Dark matter sensitivities of the Majorana Demonstrator

  • G. K. Giovanetti
  • , E. Aguayo
  • , F. T. Avignone
  • , H. O. Back
  • , A. S. Barabash
  • , J. R. Beene
  • , M. Bergevin
  • , F. E. Bertrand
  • , M. Boswell
  • , V. Brudanin
  • , M. Busch
  • , Y. D. Chan
  • , C. D. Christofferson
  • , J. I. Collar
  • , D. C. Combs
  • , R. J. Cooper
  • , J. A. Detwiler
  • , P. J. Doe
  • , Yu Efremenko
  • , V. Egorov
  • H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Esterline, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, V. M. Gehman, M. P. Green, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusey, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, M. Horton, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, C. Keller, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. LaFerriere, B. H. LaRoque, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, D. M. Mei, J. H. Merriman, M. L. Miller, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, N. R. Overman, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, G. Perumpilly, G. Prior, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, D. Steele, J. Strain, K. Thomas, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, I. Vanyushin, R. L. Varner, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, J. F. Wilkerson, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang

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Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator is an array of natural and enriched high purity germanium detectors that will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Germanium-76 and perform a search for weakly interacting massive particles with masses below 10 GeV. To reach the background rate goal in the neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest of 4 counts/keV/t/y, the DEMONSTRATOR will utilize a number of background reduction strategies, including a time-correlated event cut for 68Ge that requires a sub-keV energy threshold. This low energy threshold allows the DEMONSTRATOR to extend its physics reach to include a search for light WIMPs. We will discuss the detector systems and data analysis techniques required to achieve sub-keV thresholds as well as present the projected dark matter sensitivities of the Majorana Demonstrator.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012014
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume375
Issue numberPART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event12th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2011 - Munich, Germany
Duration: Sep 5 2011Sep 9 2011

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