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Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ^{130} Te with CUORE
- Source :
- Physical review letters, vol 124, iss 12
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2020.
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Abstract
- We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ^{130} Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a fourfold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds, and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of (1.38±0.07)×10^{-2} counts/(keV kg yr)) in the 0νββ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5kg yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of 1.7×10^{25} yr. We find no evidence for 0νββ decay and set a 90% credibility interval Bayesian lower limit of 3.2×10^{25} yr on the ^{130} Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that 0νββ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters, vol 124, iss 12
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..59f70b424a86bba3876a8729a7450797