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1. Upgrade for Phase II of the GERDA Experiment

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Agostini, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., Di Marco, N., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Hiller, R., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kermaidic, Y., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneissl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Ransom, C., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A-K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zsigmond, A. J., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The GERDA collaboration is performing a sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The upgrade of the GERDA experiment from Phase I to Phase II has been concluded in December 2015. The first Phase II data release shows that the goal to suppress the background by one order of magnitude compared to Phase I has been achieved. GERDA is thus the first experiment that will remain background-free up to its design exposure (100 kg yr). It will reach thereby a half-life sensitivity of more than 10$^{26}$ yr within 3 years of data collection. This paper describes in detail the modifications and improvements of the experimental setup for Phase II and discusses the performance of individual detector components., Comment: 31 pages, 34 figures

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2017
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2. Background free search for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA Phase II

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., DiMarco, N., diVacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gooch, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneißl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schütz, A. -K., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

The Standard Model of particle physics cannot explain the dominance of matter over anti-matter in our Universe. In many model extensions this is a very natural consequence of neutrinos being their own anti-particles (Majorana particles) which implies that a lepton number violating radioactive decay named neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay should exist. The detection of this extremely rare hypothetical process requires utmost suppression of any kind of backgrounds. The GERDA collaboration searches for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{76}$Ge ($^{76}\rm{Ge} \rightarrow\,^{76}\rm{Se} + 2e^-$) by operating bare detectors made from germanium with enriched $^{76}$Ge fraction in liquid argon. Here, we report on first data of GERDA Phase II. A background level of $\approx10^{-3}$ cts/(keV$\cdot$kg$\cdot$yr) has been achieved which is the world-best if weighted by the narrow energy-signal region of germanium detectors. Combining Phase I and II data we find no signal and deduce a new lower limit for the half-life of $5.3\cdot10^{25}$ yr at 90 % C.L. Our sensitivity of $4.0\cdot10^{25}$ yr is competitive with the one of experiments with significantly larger isotope mass. GERDA is the first $0\nu\beta\beta$ experiment that will be background-free up to its design exposure. This progress relies on a novel active veto system, the superior germanium detector energy resolution and the improved background recognition of our new detectors. The unique discovery potential of an essentially background-free search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay motivates a larger germanium experiment with higher sensitivity., Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, 1 table; ; data, figures and images available at http://www.mpi-hd.mpg/gerda/public

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2017
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3. Limits on uranium and thorium bulk content in GERDA Phase I detectors

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GERDA collaboration, Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakemüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneißl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A. -K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Internal contaminations of $^{238}$U, $^{235}$U and $^{232}$Th in the bulk of high purity germanium detectors are potential backgrounds for experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The data from GERDA Phase~I have been analyzed for alpha events from the decay chain of these contaminations by looking for full decay chains and for time correlations between successive decays in the same detector. No candidate events for a full chain have been found. Upper limits on the activities in the range of a few nBq/kg for $^{226}$Ra, $^{227}$Ac and $^{228}$Th, the long-lived daughter nuclides of $^{238}$U, $^{235}$U and $^{232}$Th, respectively, have been derived. With these upper limits a background index in the energy region of interest from $^{226}$Ra and $^{228}$Th contamination is estimated which satisfies the prerequisites of a future ton scale germanium double beta decay experiment., Comment: 2 figures, 7 pages

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2016
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4. Limit on the Radiative Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture of $^{36}$Ar from GERDA Phase I

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gooch, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneißl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A. -K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Neutrinoless double electron capture is a process that, if detected, would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. A search for neutrinoless double electron capture of $^{36}$Ar has been performed with germanium detectors installed in liquid argon using data from Phase I of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso Laboratory of INFN, Italy. No signal was observed and an experimental lower limit on the half-life of the radiative neutrinoless double electron capture of $^{36}$Ar was established: $T_{1/2} > $ 3.6 $\times$ 10$^{21}$ yr at 90 % C.I., Comment: 7 pages, 3 figures

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2016
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5. Flux Modulations seen by the Muon Veto of the GERDA Experiment

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knapp, M., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Ritter, F., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A. -K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Strecker, H., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., vonSturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The GERDA experiment at LNGS of INFN is equipped with an active muon veto. The main part of the system is a water Cherenkov veto with 66~PMTs in the water tank surrounding the GERDA cryostat. The muon flux recorded by this veto shows a seasonal modulation. Two effects have been identified which are caused by secondary muons from the CNGS neutrino beam (2.2 %) and a temperature modulation of the atmosphere (1.4 %). A mean cosmic muon rate of $I^0_{\mu} = (3.477 \pm 0.002_{\textrm{stat}} \pm 0.067_{\textrm{sys}}) \times 10^{-4}$/(s$\cdot$m$^2$) was found in good agreement with other experiments at LNGS at a depth of 3500~meter water equivalent., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures

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2016
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6. $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{76}$Ge into excited states with GERDA Phase I

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gooch, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Mi, Y., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Schütz, A-K., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

Two neutrino double beta decay of $^{76}$Ge to excited states of $^{76}$Se has been studied using data from Phase I of the GERDA experiment. An array composed of up to 14 germanium detectors including detectors that have been isotopically enriched in $^{76}$Ge was deployed in liquid argon. The analysis of various possible transitions to excited final states is based on coincidence events between pairs of detectors where a de-excitation $\gamma$ ray is detected in one detector and the two electrons in the other. No signal has been observed and an event counting profile likelihood analysis has been used to determine Frequentist 90\,\% C.L. bounds for three transitions: ${0^+_{\rm g.s.}-2^+_1}$: $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}>$1.6$\cdot10^{23}$ yr, ${0^+_{\rm g.s.}-0^+_1}$: $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}>$3.7$\cdot10^{23}$ yr and ${0^+_{\rm g.s.}-2^+_2}$: $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}>$2.3$\cdot10^{23}$ yr. These bounds are more than two orders of magnitude larger than those reported previously. Bayesian 90\,\% credibility bounds were extracted and used to exclude several models for the ${0^+_{\rm g.s.}-0^+_1}$ transition.

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2015
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7. Improvement of the Energy Resolution via an Optimized Digital Signal Processing in GERDA Phase I

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A. -K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

An optimized digital shaping filter has been developed for the GERDA experiment which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. The GERDA Phase I energy calibration data have been reprocessed and an average improvement of 0.3 keV in energy resolution (FWHM) at the 76Ge Q value for 0\nu\beta\beta decay is obtained. This is possible thanks to the enhanced low-frequency noise rejection of this Zero Area Cusp (ZAC) signal shaping fillter., Comment: 12 pages, 16 figures

Published
2015

8. Results on $\beta\beta$ decay with emission of two neutrinos or Majorons in $^{76}$Ge from GERDA Phase I

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

A search for neutrinoless $\beta\beta$ decay processes accompanied with Majoron emission has been performed using data collected during Phase I of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN (Italy). Processes with spectral indices n = 1, 2, 3, 7 were searched for. No signals were found and lower limits of the order of 10$^{23}$ yr on their half-lives were derived, yielding substantially improved results compared to previous experiments with $^{76}$Ge. A new result for the half-life of the neutrino-accompanied $\beta\beta$ decay of $^{76}$Ge with significantly reduced uncertainties is also given, resulting in $T^{2\nu}_{1/2} = (1.926 \pm 0.095)\cdot10^{21}$ yr., Comment: 3 Figures

