements. These newly determined shape parameters are important input and constraints for calculations aimed at providing, with suitable accuracy, the nuclear matrix elements relevant to 0νββ.
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- A D Ayangeakaa
- Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, USA
| | - R V F Janssens
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
| | - D Little
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
| | - J Henderson
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - C Y Wu
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - D J Hartley
- Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, USA
| | - M Albers
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
| | - K Auranen
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
| | - B Bucher
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - M P Carpenter
- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Azzolini O, Beeman JW, Bellini F, Beretta M, Biassoni M, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Capelli S, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Clemenza M, Cremonesi O, Cruciani A, Dafinei I, Di Domizio S, Ferroni F, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Keppel G, Martinez M, Nagorny S, Nastasi M, Nisi S, Nones C, Orlandi D, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rusconi C, Schäffner K, Tomei C, Vignati M, Zolotarova AS. Final Result of CUPID-0 Phase-I in the Search for the ^{82}Se Neutrinoless Double-β Decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:032501. [PMID: 31386478 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.032501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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CUPID-0 is the first pilot experiment of CUPID, a next-generation project for the measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay (0νDBD) with scintillating bolometers. The detector, consisting of 24 enriched and 2 natural ZnSe crystals, has been taking data at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso from June 2017 to December 2018, collecting a ^{82}Se exposure of 5.29 kg×yr. In this Letter we present the phase-I results in the search for 0νDBD. We demonstrate that the technology implemented by CUPID-0 allows us to reach the lowest background for calorimetric experiments: (3.5_{-0.9}^{+1.0})×10^{-3} counts/(keV kg yr). Monitoring 3.88×10^{25} ^{82}Se nuclei×yr we reach a 90% credible interval median sensitivity of T_{1/2}^{0ν}>5.0×10^{24} yr and set the most stringent limit on the half-life of ^{82}Se 0νDBD: T_{1/2}^{0ν}>3.5×10^{24} yr (90% credible interval), corresponding to m_{ββ}<(311-638) meV depending on the nuclear matrix element calculations.
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- O Azzolini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Pd), Italy
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- CSNSM, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
- DISAT, Università dell'Insubria, 22100 Como, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro (Pd), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
- INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano Bicocca, I-20126 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Gando A, Gando Y, Hachiya T, Ha Minh M, Hayashida S, Honda Y, Hosokawa K, Ikeda H, Inoue K, Ishidoshiro K, Kamei Y, Kamizawa K, Kinoshita T, Koga M, Matsuda S, Mitsui T, Nakamura K, Ono A, Ota N, Otsuka S, Ozaki H, Shibukawa Y, Shimizu I, Shirahata Y, Shirai J, Sato T, Soma K, Suzuki A, Takeuchi A, Tamae K, Ueshima K, Watanabe H, Chernyak D, Kozlov A, Obara S, Yoshida S, Takemoto Y, Umehara S, Fushimi K, Hirata S, Berger BE, Fujikawa BK, Learned JG, Maricic J, Winslow LA, Efremenko Y, Karwowski HJ, Markoff DM, Tornow W, O'Donnell T, Detwiler JA, Enomoto S, Decowski MP, Menéndez J, Dvornický R, Šimkovic F. Precision Analysis of the ^{136}Xe Two-Neutrino ββ Spectrum in KamLAND-Zen and Its Impact on the Quenching of Nuclear Matrix Elements. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:192501. [PMID: 31144924 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.192501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present a precision analysis of the ^{136}Xe two-neutrino ββ electron spectrum above 0.8 MeV, based on high-statistics data obtained with the KamLAND-Zen experiment. An improved formalism for the two-neutrino ββ rate allows us to measure the ratio of the leading and subleading 2νββ nuclear matrix elements (NMEs), ξ_{31}^{2ν}=-0.26_{-0.25}^{+0.31}. Theoretical predictions from the nuclear shell model and the majority of the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) calculations are consistent with the experimental limit. However, part of the ξ_{31}^{2ν} range allowed by the QRPA is excluded by the present measurement at the 90% confidence level. Our analysis reveals that predicted ξ_{31}^{2ν} values are sensitive to the quenching of NMEs and the competing contributions from low- and high-energy states in the intermediate nucleus. Because these aspects are also at play in neutrinoless ββ decay, ξ_{31}^{2ν} provides new insights toward reliable neutrinoless ββ NMEs.
