Search for Neutrinoless Double- β Decay in Ge 76 with the Majorana Demonstrator

C. E. Aalseth; N. Abgrall; E. Aguayo; S. I. Alvis; M. Amman; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; H. O. Back; A. S. Barabash; P. S. Barbeau; C. J. Barton; P. J. Barton; F. E. Bertrand; T. Bode; B. Bos; M. Boswell; A. W. Bradley; R. L. Brodzinski; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; A. S. Caldwell; T. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; J. I. Collar; D. C. Combs; R. J. Cooper; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; J. A. Dunmore; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. E. Fast; P. Finnerty; F. M. Fraenkle; Z. Fu; B. K. Fujikawa; E. Fuller; A. Galindo-Uribarri; V. M. Gehman; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; A. L. Hallin; C. R. Haufe; L. Hehn; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; T. W. Hossbach; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; R. A. Johnson; K. J. Keeter; J. D. Kephart; M. F. Kidd; A. Knecht; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; J. Leon; K. T. Lesko; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; A. M. Lopez; P. N. Luke; J. Macmullin; S. Macmullin; M. G. Marino; R. D. Martin; R. Massarczyk; A. B. McDonald; D. M. Mei; S. J. Meijer; J. H. Merriman; S. Mertens; H. S. Miley; M. L. Miller; J. Myslik; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; G. Othman; N. R. Overman; G. Perumpilly; W. Pettus; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; K. Pushkin; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; J. H. Reeves; A. L. Reine; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; M. C. Ronquest; N. W. Ruof; A. G. Schubert; B. Shanks; M. Shirchenko; K. J. Snavely; N. Snyder; D. Steele; A. M. Suriano; D. Tedeschi; W. Tornow; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; E. Yakushev; H. Yaver; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; I. Zhitnikov; B. X. Zhu; S. Zimmermann

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132502

Search for Neutrinoless Double- β Decay in Ge 76 with the Majorana Demonstrator

C. E. Aalseth, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, S. I. Alvis, M. Amman, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, C. J. Barton, P. J. Barton, F. E. Bertrand, T. Bode, B. Bos, M. Boswell, A. W. Bradley, R. L. Brodzinski, V. Brudanin, M. BuschM. Buuck, A. S. Caldwell, T. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. H. Chu, J. I. Collar, D. C. Combs, R. J. Cooper, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, J. A. Dunmore, Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. E. Fast, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, Z. Fu, B. K. Fujikawa, E. Fuller, A. Galindo-Uribarri, V. M. Gehman, T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, A. L. Hallin, C. R. Haufe, L. Hehn, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, T. W. Hossbach, M. A. Howe, B. R. Jasinski, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, J. D. Kephart, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, J. Leon, K. T. Lesko, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, A. M. Lopez, P. N. Luke, J. Macmullin, S. Macmullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, A. B. McDonald, D. M. Mei, S. J. Meijer, J. H. Merriman, S. Mertens, H. S. Miley, M. L. Miller, J. Myslik, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, G. Othman, N. R. Overman, G. Perumpilly, W. Pettus, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, K. Pushkin, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, J. H. Reeves, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, M. C. Ronquest, N. W. Ruof, A. G. Schubert, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, N. Snyder, D. Steele, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, W. Tornow, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, H. Yaver, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, I. Zhitnikov, B. X. Zhu, S. Zimmermann

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The Majorana Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-β decay in Ge76. The Majorana Demonstrator comprises 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched in Ge76) split between two modules contained in a low background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Here we present results from data taken during construction, commissioning, and the start of full operations. We achieve unprecedented energy resolution of 2.5 keV FWHM at Qββ and a very low background with no observed candidate events in 9.95 kg yr of enriched Ge exposure, resulting in a lower limit on the half-life of 1.9×1025 yr (90% C.L.). This result constrains the effective Majorana neutrino mass to below 240-520 meV, depending on the matrix elements used. In our experimental configuration with the lowest background, the background is 4.0-2.5+3.1 counts/(FWHM t yr).

Original language	English
Article number	132502
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132502
State	Published - Mar 26 2018

