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Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2019 Oct 18; Vol. 123 (16), pp. 161802. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- A search for neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) in ^{136}Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between 0νββ and background events. Relative to previous analyses, the signal detection efficiency has been raised from 80.8% to 96.4±3.0%, and the energy resolution of the detector at the Q value of ^{136}Xe 0νββ has been improved from σ/E=1.23% to 1.15±0.02% with the upgraded detector. Accounting for the new data, the median 90% confidence level 0νββ half-life sensitivity for this analysis is 5.0×10^{25} yr with a total ^{136}Xe exposure of 234.1 kg yr. No statistically significant evidence for 0νββ is observed, leading to a lower limit on the 0νββ half-life of 3.5×10^{25} yr at the 90% confidence level.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 123
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31702371
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.161802