Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Double-Beta Decay of 76Ge to Excited States of 76Se

I. S. Guinn, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, F. E. Bertrand, B. Bos, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. H. Chu, M. L. Clark, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, A. Drobizhev, D. W. Edwins, Yu Efremenko, H. EjiriS. R. Elliott, T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, V. E. Guiseppe, C. R. Haufe, R. J. Hegedus, R. Henning, D. Hervas Aguilar, E. W. Hoppe, A. Hostiuc, M. F. Kidd, I. Kim, R. T. Kouzes, A. M. Lopez, J. M. López-Castano, E. L. Martin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. Myslik, T. K. Oli, G. Othman, W. Pettus, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, N. W. Ruof, M. J. Stortini, D. Tedeschi, R. L. Varner, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, C. H. Yu, B. X. Zhu

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Abstract

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for double-beta decay of 76Ge to excited states (E.S.) in 76Se using a modular array of high purity Germanium detectors. 76Ge can decay into three E.S.s of 76Se. The E.S. decays have a clear event signature consisting of a ββ-decay with the prompt emission of one or two γ-rays, resulting in with high probability in a multi-site event. The granularity of the DEMONSTRATOR detector array enables powerful discrimination of this event signature from backgrounds. Using 21.3 kg-y of isotopic exposure, the DEMONSTRATOR has set world leading limits for each E.S. decay, with 90% CL lower half-life limits in the range of (0.56 2.1) ⋅ 1024 y. In particular, for the 2v transition to the first 0+ E.S. of 76Se, a lower half-life limit of 0.68 ⋅ 1024 at 90% CL was achieved.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer012115
FachzeitschriftJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Jahrgang1468
Ausgabenummer1
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 20 März 2020
Veranstaltung16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2019 - Toyama, Japan
Dauer: 9 Sept. 201913 Sept. 2019

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