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2015
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9. Production, characterization and operation of $^{76}$Ge enriched BEGe detectors in GERDA

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjas, D., Caldwel, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Misiaszek, M., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Palioselitis, D., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS) searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) of $^{76}$Ge. Germanium detectors made of material with an enriched $^{76}$Ge fraction act simultaneously as sources and detectors for this decay. During Phase I of the experiment mainly refurbished semi-coaxial Ge detectors from former experiments were used. For the upcoming Phase II, 30 new $^{76}$Ge enriched detectors of broad energy germanium (BEGe)-type were produced. A subgroup of these detectors has already been deployed in GERDA during Phase I. The present paper reviews the complete production chain of these BEGe detectors including isotopic enrichment, purification, crystal growth and diode production. The efforts in optimizing the mass yield and in minimizing the exposure of the $^{76}$Ge enriched germanium to cosmic radiation during processing are described. Furthermore, characterization measurements in vacuum cryostats of the first subgroup of seven BEGe detectors and their long-term behavior in liquid argon are discussed. The detector performance fulfills the requirements needed for the physics goals of GERDA Phase~II., Comment: 23 pages, 21 figures

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2014
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10. Results on neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge from GERDA Phase I

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Heider, M. Barnabé, Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Cossavella, F., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Misiaszek, M., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Potenza, %F., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay is a process that violates lepton number conservation. It is predicted to occur in extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. This Letter reports the results from Phase I of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy) searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of the isotope 76Ge. Data considered in the present analysis have been collected between November 2011 and May 2013 with a total exposure of 21.6 kgyr. A blind analysis is performed. The background index is about 1.10^{-2} cts/(keV kg yr) after pulse shape discrimination. No signal is observed and a lower limit is derived for the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge, T_1/2 > 2.1 10^{25} yr (90% C.L.). The combination with the results from the previous experiments with 76Ge yields T_1/2 > 3.0 10^{25} yr (90% C.L.)., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures

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2013
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11. Pulse shape discrimination for GERDA Phase I data

Author

Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Heider, M. Barnabe, Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Cossavella, F., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Misiaszek, M., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The GERDA experiment located at the LNGS searches for neutrinoless double beta (0\nu\beta\beta) decay of ^{76}Ge using germanium diodes as source and detector. In Phase I of the experiment eight semi-coaxial and five BEGe type detectors have been deployed. The latter type is used in this field of research for the first time. All detectors are made from material with enriched ^{76}Ge fraction. The experimental sensitivity can be improved by analyzing the pulse shape of the detector signals with the aim to reject background events. This paper documents the algorithms developed before the data of Phase I were unblinded. The double escape peak (DEP) and Compton edge events of 2.615 MeV \gamma\ rays from ^{208}Tl decays as well as 2\nu\beta\beta\ decays of ^{76}Ge are used as proxies for 0\nu\beta\beta\ decay. For BEGe detectors the chosen selection is based on a single pulse shape parameter. It accepts 0.92$\pm$0.02 of signal-like events while about 80% of the background events at Q_{\beta\beta}=2039 keV are rejected. For semi-coaxial detectors three analyses are developed. The one based on an artificial neural network is used for the search of 0\nu\beta\beta\ decay. It retains 90% of DEP events and rejects about half of the events around Q_{\beta\beta}. The 2\nu\beta\beta\ events have an efficiency of 0.85\pm0.02 and the one for 0\nu\beta\beta\ decays is estimated to be 0.90^{+0.05}_{-0.09}. A second analysis uses a likelihood approach trained on Compton edge events. The third approach uses two pulse shape parameters. The latter two methods confirm the classification of the neural network since about 90% of the data events rejected by the neural network are also removed by both of them. In general, the selection efficiency extracted from DEP events agrees well with those determined from Compton edge events or from 2\nu\beta\beta\ decays., Comment: 18 pages, 27 figures

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2013
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12. The background in the neutrinoless double beta decay experiment GERDA

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The GERDA collaboration, Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Heider, M. Barnabe, Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjas, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Cossavella, F., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knoepfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Palioselitis, D., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schoenert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) of INFN is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge. The signature of the signal is a monoenergetic peak at 2039 keV, the Q-value of the decay, Q_bb. To avoid bias in the signal search, the present analysis does not consider all those events, that fall in a 40 keV wide region centered around Q_bb. The main parameters needed for the neutrinoless double beta decay analysis are described. A background model was developed to describe the observed energy spectrum. The model contains several contributions, that are expected on the basis of material screening or that are established by the observation of characteristic structures in the energy spectrum. The model predicts a flat energy spectrum for the blinding window around Q_bb with a background index ranging from 17.6 to 23.8*10^{-3} counts/(keV kg yr). A part of the data not considered before has been used to test if the predictions of the background model are consistent. The observed number of events in this energy region is consistent with the background model. The background at Q-bb is dominated by close sources, mainly due to 42K, 214Bi, 228Th, 60Co and alpha emitting isotopes from the 226Ra decay chain. The individual fractions depend on the assumed locations of the contaminants. It is shown, that after removal of the known gamma peaks, the energy spectrum can be fitted in an energy range of 200 kev around Q_bb with a constant background. This gives a background index consistent with the full model and uncertainties of the same size.

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2013
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13. The GERDA experiment for the search of 0\nu\beta\beta\ decay in ^{76}Ge

Author

GERDA Collaboration, Ackermann, K. -H., Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Altmann, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Heider, M. Barnabe, Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjas, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Chkvorets, O., Cossavella, F., D`Andragora, A., Demidova, E. V., Denisov, A., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Froborg, F., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gasparro, J., Gazzana, S., de Orduna, R. Gonzalez, Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csalty, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kankanyan, R., Kianovsky, S., Kihm, T., Kiko, J., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knapp, M., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kröninger, K., Kusminov, V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Lenz, D., Liao, H., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, J., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Marissens, G., Mayer, S., Meierhofer, G., Nemchenok, I., Niedermeier, L., Nisi, S., Oehm, J., O'Shaughnessy, C., Pandola, L., Peiffer, P., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Ritter, F., Alvarez, C. Rossi, Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schubert, J., Schulz, O., Schwan, U., Schwingenheuer, B., Seitz, H., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stelzer, F., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Trunk, U., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Vogt, S., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The GERDA collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{76}Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and has started operation in November 2011. The design, construction and first operational results are described, along with detailed information from the R&D phase., Comment: 31 pages, 23 figures, submitted to EPJC

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2012
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14. Measurement of the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of Ge-76 with the Gerda experiment

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GERDA Collaboration, Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Heider, M. Barnabe, Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjas, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Cossavella, F., Demidova, E. V., Denisov, A., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A. D., Freund, K., Froborg, F., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gazzana, S., Grambayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kianovsky, S., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knoepfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kusminov, V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Peraro, L., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Ritter, F., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schoenert, S., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The primary goal of the GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN is the search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge-76. High-purity germanium detectors made from material enriched in Ge-76 are operated directly immersed in liquid argon, allowing for a substantial reduction of the background with respect to predecessor experiments. The first 5.04 kg yr of data collected in Phase I of the experiment have been analyzed to measure the half-life of the neutrino-accompanied double beta decay of Ge-76. The observed spectrum in the energy range between 600 and 1800 keV is dominated by the double beta decay of Ge-76. The half-life extracted from Gerda data is T(1/2) = (1.84 +0.14 -0.10) 10^{21} yr., Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures, submitted to J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys