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- A Gando
- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Research Center for Neutrino Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
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- Kyoto University, Department of Physics, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima 770-8502, Japan
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Physics Departments at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA; and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Physics Departments at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA; and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; Physics Departments at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA; and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan
- Nikhef and the University of Amsterdam, Science Park, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Nuclear Study, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F1, SK-842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems, JINR 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F1, SK-842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Czech Technical University in Prague, 128-00 Prague, Czech Republic
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Feng X, Jin LC, Tuo XY, Xia SC. Light-Neutrino Exchange and Long-Distance Contributions to 0ν2β Decays: An Exploratory Study on ππ→ee. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:022001. [PMID: 30720288 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.022001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present an exploratory lattice QCD calculation of the neutrinoless double beta decay ππ→ee. Under the mechanism of light-neutrino exchange, the decay amplitude involves significant long-distance contributions. The calculation reported here, with pion masses m_{π}=420 and 140 MeV, demonstrates that the decay amplitude can be computed from first principles using lattice methods. At unphysical and physical pion masses, we obtain that amplitudes are 24% and 9% smaller than the predication from leading order chiral perturbation theory. Our findings provide the lattice QCD inputs and constraints for effective field theory. A follow-on calculation with fully controlled systematic errors will be possible with adequate computational resources.
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- Xu Feng
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
- Center for High Energy Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
- RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Building 510, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Cavallaro M, Acosta L, Agodi C, Altana C, Amador-Valenzuela P, Auerbach N, Barea J, Bellone JI, Bijker R, Bonanno D, Borello-Lewin T, Boztosun I, Branchina V, Brasolin S, Brischetto GA, Brunasso O, Burrello S, Calabrese S, Calabretta L, Calvo D, Capirossi V, Cappuzzello F, Carbone D, Charon Garcia LE, Chávez Lomeli ER, Chen R, Ciraldo I, Colonna M, D'Agostino G, Delaunay F, Deshmukh N, Djapo H, De Geronimo G, De Los Rìos K, Ferraresi C, Ferreira JL, Ferretti J, Finocchiaro P, Firat S, Fisichella M, Foti A, Gallo G, Garcia-Tecocoatzi H, Hacisalihoglu A, Huerta-Hernandez A, Kotila J, Kucuk Y, Iazzi F, Lanzalone G, Antonio Lay J, La Fauci L, La Via F, Lenske H, Linares R, Lo Prest D, Lubian J, Ma J, Marin-Lámbarri D, Mas Ruiz J, Medina NH, Mendes DR, Mereu P, Moralles M, Neri L, Oliveira JRB, Pakou A, Pandola L, Petrascu H, Pietralla N, Pinna F, Reito S, Ries PC, Rodrigues MRD, Russo AD, Russo G, Santopinto E, Santos RBB, Serbina L, Sgouros O, da Silveira MAG, Solakci SO, Souliotis G, Soukeras V, Spatafora A, Torresi D, Ameil F, Tudisco S, Vargas Hernandez H, Vsevolodovna RIM, Wang JS, Werner V, Yang YY, Yildirin A, Zagatto VAB. Recent results on heavy-ion induced reactions of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay at INFN-LNS. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201922301009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The possibility to use a special class of heavy-ion induced direct reactions, such as double charge exchange reactions, is discussed in view of their application to extract information that may be helpful to determinate the nuclear matrix elements entering in the expression of neutrinoless double beta decay half-life. The methodology of the experimental campaign presently running at INFN - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud is reported andthe experimental challenges characterizing such activity are described.
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Brofferio C, Dell'Oro S. Contributed Review: The saga of neutrinoless double beta decay search with TeO 2 thermal detectors. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:121502. [PMID: 30599557 DOI: 10.1063/1.5031485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is a direct probe of physics beyond the standard model. Its discovery would demonstrate that the lepton number is not a symmetry of nature and would provide us with unique information on the nature and mass of the neutrinos. Among the experimental techniques employed in the investigation of this rare process, thermal detectors fulfill the requirements for a powerful search, showing an excellent energy resolution and the possibility of scaling to very large masses. In this work, we review the long chain of bolometric experiments based on TeO2 crystals that were and continue to be carried out at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy), searching for 0νββ of 130Te. We illustrate the progress and improvements achieved in almost thirty years of measurements and compare the various performance and results. We describe the several steps that led to the CUORE detector, the latest of this series and presently in data taking, and we highlight the challenges that a next bolometric experiment will face in order to further improve the sensitivity, especially concerning the background abatement. Finally, we emphasize the advantages of 130Te in the search for 0νββ with a further future experiment.
