scholarly journals Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Search of 82Se with the CUPID-0 Experiment

Universe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Fabio Bellini ◽  
Oscar Azzolini ◽  
Maria Teresa Barrera ◽  
Jeffrey Beeman ◽  
Mattia Beretta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Particle Identification ◽  
Large Array ◽  
Β Decay ◽  
Total Exposure ◽  
Stringent Limit ◽  
Α Particles

CUPID-0 is the first large array of scintillating Zn 82 Se cryogenic calorimeters (bolometers) implementing particle identification for the search of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0 ν β β ). The detector consists of 24 enriched Zn 82 Se bolometers for a total 82 Se mass of 5.28 kg and it has been taking data in the underground LNGS (Italy) since March 2017. In this article we show how the dual read-out provides a powerful tool for the α particles rejection. The simultaneous use of the heat and light information allows us to reduce the background down to (3.2 − 1.1 + 1.3 )×10 − 3 counts/(keV kg year), an unprecedented level for cryogenic calorimeters. In a total exposure of 5.46 kg year Zn 82 Se we set the most stringent limit on the 0 ν β β decay 82 Se half-life T 1 / 2 0 ν > 4.0 × 10 24 year at 90% C.I.

scholarly journals Results from the Cuore Experiment †

Universe ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Caminata ◽  
Douglas Adams ◽  
Chris Alduino ◽  
Krystal Alfonso ◽  
Frank Avignone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Energy Resolution ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Precise Measurement ◽  
Region Of Interest ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Effective Energy ◽  
Β Decay ◽  
Compact Structure

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay that has been able to reach the 1-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO 2 crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers, each of them made of 52 crystals. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 and the data taking started in spring 2017 after a period of commissioning and tests. In this work we present the neutrinoless double beta decay results of CUORE from examining a total TeO 2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr , characterized by an effective energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts / ( keV kg yr ) . In this physics run, CUORE placed a lower limit on the decay half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te > 1.3 · 10 25 yr (90% C.L.). Moreover, an analysis of the background of the experiment is presented as well as the measurement of the 130 Te 2 ν β β decay with a resulting half-life of T 1 / 2 2 ν = [ 7.9 ± 0.1 ( stat . ) ± 0.2 ( syst . ) ] × 10 20 yr which is the most precise measurement of the half-life and compatible with previous results.

GERDA results and the future perspectives for the neutrinoless double beta decay search using 76Ge

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (09) ◽  
pp. 1843004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
M. Agostini ◽  
A. M. Bakalyarov ◽  
M. Balata ◽  
I. Barabanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Liquid Argon ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Inverted Hierarchy ◽  
Phase Phase

The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is a low background experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of INFN designed to search for the rare neutrinoless double beta decay ([Formula: see text]) of [Formula: see text]Ge. In the first phase (Phase I) of the experiment, high purity germanium diodes were operated in a “bare” mode and immersed in liquid argon. The overall background level of [Formula: see text] was a factor of ten better than those of its predecessors. No signal was found and a lower limit was set on the half-life for the [Formula: see text] decay of [Formula: see text]Ge [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL), while the corresponding median sensitivity was [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL). A second phase (Phase II) started at the end of 2015 after a major upgrade. Thanks to the increased detector mass and performance of the enriched germanium diodes and due to the introduction of liquid argon instrumentation techniques, it was possible to reduce the background down to [Formula: see text]. After analyzing 23.2 kg[Formula: see text]⋅[Formula: see text]yr of these new data no signal was seen. Combining these with the data from Phase I a stronger half-life limit of the [Formula: see text]Ge [Formula: see text] decay was obtained: [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL), reaching a sensitivity of [Formula: see text] yr (90% CL). Phase II will continue for the collection of an exposure of 100 kg[Formula: see text]yr. If no signal is found by then the GERDA sensitivity will have reached [Formula: see text] yr for setting a 90% CL. limit. After the end of GERDA Phase II, the flagship experiment for the search of [Formula: see text] decay of [Formula: see text]Ge will be LEGEND. LEGEND experiment is foreseen to deploy up to 1-ton of [Formula: see text]Ge. After ten years of data taking, it will reach a sensitivity beyond 10[Formula: see text] yr, and hence fully cover the inverted hierarchy region.

scholarly journals Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of130Te with CUORE

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Artusa ◽  
F. T. Avignone ◽  
O. Azzolini ◽  
M. Balata ◽  
T. I. Banks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Energy Resolution ◽  
Confidence Level ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Average Energy ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Upper Limit

Neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay is a hypothesized lepton-number-violating process that offers the only known means of asserting the possible Majorana nature of neutrino mass. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is an upcoming experiment designed to search for 0νββdecay of130Te using an array of 988 TeO2crystal bolometers operated at 10 mK. The detector will contain 206 kg of130Te and have an average energy resolution of 5 keV; the projected 0νββdecay half-life sensitivity after five years of livetime is 1.6 × 1026 y at 1σ(9.5 × 1025 y at the 90% confidence level), which corresponds to an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass in the range 40–100 meV (50–130 meV). In this paper, we review the experimental techniques used in CUORE as well as its current status and anticipated physics reach.

scholarly journals Search for neutrinoless double-beta decays in Ge-76 in the LEGEND experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 1643 (1) ◽  
pp. 012026
Author(s):  
Francesco Salamida
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Energy Resolution ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Sensitive Technique ◽  
Signal Region ◽  
Discovery Potential ◽  
Beta Decays