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2012
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15. Bulk effects in the coherent inelastic scattering of ultracold neutrons

Author

Barabanov, A. L. and Belyaev, S. T.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory
Abstract

With the use of theory developed earlier, bulk effects in ultracold neutron coherent inelastic scattering are considered both for solid and liquid target samples related to energy and momentum exchange with phonon and diffusion-like modes. For the neutron in a material trap, differential and integral probabilities for the energy transfer per bounce are presented in a simple analytic form which exhibits the parameter dependence. As an example, the theoretical values for the ultracold neutron loss rate from a storage bottle with Fomblin coated walls and stainless steel walls are evaluated. Possible contribution from incoherent inelastic scattering on hydrogen contamination is discussed., Comment: 25 pages, 7 figures, changed title, some modifications to text, added references

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2004
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16. A New 76Ge Double Beta Decay Experiment at LNGS

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Abt, I., Altmann, M., Bakalyarov, A., Barabanov, I., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belyaev, S. T., Bezrukov, L., Brudanin, V., Buettner, C., Bolotsky, V. P., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Clement, H., Di Vacri, A., Eberth, J., Egorov, V., Grigoriev, G., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hampel, W., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kiko, J., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Klimenko, A., Knoepfle, K. T., Kornoukhov, V. N., Laubenstein, M., Lebedev, V., Liu, X., Nemchenok, I., Pandola, L., Sandukovsky, V., Schoenert, S., Scholl, S., Schwingenheuer, B., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Tikhomirov, A., Vasenko, A. A., Vasiliev, S., Weisshaar, D., Yanovich, E., Yurkowski, J., Zhukov, S., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This Letter of Intent has been submitted to the Scientific Committee of the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in March 2004. It describes a novel facility at the LNGS to study the double beta decay of 76Ge using an (optionally active) cryogenic fluid shield. The setup will allow to scrutinize with high significance on a short time scale the current evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge using the existing 76Ge diodes from the previous Heidelberg-Moscow and IGEX experiments. An increase in the lifetime limit can be achieved by adding more enriched detectors, remaining thereby background-free up to a few 100 kg-years of exposure., Comment: 67 pages, 19 eps figures, 17 tables, gzipped tar file

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2004

17. Results of the experiment on investigation of Germanium-76 double beta decay. Experimental data of Heidelberg-Moscow collaboration November 1995 - August 2001

Author

Bakalyarov, A. M., Balysh, A. Ya., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., and Zhukov, S. V.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

On the termination of the Heidelberg-Moscow double-beta decay of Germanium-76 experi-ment, the analysis of the obtained data is presented. The value of the half-life for two-neutrino double beta decay (2b2n mode) and limitation of the half-life for neutrinoless dou-ble beta decay (2b0n mode) are given. The results were presented at NANP2003, Dubna, June, 24., Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures

Published
2003

18. Identification of single events in the HPGe detector: Comparison of various methods based on the analysis of simulated pulse shapes

Author

Bakalyarov, A. M., Balysh, A. Ya., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., and Zhukov, S. V.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

Various methods of identification of single events in the HPGe detector are compared on the basis of a program especially designed to simulate pulse shape in a semi-conductor germanium detector. Capabilities of three following methods are shown: (1) an application of the library of single pulse shapes, (2) the single-parameter method, and (3) a separation on the basis of artificial neural networks. The analysis was done in the context of an application of all above-mentioned techniques in the energy interval around the expected neutrino less double beta decay of Ge-76 in the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment., Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures

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2002

19. Latest Results from the Heidelberg-Moscow Double Beta Decay Experiment

Author

Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, H. V., Dietz, A., Baudis, L., Heusser, G., Krivosheina, I. V., Kolb, S., Majorovits, B., Paes, H., Strecker, H., Alexeev, V., Balysh, A., Bakalyarov, A., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., and Zhukov, S.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

New results for the double beta decay of 76Ge are presented. They are extracted from Data obtained with the HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW, which operates five enriched 76Ge detectors in an extreme low-level environment in the GRAN SASSO. The two neutrino accompanied double beta decay is evaluated for the first time for all five detectors with a statistical significance of 47.7 kg y resulting in a half life of (T_(1/2))^(2nu) = [1.55 +- 0.01 (stat) (+0.19) (-0.15) (syst)] x 10^(21) years. The lower limit on the half-life of the 0nu beta-beta decay obtained with pulse shape analysis is (T_(1/2))^(0_nu) > 1.9 x 10^(25) [3.1 x 10^(25)] years with 90% C.L. (68% C.L.) (with 35.5 kg y). This results in an upper limit of the effective Majorana neutrino mass of 0.35 eV (0.27 eV). No evidence for a Majoron emitting decay mode or for the neutrinoless mode is observed., Comment: 14 pages, revtex, 6 figures, Talk was presented at third International Conference ' Dark Matter in Astro and Particle Physics' - DARK2000, to be publ. in Proc. of DARK2000, Springer (2000). Please look into our HEIDELBERG Non-Accelerator Particle Physics group home page: http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/non_acc/

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2001
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20. Multiple Scattering Theory for Slow Neutrons (from thermal to ultracold)

Author

Barabanov, A. L. and Belyaev, S. T.

Subjects
Nuclear Theory
Abstract

The general theory of neutron scattering is presented, valid for the whole domain of slow neutrons from thermal to ultracold. Particular attention is given to multiple scattering which is the dominant process for ultracold neutrons (UCN). For thermal and cold neutrons, when the multiple scattering in the target can be neglected, the cross section is reduced to the known value. A new expression for inelastic scattering cross section for UCN is proposed. Dynamical processes in the target are taken into account and their influence on inelastic scattering of UCN is analyzed., Comment: 28 pages, latex, 2 Postscript figures, submitted to the European Physical Journal A

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1999
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21. Interaction of Ultra-Cold Neutrons with Condensed Matter

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Belyaev, S. T. and Barabanov, A. L.