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Awards No.DE-AC02-05CH11231, No.DE-AC52-06NA25396, No.DE-FG02-97ER41041, No.DE-FG02-97ER41033, No.DE-FG02-97ER41042, No.DE-SC0012612, No.DE-FG02-10ER41715, No.DE-SC0010254, and No.DE-FG02-97ER41020. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No.MRI-0923142, No.PHY-0855314, No.PHY-0919270, No.PHY-1003399, No.PHY-1003940, No.PHY-1102292, No.PHY-1202950, No.PHY-1206314, No.PHY-1619611, and No.PHY-7194299. We acknowledge support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No.15-02-02919. We acknowledge the support of the U.S. Department of Energy through the LANL/LDRD, LBNL/LDRD and PNNL/LDRD Programs. This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported under Contract No.DE-AC05-00OR22725. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported under Contract No.DE-AC02-05CH11231. We thank our hosts and colleagues at the Sanford Underground Research Facility for their support. The authors appreciate the technical assistance of J. F. Amsbaugh, J. Bell, B. A. Bos, T. H. Burritt, G. Capps, K. Carney, R. Daniels, L. DeBraeckeleer, C. Dunagan, G. C. Harper, C. Havener, G. Holman, R. Hughes, K. Jeskie, K. Lagergren, D. Lee, M. Middlebook, A. Montoya, A. W. Myers, D. Peterson, D. Reid, L. Rodriguez, H. Salazar, A. R. Smith, G. Swift, M. Turqueti, J. Thompson, P. Thompson, C. Tysor, T. D. Van Wechel, and R. Witharm. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Awards No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, No. DE-AC52-06NA25396, No. DE-FG02-97ER41041, No. DE-FG02-97ER41033, No. DE-FG02-97ER41042, No. DE-SC0012612, No. DE-FG02-10ER41715, No. DE-SC0010254, and No. DE-FG02-97ER41020. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. MRI-0923142, No. PHY-0855314, No. PHY-0919270, No. PHY-1003399, No. PHY-1003940, No. PHY-1102292, No. PHY-1202950, No. PHY-1206314, No. PHY-1619611, and No. PHY-7194299. We acknowledge support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No. 15-02-02919. We acknowledge the support of the U.S. Department of Energy through the LANL/LDRD, LBNL/LDRD and PNNL/LDRD Programs. This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE Office of Science User Facility supported under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. We thank our hosts and colleagues at the Sanford Underground Research Facility for their support.

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DOE Office of Science
LANL/LDRD
LBNL/LDRD
Office of Nuclear Physics	DE-SC0010254
PNNL/LDRD
National Science Foundation	PHY-1619611
U.S. Department of Energy
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences	0855314, 0923142, 1102292, 1003940, 0919270, 1003399, 1202950, 1206314
Office of Science	DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC02-05CH11231
Russian Foundation for Basic Research	15-02-02919
National Science Foundation	PHY-1003399, PHY-1003940, PHY-1206314, PHY-1102292, PHY-0919270, PHY-1202950, MRI-0923142, PHY-0855314, PHY-7194299

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Aalseth, C. E., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Alvis, S. I., Amman, M., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Back, H. O., Barabash, A. S., Barbeau, P. S., Barton, C. J., Barton, P. J., Bertrand, F. E., Bode, T., Bos, B., Boswell, M., Bradley, A. W., Brodzinski, R. L., Brudanin, V., ... Zimmermann, S. (2018). Search for Neutrinoless Double- β Decay in Ge 76 with the Majorana Demonstrator. Physical Review Letters, 120(13), Article 132502. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132502

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AU - Arnquist, I. J.

AU - Avignone, F. T.

AU - Back, H. O.

AU - Barabash, A. S.

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AU - Bertrand, F. E.

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AU - Boswell, M.

AU - Bradley, A. W.

AU - Brodzinski, R. L.

AU - Brudanin, V.

AU - Busch, M.

AU - Buuck, M.

AU - Caldwell, A. S.

AU - Caldwell, T. S.

AU - Chan, Y. D.

AU - Christofferson, C. D.

AU - Chu, P. H.

AU - Collar, J. I.

AU - Combs, D. C.

AU - Cooper, R. J.

AU - Cuesta, C.

AU - Detwiler, J. A.

AU - Doe, P. J.

AU - Dunmore, J. A.

AU - Efremenko, Yu

AU - Ejiri, H.

AU - Elliott, S. R.

AU - Fast, J. E.

AU - Finnerty, P.

AU - Fraenkle, F. M.

AU - Fu, Z.

AU - Fujikawa, B. K.

AU - Fuller, E.

AU - Galindo-Uribarri, A.

AU - Gehman, V. M.

AU - Gilliss, T.

AU - Giovanetti, G. K.

AU - Goett, J.

AU - Green, M. P.

AU - Gruszko, J.

AU - Guinn, I. S.

AU - Guiseppe, V. E.

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AU - Henning, R.

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AU - Howe, M. A.

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AU - Johnson, R. A.

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AU - Knecht, A.

AU - Konovalov, S. I.

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AU - Lopez, A. M.

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AU - Macmullin, J.

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AU - Martin, R. D.

AU - Massarczyk, R.

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AU - Meijer, S. J.

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AU - Poon, A. W.P.

AU - Pushkin, K.

AU - Radford, D. C.

AU - Rager, J.

AU - Reeves, J. H.

AU - Reine, A. L.

AU - Rielage, K.

AU - Robertson, R. G.H.

AU - Ronquest, M. C.

AU - Ruof, N. W.

AU - Schubert, A. G.

AU - Shanks, B.

AU - Shirchenko, M.

AU - Snavely, K. J.

AU - Snyder, N.

AU - Steele, D.

AU - Suriano, A. M.

AU - Tedeschi, D.

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AU - Vasilyev, S.

AU - Vetter, K.

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AU - Yaver, H.

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AU - Yu, C. H.

AU - Yumatov, V.

AU - Zhitnikov, I.

AU - Zhu, B. X.

AU - Zimmermann, S.

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