Abstract The search for neutrinoless double-beta decay is the most sensitive technique to establish the Majorana nature of neutrinos. Two operating experiments that look for such decays in Ge-76, GERDA and MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR have achieved the lowest backgrounds and the best energy resolution in the signal region. These are two of the most important detector characteristics for sensitive searches of this undiscovered decay. The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay (LEGEND) Collaboration has been formed to pursue a tonne-scale Ge-76 experiment that integrates the best technologies from these two experiments and others in the field. The Collaboration is developing a phased experimental program that uses existing resources as appropriate to expedite physics results, with the ultimate discovery potential at a decay half-life beyond 1028 years.

scholarly journals Status and results from the CUORE experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (36) ◽  
pp. 2044016
Author(s):  
A. Campani ◽  
D. Q. Adams ◽  
C. Alduino ◽  
K. Alfonso ◽  
F. T. Avignone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Precise Measurement ◽  
Rare Events ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Cubic Crystals

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a tonne-scale cryogenic experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso that exploits bolometric technique to search for neutrinoless double beta decay [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text]Te. The detector consists of a segmented array of 988 natural [Formula: see text] cubic crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers. The detector construction was completed in August 2016 and data taking started in Spring 2017. In this work, we present a brief description of the bolometric technique for rare events search and the CUORE detector, then we concentrate on the data analysis results. In this respect, we focus on the procedure for data processing and on the first [Formula: see text] results we obtained from a total [Formula: see text] exposure of [Formula: see text]. Next, we illustrate the main background sources and the CUORE background model, from which we obtain the most precise measurement of [Formula: see text]Te [Formula: see text] half-life to date. Finally, we discuss the improvements achieved with 2018 and 2019 detector optimization campaigns and the current perspectives of our experiment.

scholarly journals Study of rare nuclear processes with CUORE

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (09) ◽  
pp. 1843002 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Alduino ◽  
K. Alfonso ◽  
F. T. Avignone ◽  
O. Azzolini ◽  
G. Bari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Electron Capture ◽  
Beta Decay ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Nuclear Processes

TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in [Formula: see text]Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitive limit on the half-life, [Formula: see text] yr, which corresponds to an upper bound of 140–400 meV on the effective Majorana mass of the neutrino. While it makes CUORE a world-leading experiment looking for neutrinoless double beta decay, it is not the only study that CUORE will contribute to in the field of nuclear and particle physics. As already done over the years with many small-scale experiments, CUORE will investigate both rare decays (such as the two-neutrino double beta decay of [Formula: see text]Te and the hypothesized electron capture in [Formula: see text]Te), and rare processes (e.g. dark matter and axion interactions). This paper describes some of the achievements of past experiments that used TeO2 bolometers, and perspectives for CUORE.

scholarly journals Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: Status and Prospects

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle J. Dolinski ◽  
Alan W.P. Poon ◽  
Werner Rodejohann
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Particle Physics ◽  
Nuclear Physics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
Lepton Number ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Beyond The Standard Model ◽  
The Standard Model

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a forbidden, lepton-number-violating nuclear transition whose observation would have fundamental implications for neutrino physics, theories beyond the Standard Model, and cosmology. In this review, we summarize the theoretical progress to understand this process, the expectations and implications under various particle physics models, and the nuclear physics challenges that affect the precise predictions of the decay half-life. We also provide a synopsis of the current and future large-scale experiments that aim to discover this process in physically well-motivated half-life ranges.

scholarly journals Neutrinoless double beta decay in minimal left–right symmetric model with universal seesaw

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (35) ◽  
pp. 1850198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debasish Borah ◽  
Arnab Dasgupta ◽  
Sudhanwa Patra
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Parameter Space ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Mass Matrix ◽  
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Symmetric Model ◽  
Neutrino Mixing

We present a detailed discussion on neutrinoless double beta decay [Formula: see text] within left–right symmetric models based on the gauge symmetry of type [Formula: see text] as well as [Formula: see text] where fermion masses including that of neutrinos are generated through a universal seesaw mechanism. We find that one or more of the right-handed neutrinos could be as light as a few keV if left–right symmetry breaking occurs in the range of a few TeV to 100 TeV. With such light right-handed neutrinos, we perform a detailed study of new physics contributions to [Formula: see text] and constrain the model parameters from the latest experimental bound on such a rare decay process. We find that the new physics contribution to [Formula: see text] in such a scenario, particularly the heavy–light neutrino mixing diagrams, can individually saturate the existing experimental bounds, but their contributions to total [Formula: see text] half-life cancel each other due to unitarity of the total [Formula: see text] mass matrix. The effective contribution to half-life therefore, arises from the purely left and purely right neutrino and gauge boson mediated diagrams. We find that the parameter space saturating the [Formula: see text] bounds remains allowed from the latest experimental bounds on charged lepton flavor violating decays like [Formula: see text]. We finally include the bounds from cosmology and supernova to constrain the parameter space of the model.

scholarly journals Precise Half-Life Values for Two-Neutrino Double-β Decay: 2020 Review

Universe ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Barabash
Keyword(s):  
Beta Decay ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Matrix Elements ◽  
Β Decay ◽  
Double Electron ◽  
Double Β Decay ◽  
Life Values ◽  
Positive Results

All existing positive results on two-neutrino double beta decay and two-neutrino double electron capture in different nuclei have been analyzed. Weighted average and recommended half-life values for 48Ca, 76Ge, 82Se, 96Zr, 100Mo, 100Mo - 100Ru (01+), 116Cd, 128Te, 130Te, 136Xe, 150Nd, 150Nd - 150Sm (01+), 238U, 78Kr, 124Xe and 130Ba have been obtained. Given the measured half-life values, effective nuclear matrix elements for all these transitions were calculated.

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