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Nuclear Theory
Abstract

General theory of neutron scattering (elastic and inelastic) is presented. It is applicable for the whole domain of slow neutrons and includes as limiting cases existing theories for thermal and cold neutrons and for elastic scattering of UCN. New expression for inelastic scattering cross section for UCN is proposed. It differs from the usually used by proper account of re-scattering processes. Evidence for small heating and cooling of UCN is given., Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure included, latex, report at workshop "Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons" (Octorber 1998, Grenoble, France), to be published in the Workshop Proceedings

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1999
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22. Limits on the Majorana neutrino mass in the 0.1 eV range

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Baudis, L., Dietz, A., Heusser, G., Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, H. V., Krivosheina, I. V., Kolb, St., Majorovits, B., Melnikov, V. F., Paes, H., Schwamm, F., Strecker, H., Alexeev, V., Balysh, A., Bakalyarov, A., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., and Zhukov, S.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The Heidelberg-Moscow experiment gives the most stringent limit on the Majorana neutrino mass. After 24 kg yr of data with pulse shape measurements, we set a lower limit on the half-life of the neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge of T_1/2 > 5.7 * 10^{25} yr at 90% C.L., thus excluding an effective Majorana neutrino mass greater than 0.2 eV. This allows to set strong constraints on degenerate neutrino mass models., Comment: 6 pages (latex) including 3 postscript figures and 2 tables

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1999
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23. New limits on dark--matter WIMPs from the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment

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Baudis, L., Hellmig, J., Heusser, G., Klapdor--Kleingrothaus, H. V., Kolb, S., Majorovits, B., Päs, H., Ramachers, Y., Strecker, H., Alexeev, V., Bakalyarov, A., Balysh, A., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., and Zhukov, S.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

New results after 0.69 kg yr of measurement with an enriched 76Ge detector of the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment with an active mass of 2.758 kg are presented. An energy threshold of 9 keV and a background level of 0.042 counts/(kg d keV) in the energy region between 15 keV and 40 keV was reached.The derived limits on the WIMP--nucleon cross section are the most stringent limits on spin--independent interactions obtained to date by using essentially raw data without background subtraction., Comment: 8 pages (latex) including 5 postscript figures and 2 tables. To appear in Phys. Rev. D, 15. December 1998

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1998
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24. Upgrade for Phase II of the Gerda experiment

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GERDA Collaboration, Agostini, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D’Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., Di Marco, N., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Hiller, R., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Janicskó Csáthy, J., Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kermaïdic, Y., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneißl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Ransom, C., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A-K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zsigmond, A. J., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

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2018
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25. Production, characterization and operation of 76 Ge enriched BEGe detectors in GERDA: GERDA Collaboration

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D’Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Janicskó Csáthy, J., Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Misiaszek, M., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O’Shaughnessy, C., Palioselitis, D., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schütz, A. -K., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

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2015
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27. The background in the 0 ν β β experiment Gerda

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Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barnabé Heider, M., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Cossavella, F., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O’Shaughnessy, C., Palioselitis, D., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

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2014
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28. The Gerda experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in 76Ge

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Ackermann, K.-H., Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Altmann, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barnabé Heider, M., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjáš, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., Chkvorets, O., Cossavella, F., D‘Andragora, A., Demidova, E. V., Denisov, A., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Ferella, A., Freund, K., Froborg, F., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gasparro, J., Gazzana, S., Gonzalez de Orduna, R., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Guthikonda, K. K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Janicskó Csáthy, J., Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kankanyan, R., Kianovsky, S., Kihm, T., Kiko, J., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knapp, M., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kröninger, K., Kusminov, V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Lenz, D., Liao, H., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Liu, J., Liu, X., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Machado, A. A., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Marissens, G., Mayer, S., Meierhofer, G., Nemchenok, I., Niedermeier, L., Nisi, S., Oehm, J., O’Shaughnessy, C., Pandola, L., Peiffer, P., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Ritter, F., Rossi Alvarez, C., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schubert, J., Schulz, O., Schwan, U., Schwingenheuer, B., Seitz, H., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stelzer, F., Strecker, H., Tarka, M., Trunk, U., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Vogt, S., Volynets, O., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

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2013
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29. Status of the Germanium Detector Array (GERDA) in the search of neutrinoless ββ decays of 76Ge at LNGS

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Schönert, S., Abt, I., Altmann, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Barabanov, I., Bauer, C., Bauer, M., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Brudanin, V., Bolotsky, V. P., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chirchenko, M. V., Chkvorets, O., Demidova, E., Di Vacri, A., Eberth, J., Egorov, V., Farnea, E., Gangapshev, A., Gasparro, J., Grabmayr, P., Grigoriev, G. Y., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hampel, W., Heusser, G., Heisel, M., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Jochum, J., Junker, M., Katulina, S., Kiko, J., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Klimenko, A., Knapp, M., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kröninger, K., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lebedev, V. I., Liu, X., Majorovits, B., Marissens, G., Nemchenok, I., Pandola, L., Peiffer, P., Pullia, A., Alvarez, C. R., Sandukovsky, V., Scholl, S., Schreiner, J., Schwan, U., Schwingenheuer, B., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stelzer, F., Tikhomirov, A. V., Tomei, C., Ur, C. A., Vasenko, A. A., Vasiliev, S., Weißhaar, D., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Yurkowski, J., Zhukov, S. V., Zocca, F., and Zuzel, G.

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2006
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33. Heavy ion collisions at collider energies—Insights from PHENIX

