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Final Result of the Majorana Demonstrator's Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{76}Ge.

Authors :
Arnquist IJ
Avignone FT
Barabash AS
Barton CJ
Barton PJ
Bhimani KH
Blalock E
Bos B
Busch M
Buuck M
Caldwell TS
Chan YD
Christofferson CD
Chu PH
Clark ML
Cuesta C
Detwiler JA
Efremenko Y
Ejiri H
Elliott SR
Giovanetti GK
Green MP
Gruszko J
Guinn IS
Guiseppe VE
Haufe CR
Henning R
Hervas Aguilar D
Hoppe EW
Hostiuc A
Kidd MF
Kim I
Kouzes RT
Lannen V TE
Li A
Lopez AM
López-Castaño JM
Martin EL
Martin RD
Massarczyk R
Meijer SJ
Mertens S
Oli TK
Othman G
Paudel LS
Pettus W
Poon AWP
Radford DC
Reine AL
Rielage K
Ruof NW
Schaper DC
Tedeschi D
Varner RL
Vasilyev S
Wilkerson JF
Wiseman C
Xu W
Yu CH
Zhu BX
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2023 Feb 10; Vol. 130 (6), pp. 062501.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator searched for neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) of ^{76}Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-background shield. The arrays operated with up to 40.4 kg of detectors (27.2 kg enriched to ∼88% in ^{76}Ge). From these measurements, the Demonstrator has accumulated 64.5 kg yr of enriched active exposure. With a world-leading energy resolution of 2.52 keV FWHM at the 2039 keV Q_{ββ} (0.12%), we set a half-life limit of 0νββ in ^{76}Ge at T_{1/2}>8.3×10^{25}  yr (90% C.L.). This provides a range of upper limits on m_{ββ} of (113-269) meV (90% C.L.), depending on the choice of nuclear matrix elements.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
130
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36827565
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.062501