Status of the Majorana Demonstrator

C. Cuesta; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; J. A. Detwiler; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. LaFerriere; J. Leon; J. MacMullin; R. D. Martin; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; N. R. Overman; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Romero-Romero; C. Schmitt; B. Shanks; M. Shirchenko; N. Snyder; A. M. Suriano; D. Tedeschi; V. Timkin; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; E. Yakushev; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.06.019

Status of the Majorana Demonstrator

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, M. Buuck, D. Byram, A. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, J. A. Detwiler, Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, A. Galindo-Uribarri, G. K. Giovanetti, J. GoettM. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, B. R. Jasinski, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. LaFerriere, J. Leon, J. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, N. R. Overman, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Romero-Romero, C. Schmitt, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, N. Snyder, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, V. Timkin, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov

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The Majorana Collaboration is constructing the Majorana Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 40-kg modular high purity Ge detector array to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ⁷⁶Ge. In view of the next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double-beta decay searches that will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region, a major goal of the Demonstrator is to demonstrate a path forward to achieving a background rate at or below 1 count/tonne/year in the 4 keV region of interest around the Q-value at 2039 keV. The current status of the Demonstrator is discussed, as are plans for its completion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-72
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Volume	265-266
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.06.019
State	Published - Aug 2015

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics. We acknowledge support from the Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics Program of the National Science Foundation. We acknowledge support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. We thank our hosts and colleagues at the Sanford Underground Research Facility for their support.

Keywords

Germanium detector
Majorana
Neutrinoless double-beta decay

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Cuesta, C., Abgrall, N., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Detwiler, J. A., Efremenko, Y., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., ... Yumatov, V. (2015). Status of the Majorana Demonstrator. Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, 265-266, 70-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.06.019

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