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Drees, A., Adcox, K., Adler, S. S., Ajitanand, N. N., Akiba, Y., Alexander, J., Aphecetche, L., Arai, Y., Aronson, S. H., Averbeck, R., Awes, T. C., Barish, K. N., Barnes, P. D., Barrette, J., Bassalleck, B., Bathe, S., Baublis, V., Bazilevsky, A., Belikov, S., Bellaiche, F. G., Belyaev, S. T., Bennett, M. J., Berdnikov, Y., Botelho, S., Brooks, M. L., Brown, D. S., Bruner, N., Bucher, D., Buesching, H., Bumazhnov, V., Bunce, G., Burward-Hoy, J., Butsyk, S., Carey, T. A., Chand, P., Chang, J., Chang, W. C., Chavez, L. L., Chernichenko, S., Chi, C. Y., Chiba, J., Chiu, M., Choudhury, R. K., Christ, T., Chujo, T., Chung, M. S., Chung, P., Cianciolo, V., Cole, B. A., D’Enterria, D. G., David, G., Delagrange, H., Denisov, A., Deshpande, A., Desmond, E. J., Dietzsch, O., Dinesh, B. V., Drees, A., Durum, A., Dutta, D., Ebisu, K., Efremenko, Y. V., Chenawi, K. El., Enokizono, A., En’yo, H., Esumi, S., Frawley, A. D., Fung, S. -Y., Garpman, S., Ghosh, T. K., Glenn, A., Godoi, A. L., Goto, Y., Greene, S. V., Perdekamp, M. Grosse, Gupta, S. K., Guryn, W., Gustafsson, H.-Å, Hachiya, T., Haggerty, J. S., Hamagaki, H., Hansen, A. G., Hara, H., Hartouni, E. P., Hayano, R., Hayashi, N., He, X., Hemmick, T. K., Heuser, J. M., Hibino, M., Hill, J. C., Ho, D. S., Homma, K., Hong, B., Hoover, A., Ichihara, T., Imai, K., Ippolitov, M. S., Ishihara, M., Jacak, B. V., Jang, W. Y., Jia, J., Johnson, B. M., Johnson, S. C., Joo, K. S., Kametani, S., Kang, J. H., Kann, M., Kapoor, S. S., Kelly, S., Khachaturov, B., Khanzadeev, A., Kikuchi, J., Kim, D. J., Kim, H. J., Kim, S. Y., Kim, Y. G., Kinnison, W. W., Kistenev, E., Kiyomichi, A., Klein-Boesing, C., Klinksiek, S., Kochenda, L., Kochetkov, V., Koehler, D., Kohama, T., Kotchetkov, D., Kozlov, A., Kroon, P. J., Kurita, K., Kweon, M. J., Kwon, Y., Kyle, G. S., Lacey, R., Lajoie, J. G., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lee, D. M., Leitch, M. J., Li, X. H., Li, Z., Lim, D. J., Liu, M. X., Liu, X., Liu, Z., Maguire, C. F., Mahon, J., Makdisi, Y. I., Manko, V. I., Mao, Y., Mark, S. K., Markacs, S., Martinez, G., Marx, M. D., Masaike, A., Matathias, F., Matsumoto, T., McGaughey, P. L., Melnikov, E., Merschmeyer, M., Messer, F., Messer, M., Miake, Y., Miller, T. E., Milov, A., Mioduszewski, S., Mischke, R. E., Mishra, G. C., Mitchell, J. T., Mohanty, A. K., Morrison, D. P., Moss, J. M., Mühlbacher, F., Muniruzzaman, M., Murata, J., Nagamiya, S., Nagasaka, Y., Nagle, J. L., Nakada, Y., Nandi, B. K., Newby, J., Nikkinen, L., Nilsson, P., Nishimura, S., Nyanin, A. S., Nystrand, J., O’Brien, E., Ogilvie, C. A., Ohnishi, H., Ojha, I. D., Ono, M., Onuchin, V., Oskarsson, A., Österman, L., Otterlund, I., Oyama, K., Paffrath, L., Palounek, A. P T., Pantuev, V. S., Papavassiliou, V., Pate, S. F., Peitzmann, T., Petridis, A. N., Pinkenburg, C., Pisani, R. P., Pitukhin, P., Plasil, F., Pollack, M., Pope, K., Purschke, M. L., Ravinovich, I., Read, K. F., Reygers, K., Riabov, V., Riabov, Y., Rosati, M., Rose, A. A., Ryu, S. S., Saito, N., Sakaguchi, A., Sakaguchi, T., Sako, H., Sakuma, T., Samsonov, V., Sangster, T. C., Santo, R., Sato, H. D., Sato, S., Sawada, S., Schlei, B. R., Schutz, Y., Semenov, V., Seto, R., Shea, T. K., Shein, I., Shibata, T. -A., Shigaki, K., Shiina, T., Shin, Y. H., Sibiriak, I. G., Silvermyr, D., Sim, K. S., Simon-Gillo, J., Singh, C. P., Singh, V., Sivertz, M., Soldatov, A., Soltz, R. A., Sorensen, S., Stankus, P. W., Starinsky, N., Steinberg, P., Stenlund, E., Ster, A., Stoll, S. P., Sugioka, M., Sugitate, T., Sullivan, J. P., Sumi, Y., Sun, Z., Suzuki, M., Takagui, E. M., Taketani, A., Tamai, M., Tanaka, K. H., Tanaka, Y., Taniguchi, E., Tannenbaum, M. J., Thomas, J., Thomas, J. H., Thomas, T. L., Tian, W., Tojo, J., Torii, H., Towell, R. S., Tserruya, I., Tsuruoka, H., Tsvetkov, A. A., Tuli, S. K., Tydesjö, H., Tyurin, N., Ushiroda, T., van Hecke, H. W., Velissaris, C., Velkovska, J., Velkovsky, M., Vinogradov, A. A., Volkov, M. A., Vorobyov, A., Vznuzdaev, E., Wang, H., Watanabe, Y., White, S. N., Witzig, C., Wohn, F. K., Woody, C. L., Xie, W., Yagi, K., Yokkaichi, S., Young, G. R., Yushmanov, I. E., Zajc, W. A., Zhang, Z., and Zhou, S.

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2003
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34. First results from RHIC-PHENIX

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Ghosh, Tarun Kanti, Adcox, K, Adler, S S, Ajitanand, N, Akiba, Y, Alexander, J, Aphecetche, L, Arai, Y, Aronson, S H, Averbeck, R, Awes, T C, Barish, K N, Barnes, P D, Barrette, J, Bassalleck, B, Bathe, S, Baublis, V, Bazilevsky, A, Belikov, S, Bellaiche, F G, Belyaev, S T, Bennett, M J, Berdnikov, Y, Botelho, S, Brooks, M L, Brown, D S, Bruner, N, Bucher, D, Buesching, H, Bumazhnov, V, Bunce, G, Burward-Hoy, J, Butsyk, S, Carey, T A, Chand, P, Chang, J, Chang, W C, Chavez, L L, Chernichenko, S, Chi, C Y, Chiba, J, Chiu, M, Choudhury, R K, Christ, T, Chujo, T, Chung, M S, Chung, P, Cianciolo, V, Cole, B A, D’Enterria, D G, David, G, Delagrange, H, Denisov, A, Deshpande, A, Desmond, E J, Dietzsch, O, Dinesh, B V, Drees, A, Durum, A, Dutta, D, Ebisu, K, Efremenko, Y V, Chenawi, K El, En’yo, H, Esumi, S, Ewell, L, Ferdousi, T, Fields, D E, Fokin, S L, Fraenkel, Z, Franz, A, Frawley, A D, Fung, S-Y, Garpman, S, Ghosh, T K, Glenn, A, Godoi, A L, Goto, Y, Greene, S V, Perdekamp, M Grosse, Gupta, S K, Guryn, W, Gustafsson, H-Å, Haggerty, J S, Hamagaki, H, Hansen, A G, Hara, H, Hartouni, E P, Hayano, R, Hayashi, N, He, X, Hemmick, T K, Heuser, J, Hill, J C, Ho, D S, Homma, K, Hong, B, Hoover, A, Ichihara, T, Imai, K, Ippolitov, M S, Ishihara, M, Jacak, B V, Jang, W Y, Jia, J, Johnson, B M, Johnson, S C, Joo, K S, Kametani, S, Kang, J H, Kann, M, Kapoor, S S, Kelly, S, Khachaturov, B, Khanzadeev, A, Kikuchi, J, Kim, D J, Kim, H J, Kim, S Y, Kim, Y G, Kinnison, W W, Kistenev, E, Kiyomichi, A, Klein-Boesing, C, Klinksiek, S, Kochenda, L, Kochetkov, D, Kochetkov, V, Koehler, D, Kohama, T, Kozlov, A, Kroon, P J, Kurita, K, Kweon, M J, Kwon, Y, Kyle, G S, Lacey, R, Lajoie, J G, Lauret, J, Lebedev, A, Lee, D M, Leitch, M J, Li, X H, Li, Z, Lim, D J, Liu, M X, Liu, X, Liu, Z, Maguire, C F, Mahon, J, Makdisi, Y I, Manko, V I, Mao, Y, Mark, S K, Markacs, S, Martinez, G, Marx, M D, Masaike, A, Matathias, F, Matsumoto, T, McGaughey, P L, Melnikov, E, Merschmeier, M, Messer, F, Messer, M, Miake, Y, Miller, T E, Milov, A, Mioduszewski, S, Mischke, R E, Mishra, G C, Mitchell, J T, Mohanty, A K, Morrison, D P, Moss, J M, Mühlbacher, F, Muniruzzaman, M, Murata, J, Nagamiya, S, Nagasaka, Y, Nagle, J L, Nakada, Y, Nandi, B K, Newby, J, Nikkinen, L, Nilsson, P, Nishimura, S, Nyanin, A S, Nystrand, J, O’Brien, E, Ogilvie, C A, Ohnishi, H, Ojha, I D, Ono, M, Onuchin, V, Oskarsson, A, Österman, L, Otterlund, I, Oyama, K, Paffrath, L, Palounek, A P T, Pantuev, V S, Papavassiliou, V, Pate, S F, Peitzmann, T, Petridis, A N, Pinkenburg, C, Pisani, R P, Pitukhin, P, Plasil, F, Pollack, M, Pope, K, Purschke, M L, Ravinovich, I, Read, K F, Reygers, K, Riabov, V, Riabov, Y, Rosati, M, Rose, A A, Ryu, S S, Saito, N, Sakaguchi, A, Sakaguchi, T, Sako, H, Sakuma, T, Samsonov, V, Sangster, T C, Santo, R, Sato, H D, Sato, S, Sawada, S, Schlei, B R, Schutz, Y, Semenov, V, Seto, R, Shea, T K, Shein, I, Shibata, T-A, Shigaki, K, Shiina, T, Shin, Y H, Sibiriak, I G, Silvermyr, D, Sim, K S, Simon-Gillo, J, Singh, C P, Singh, V, Sivertz, M, Soldatov, A, Soltz, R A, Sorensen, S, Stankus, P W, Starinsky, N, Steinberg, P, Stenlund, E, Ster, A, Stoll, S P, Sugioka, M, Sugitate, T, Sullivan, J P, Sumi, Y, Sun, Z, Suzuki, M, Takagui, E M, Taketani, A, Tamai, M, Tanaka, K H, Tanaka, Y, Taniguchi, E, Tannenbaum, M J, Thomas, J, Thomas, J H, Thomas, T L, Tian, W, Tojo, J, Torii, H, Towell, R S, Tserruya, I, Tsuruoka, H, Tsvetkov, A A, Tuli, S K, Tydesjö, H, Tyurin, N, Ushiroda, T, van Hecke, H W, Velissaris, C, Velkovska, J, Velkovsky, M, Vinogradov, A A, Volkov, M A, Vorobyov, A, Vznuzdaev, E, Wang, H, Watanabe, Y, White, S N, Witzig, C, Wohn, F K, Woody, C L, Xie, W, Yagi, K, Yokkaichi, S, Young, G R, Yushmanov, I E, Zajc, W A, Zhang, Z, and Zhou, S