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- Chiara Brofferio
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano - Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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Graf L, Deppisch FF, Iachello F, Kotila J. Short-range neutrinoless double beta decay mechanisms. Int J Clin Exp Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.98.095023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Šimkovic F, Dvornický R, Štefánik D. Two neutrino double-beta decay and effective axial-vector coupling constant. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201819402002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The theoretical and experimental study of the two-neutrino double-beta decay (2νββ-decay) is of crucial importance for reliable calculation of matrix elements governing the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ-decay). That will allow to determine masses of neutrinos once the 0νββ-decay, which occurs if the neutrino is a massive Majorana particle and the total lepton number is not onserved, will be observed. Experiments studying the 2νββ-decay are currently approaching a qualitatively new level, where high-precision measurements are performed not only for half-lives but for all other observables of the process. In this context an improved formula for the 2νββ-decay is presented. Further, a novel approach for determining the effective axial-vector coupling constant is proposed.
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Carbone D, Cappuzzello F, Agodi C, Cavallaro M, Acosta L, Bonanno D, Bongiovanni D, Boztosun I, Calabrese S, Calvo D, Chávez Lomelí E, Delaunay F, Deshmukh N, Finocchiaro P, Fisichella M, Foti A, Gallo G, Hacisalihoglu A, Iazzi F, Introzzi R, Lanzalone G, Linares R, Longhitano F, Lo Presti D, Medina N, Muoio A, Oliveira J, Pakou A, Pandola L, Pinna F, Reito S, Russo G, Santagati G, Sgouros O, Solakcı S, Soukeras V, Souliotis G, Spatafora A, Torresi D, Tudisco S, Yildirim A, Zagatto V. The nuclear matrix elements of 0νββ decay and the NUMEN project at INFN-LNS. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201819402001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The goal of NUMEN project is to access experimentally driven information on Nuclear Matrix Elements (NME) involved in the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ), by high-accuracy measurements of the cross sections of Heavy Ion (HI) induced Double Charge Exchange (DCE) reactions. The knowledge of the nuclear matrix elements is crucial to infer the neutrino average masses from the possible measurement of the half-life of 00νββ decay and to compare experiments on different isotopes. In particular, the (18O, 18Ne) and (20Ne, 20O) reactions are performed as tools for β+β+ and β-β- decays, respectively. The experiments are performed at INFN - Laboratory Nazionali del Sud (LNS) in Catania using the Superconducting Cyclotron (CS) to accelerate the beams and the MAGNEX magnetic spectrometer to detect the reaction products. The measured cross sections are very low, limiting the present exploration to few selected isotopes of interest in the context of typically low-yield experimental runs. In order to make feasible a systematic study of all the candidate nuclei, a major upgrade of the LNS facility is foreseen to increase the experimental yield of about two orders of magnitude. To this purpose, frontier technologies are going to be developed for both the accelerator and the detection systems. In parallel, advanced theoretical models will be developed to extract the nuclear structure information from the measured cross sections.
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Barabash A, Belli P, Bernabei R, Cappella F, Caracciolo V, Cerulli R, Chernyak D, Danevich F, d’Angelo S, Incicchitti A, Kasperovych D, Kobychev V, Konovalov S, Laubenstein M, Poda D, Polischuk O, Shlegel V, Tretyak V, Umatov V, Vasiliev YV. Final results of the Aurora experiment to study
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crystal scintillators. Int J Clin Exp Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.98.092007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Nicholson A, Berkowitz E, Monge-Camacho H, Brantley D, Garron N, Chang CC, Rinaldi E, Clark MA, Joó B, Kurth T, Tiburzi BC, Vranas P, Walker-Loud A. Heavy Physics Contributions to Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay from QCD. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:172501. [PMID: 30411940 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.172501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Observation of neutrinoless double beta decay, a lepton number violating process that has been proposed to clarify the nature of neutrino masses, has spawned an enormous world-wide experimental effort. Relating nuclear decay rates to high-energy, beyond the standard model (BSM) physics requires detailed knowledge of nonperturbative QCD effects. Using lattice QCD, we compute the necessary matrix elements of short-range operators, which arise due to heavy BSM mediators, that contribute to this decay via the leading order π^{-}→π^{+} exchange diagrams. Utilizing our result and taking advantage of effective field theory methods will allow for model-independent calculations of the relevant two-nucleon decay, which may then be used as input for nuclear many-body calculations of the relevant experimental decays. Contributions from short-range operators may prove to be equally important to, or even more important than, those from long-range Majorana neutrino exchange.
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- A Nicholson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-3255, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 54245 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Physics, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Theoretical Physics Division, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- RIKEN-BNL Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- NVIDIA Corporation, 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, California 95050, USA
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- Scientific Computing Group, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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- NERSC Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, The City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- Graduate School and University Center, The City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Physics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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