Abstract
The observation of neutrinoless double beta decay would allow to shed light onto the particle nature of neutrinos. Gerda is aiming to perform a background-free search for this process using high purity germanium detectors enriched in 76Ge operated in liquid argon. This goal relies on the application of active background suppression techniques. A low background light instrumentation has been installed for Phase II to detect events with coincident energy deposition in the nearby liquid argon. The intended background index of ∼10-3 cts/(keV•ky•yr) has been confirmed.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 012238 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 888 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 20 Sep 2017 |
Event | 27th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Neutrino 2016 - South Kensington, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Jul 2016 → 9 Jul 2016 |