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2001
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38. Latest Results from the Heidelberg-Moscow Double-Beta-Decay Experiment

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Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, H. V., primary, Dietz, A., additional, Baudis, L., additional, Heusser, G., additional, Krivosheina, I. V., additional, Kolb, S., additional, Majorovits, B., additional, Paes, H., additional, Strecker, H., additional, Alexeev, V., additional, Balysh, A., additional, Bakalyarov, A., additional, Belyaev, S. T., additional, Lebedev, V. I., additional, and Zhukov, S., additional

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2001
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42. Flux Modulations seen by the Muon Veto of the GERDA Experiment

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Collaboration, Gerda, Agostini, M., Balata, M., D'Andrea, V., di Vacri, A., Ioannucci, L., Junker, M., Laubenstein, M., Macolino, C., Pandola, L., Borowicz, D., Frodyma, N., Misiaszek, M., Panas, K., Pelczar, K., Wojcik, M., Zuzel, G., Allardt, M., Barros, N., Domula, A., Lehnert, B., Schneider, B., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Zuber, K., Brudanin, V., Egorov, V., Gusev, K., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Lubashevskiy, A., Nemchenok, I., Rumyantseva, N., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Zhitnikov, I., Zinatulina, D., Hult, M., Lutter, G., Bauer, C., Gangapshev, A., Heisel, M., Hofmann, W., Kihm, T., Kirsch, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Lindner, M., Maneschg, W., Salathe, M., Schreiner, J., Schwingenheuer, B., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stepaniuk, M., Strecker, H., Wagner, V., Wegmann, A., Bellotti, E., Cattadori, C., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Barabanov, I., Belogurov, S., Bezrukov, L., Doroshkevich, E., Fedorova, O., Gurentsov, V., Inzhechik, L. V., Kazalov, V., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Moseev, P., Selivanenko, O., Veresnikova, A., Yanovich, E., Chernogorov, A., Demidova, E. V., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Vasenko, A. A., Bakalyarov, A. M., Belyaev, S. T., Lebedev, V. I., Zhukov, S. V., Becerici Schmidt, N., Caldwell, A., Liao, H. Y., Majorovits, B., Palioselitis, D., Schulz, O., Vanhoefer, L., Bode, T., Janicsk'o Cs'athy, J., Lazzaro, A., Schönert, S., Wiesinger, C., Bettini, Alessandro, Brugnera, Riccardo, Garfagnini, Alberto, Hemmer, SABINE ELISABETH, MEDINACELI VILLEGAS, Eduardo, Sada, Cinzia, VON STURM ZU VEHLINGEN, KATHARINA CACILIE, Bettini, A., Brugnera, R., Garfagnini, A., Hemmer, S., Lippi, Ivano, Medinaceli, E., Sada, C., Stanco, Luca, von Sturm, K., Falkenstein, R., Freund, K., Grabmayr, P., Hegai, A., Jochum, J., Knapp, M., Ritter, F., Schmitt, C., Schütz, A. K., Baudis, L., Benato, G., and Walter, M.

Subjects
Cryostat, COLLISIONS, Photomultiplier, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Muon, FOS: Physical sciences, interaction, Flux, Cosmic rays, Muon interaction, Underground experiment, Water cherenkov detector, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, muon interaction, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, GERDA - Abteilung Hofmann, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, cosmic rays, PION, 0103 physical sciences, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, physics.ins-det, Cherenkov radiation, Physics, water cherenkov detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Effective temperature, underground experiment, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The GERDA experiment at LNGS of INFN is equipped with an active muon veto. The main part of the system is a water Cherenkov veto with 66~PMTs in the water tank surrounding the GERDA cryostat. The muon flux recorded by this veto shows a seasonal modulation. Two effects have been identified which are caused by secondary muons from the CNGS neutrino beam (2.2 %) and a temperature modulation of the atmosphere (1.4 %). A mean cosmic muon rate of $I^0_{\mu} = (3.477 \pm 0.002_{\textrm{stat}} \pm 0.067_{\textrm{sys}}) \times 10^{-4}$/(s$\cdot$m$^2$) was found in good agreement with other experiments at LNGS at a depth of 3500~meter water equivalent., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures

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2016

43. Limit on the radiative neutrinoless double electron capture of Ar-36 from GERDA Phase I

Author

Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gooch, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmueller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneissl, R., Knoepfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, F., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schoenert, S., Schreiner, J., Schuetz, A. -K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
GE-76, SEARCH, DETECTORS, DECAY
Published
2016

44. Limit on the radiative neutrinoless double electron capture of 36 Ar from GERDA Phase I

Author

Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D’Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gooch, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hakenmüller, J., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csáthy, J. Janicskó, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Kish, A., Klimenko, A., Kneißl, R., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Medinaceli, E., Miloradovic, M., Mingazheva, R., Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, Luciano, Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salamida, Francesco, Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schönert, S., Schreiner, J., Schütz, A. K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wiesinger, C., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., Zuzel, G., and GERDA collaboration, Null

Subjects
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Engineering (miscellaneous)
Published
2016

46. First results from GERDA Phase II

Author

Agostini, M, primary, Allardt, M, additional, Bakalyarov, A M, additional, Balata, M, additional, Barabanov, I, additional, Baudis, L, additional, Bauer, C, additional, Bellotti, E, additional, Belogurov, S, additional, Belyaev, S T, additional, Benato, G, additional, Bettini, A, additional, Bezrukov, L, additional, Bode, T, additional, Borowicz, D, additional, Brudanin, V, additional, Brugnera, R, additional, Caldwell, A, additional, Cattadori, C, additional, Chernogorov, A, additional, D’Andrea, V, additional, Demidova, E V, additional, Di Marco, N, additional, Domula, A, additional, Doroshkevich, E, additional, Egorov, V, additional, Falkenstein, R, additional, Frodyma, N, additional, Gangapshev, A, additional, Garfagnini, A, additional, Gooch, C, additional, Grabmayr, P, additional, Gurentsov, V, additional, Gusev, K, additional, Hakenmüller, J, additional, Hegai, A, additional, Heisel, M, additional, Hemmer, S, additional, Hofmann, W, additional, Hult, M, additional, Inzhechik, L V, additional, Janicskó Csáthy, J, additional, Jochum, J, additional, Junker, M, additional, Kazalov, V, additional, Kihm, T, additional, Kirpichnikov, I V, additional, Kirsch, A, additional, Kish, A, additional, Klimenko, A, additional, Kneißl, R, additional, Knöpfle, K T, additional, Kochetov, O, additional, Kornoukhov, V N, additional, Kuzminov, V V, additional, Laubenstein, M, additional, Lazzaro, A, additional, Lebedev, V I, additional, Lehnert, B, additional, Liao, H Y, additional, Lindner, M, additional, Lippi, I, additional, Lubashevskiy, A, additional, Lubsandorzhiev, B, additional, Lutter, G, additional, Macolino, C, additional, Majorovits, B, additional, Maneschg, W, additional, Medinaceli, E, additional, Miloradovic, M, additional, Mingazheva, R, additional, Misiaszek, M, additional, Moseev, P, additional, Nemchenok, I, additional, Palioselitis, D, additional, Panas, K, additional, Pandola, L, additional, Pelczar, K, additional, Pullia, A, additional, Riboldi, S, additional, Rumyantseva, N, additional, Sada, C, additional, Salamida, F, additional, Salathe, M, additional, Schmitt, C, additional, Schneider, B, additional, Schönert, S, additional, Schreiner, J, additional, Schulz, O, additional, Schütz, A-K, additional, Schwingenheuer, B, additional, Selivanenko, O, additional, Shevchik, E, additional, Shirchenko, M, additional, Simgen, H, additional, Smolnikov, A, additional, Stanco, L, additional, Vanhoefer, L, additional, Vasenko, A A, additional, Veresnikova, A, additional, von Sturm, K, additional, Wagner, V, additional, Wegmann, A, additional, Wester, T, additional, Wiesinger, C, additional, Wojcik, M, additional, Yanovich, E, additional, Zhitnikov, I, additional, Zhukov, S V, additional, Zinatulina, D, additional, Zuber, K, additional, and Zuzel, G, additional

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2017
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47. First results of GERDA Phase II and consistency with background models

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Agostini, M, primary, Allardt, M, additional, Bakalyarov, A M, additional, Balata, M, additional, Barabanov, I, additional, Baudis, L, additional, Bauer, C, additional, Bellotti, E, additional, Belogurov, S, additional, Belyaev, S T, additional, Benato, G, additional, Bettini, A, additional, Bezrukov, L, additional, Bode, T, additional, Borowicz, D, additional, Brudanin, V, additional, Brugnera, R, additional, Caldwell, A, additional, Cattadori, C, additional, Chernogorov, A, additional, D’Andrea, V, additional, Demidova, E V, additional, Di Marco, N, additional, Domula, A, additional, Doroshkevich, E, additional, Egorov, V, additional, Falkenstein, R, additional, Frodyma, N, additional, Gangapshev, A, additional, Garfagnini, A, additional, Gooch, C, additional, Grabmayr, P, additional, Gurentsov, V, additional, Gusev, K, additional, Hakenmüller, J, additional, Hegai, A, additional, Heisel, M, additional, Hemmer, S, additional, Hofmann, W, additional, Hult, M, additional, Inzhechik, L V, additional, Csáthy, J Janicskó, additional, Jochum, J, additional, Junker, M, additional, Kazalov, V, additional, Kihm, T, additional, Kirpichnikov, I V, additional, Kirsch, A, additional, Kish, A, additional, Klimenko, A, additional, Kneißl, R, additional, Knöpfle, K T, additional, Kochetov, O, additional, Kornoukhov, V N, additional, Kuzminov, V V, additional, Laubenstein, M, additional, Lazzaro, A, additional, Lebedev, V I, additional, Lehnert, B, additional, Liao, H Y, additional, Lindner, M, additional, Lippi, I, additional, Lubashevskiy, A, additional, Lubsandorzhiev, B, additional, Lutter, G, additional, Macolino, C, additional, Majorovits, B, additional, Maneschg, W, additional, Medinaceli, E, additional, Miloradovic, M, additional, Mingazheva, R, additional, Misiaszek, M, additional, Moseev, P, additional, Nemchenok, I, additional, Palioselitis, D, additional, Panas, K, additional, Pandola, L, additional, Pelczar, K, additional, Pullia, A, additional, Riboldi, S, additional, Rumyantseva, N, additional, Sada, C, additional, Salamida, F, additional, Salathe, M, additional, Schmitt, C, additional, Schneider, B, additional, Schönert, S, additional, Schreiner, J, additional, Schulz, O, additional, Schütz, A-K, additional, Schwingenheuer, B, additional, Selivanenko, O, additional, Shevzik, E, additional, Shirchenko, M, additional, Simgen, H, additional, Smolnikov, A, additional, Stanco, L, additional, Vanhoefer, L, additional, Vasenko, A A, additional, Veresnikova, A, additional, von Sturm, K, additional, Wagner, V, additional, Wegmann, A, additional, Wester, T, additional, Wiesinger, C, additional, Wojcik, M, additional, Yanovich, E, additional, Zhitnikov, I, additional, Zhukov, S V, additional, Zinatulina, D, additional, Zuber, K, additional, and Zuzel, G, additional

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2017
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48. Results on ββ decay with emission of two neutrinos or Majorons in 76 Ge from GERDA Phase I

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LNGS, Assergi, Italy, Agostini, M.(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Allardt, M.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Bakalyarov, A. M.(National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow, Russia), Balata, M.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Barabanov, I.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Barros, N.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Baudis, L.(Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland), Bauer, C.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Becerici-Schmidt, N.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Bellotti, E.(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy), Belogurov, S.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Belyaev, S. T.(National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow, Russia), Benato, G.(Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland), Bettini, A.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Bezrukov, L.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Bode, T.(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Borowicz, D.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Brudanin, V.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Brugnera, R.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Budjáš, D.(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Caldwell, A.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Cattadori, C.(INFN Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy), Chernogorov, A.(Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia), D’Andrea, V.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Demidova, E. V.(Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia), di Vacri, A.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Domula, A.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Doroshkevich, E.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Egorov, V.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Falkenstein, R.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Fedorova, O.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Freund, K.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Frodyma, N.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Gangapshev, A.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Garfagnini, A.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Grabmayr, P.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Gurentsov, V.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Gusev, K.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Hegai, A.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Heisel, M.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Hemmer, S.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Heusser, G.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Hofmann, W.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Hult, M.(Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium), Inzhechik, L. V.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Csáthy, J. Janicskó(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Jochum, J.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Junker, M.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Kazalov, V.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Kihm, T.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Kirpichnikov, I. V.(Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia), Kirsch, A.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Klimenko, A.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Knöpfle, K. T.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Kochetov, O.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Kornoukhov, V. N.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Kuzminov, V. V.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Laubenstein, M.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Lazzaro, A.(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Lebedev, V. I.(National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow, Russia), Lehnert, B.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Liao, H. Y.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Lindner, M.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Lippi, I.(INFN Padova, Padua, Italy), Lubashevskiy, A.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Lubsandorzhiev, B.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Lutter, G.(Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium), Macolino, C.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Majorovits, B.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Maneschg, W.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Medinaceli, E.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Misiaszek, M.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Moseev, P.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Nemchenok, I.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Palioselitis, D.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Panas, K.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Pandola, L.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy), Pelczar, K.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Pullia, A.(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan, Italy), Riboldi, S.(Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milan, Italy), Rumyantseva, N.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Sada, C.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Salathe, M.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Schmitt, C.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Schneider, B.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Schönert, S.(Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany), Schreiner, J.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Schütz, A.-K.(Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany), Schulz, O.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Schwingenheuer, B.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Selivanenko, O.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Shirchenko, M.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Simgen, H.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Smolnikov, A.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Stanco, L.(INFN Padova, Padua, Italy), Stepaniuk, M.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Ur, C. A.(INFN Padova, Padua, Italy), Vanhoefer, L.(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany), Vasenko, A. A.(Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia), Veresnikova, A.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), von Sturm, K.(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padua, Italy), Wagner, V.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Walter, M.(Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland), Wegmann, A.(Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany), Wester, T.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Wilsenach, H.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), Wojcik, M.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland), Yanovich, E.(Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Zavarise, P.(INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute, Assergi, Italy), Zhitnikov, I.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Zhukov, S. V.(National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Moscow, Russia), Zinatulina, D.(Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia), Zuber, K.(Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany), and Zuzel, G.(Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland)

Abstract

A search for neutrinoless ββ decay processes accompanied with Majoron emission has been performed using data collected during Phase I of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN (Italy). Processes with spectral indices n=1,2,3,7 were searched for. No signals were found and lower limits of the order of 10 23 yr on their half-lives were derived, yielding substantially improved results compared to previous experiments with 76 Ge. A new result for the half-life of the neutrino-accompanied ββ decay of 76 Ge with significantly reduced uncertainties is also given, resulting in T1/22ν=(1.926±0.094)×1021 yr.

Published
2015

49. Results on beta beta decay with emission of two neutrinos or Majorons in Ge-76 from GERDA Phase I

Author

Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, Riccardo, Budjas, D., Caldwell, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., di Vacri, A., Domula, A., Doroshkevich, E., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Fedorova, O., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, Alberto, Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, SABINE ELISABETH, Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knoepfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., MEDINACELI VILLEGAS, Eduardo, Misiaszek, M., Moseev, P., Nemchenok, I., Palioselitis, D., Panas, K., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, Cinzia, Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schneider, B., Schoenert, S., Schreiner, J., Schuetz, A. K., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Selivanenko, O., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Stepaniuk, M., C. A., Ur, Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., Veresnikova, A., VON STURM ZU VEHLINGEN, KATHARINA CACILIE, Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., and Zuzel, G.

Subjects
PHYSICS, LIMITS, ZR-96, SE-82, MO-100, MODES, MASS, GEANT4, TABLES
Published
2015

50. Production, characterization and operation of ^{76}Ge enriched BEGe detectors in GERDA

Author

Agostini, M., Allardt, M., Andreotti, E., Bakalyarov, A. M., Balata, M., Barabanov, I., Barros, N., Baudis, L., Bauer, C., Becerici-Schmidt, N., Bellotti, E., Belogurov, S., Belyaev, S. T., Benato, G., Bettini, A., Bezrukov, L., Bode, T., Borowicz, D., Brudanin, V., Brugnera, R., Budjas, D., Caldwel, A., Cattadori, C., Chernogorov, A., D'Andrea, V., Demidova, E. V., Domula, A., Egorov, V., Falkenstein, R., Freund, K., Frodyma, N., Gangapshev, A., Garfagnini, A., Gotti, C., Grabmayr, P., Gurentsov, V., Gusev, K., Hampel, W., Hegai, A., Heisel, M., Hemmer, S., Heusser, G., Hofmann, W., Hult, M., Inzhechik, L. V., Ioannucci, L., Csathy, J. Janicsko, Jochum, J., Junker, M., Kazalov, V., Kihm, T., Kirpichnikov, I. V., Kirsch, A., Klimenko, A., Knöpfle, K. T., Kochetov, O., Kornoukhov, V. N., Kuzminov, V. V., Laubenstein, M., Lazzaro, A., Lebedev, V. I., Lehnert, B., Liao, H. Y., Lindner, M., Lippi, I., Lubashevskiy, A., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lutter, G., Macolino, C., Majorovits, B., Maneschg, W., Misiaszek, M., Nemchenok, I., Nisi, S., O'Shaughnessy, C., Palioselitis, D., Pandola, L., Pelczar, K., Pessina, G., Pullia, A., Riboldi, S., Rumyantseva, N., Sada, C., Salathe, M., Schmitt, C., Schreiner, J., Schulz, O., Schwingenheuer, B., Schönert, S., Shevchik, E., Shirchenko, M., Simgen, H., Smolnikov, A., Stanco, L., Strecker, H., Ur, C. A., Vanhoefer, L., Vasenko, A. A., von Sturm, K., Wagner, V., Walter, M., Wegmann, A., Wester, T., Wilsenach, H., Wojcik, M., Yanovich, E., Zavarise, P., Zhitnikov, I., Zhukov, S. V., Zinatulina, D., Zuber, K., Zuzel, G., and GERDA Collaboration

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, GERDA - Abteilung Hofmann
Abstract

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS) searches for the neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta}) of $^{76}$Ge. Germanium detectors made of material with an enriched $^{76}$Ge fraction act simultaneously as sources and detectors for this decay. During Phase I of the experiment mainly refurbished semi-coaxial Ge detectors from former experiments were used. For the upcoming Phase II, 30 new $^{76}$Ge enriched detectors of broad energy germanium (BEGe)-type were produced. A subgroup of these detectors has already been deployed in GERDA during Phase I. The present paper reviews the complete production chain of these BEGe detectors including isotopic enrichment, purification, crystal growth and diode production. The efforts in optimizing the mass yield and in minimizing the exposure of the $^{76}$Ge enriched germanium to cosmic radiation during processing are described. Furthermore, characterization measurements in vacuum cryostats of the first subgroup of seven BEGe detectors and their long-term behavior in liquid argon are discussed. The detector performance fulfills the requirements needed for the physics goals of GERDA Phase~II., Comment: 23 pages, 21 figures

Published
2015

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