Status of the Majorana Demonstrator

C. Cuesta; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; J. A. Detwiler; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; 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; R. Massarczyk; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Romero-Romero; B. Shanks; M. Shirchenko; N. Snyder; A. M. Suriano; D. Tedeschi; 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; I. Zhitnikov

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Status of the Majorana Demonstrator

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, A. W. Bradley, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, M. Buuck, D. Byram, A. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. H. Chu, J. A. Detwiler, Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. ElliottA. Galindo-Uribarri, T. Gilliss, 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, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Romero-Romero, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, N. Snyder, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, 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, I. Zhitnikov

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Abstract

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44-kg (29 kg 76Ge and 15 kg natGe) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. The next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double beta decay searches will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is envisioned to demonstrate a path forward to achieve a background rate at or below 1 count/tonne/year in the 4 keV region of interest around the Q-value of 2039 keV. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR follows a modular implementation to be easily scalable to the next generation experiment. First, the prototype module was assembled; it has been continuously taking data from July 2014 to June 2015. Second, Module 1 with more than half of the total enriched detectors and some natural detectors has been assembled and it is being commissioned. Finally, the assembly of Module 2, which will complete MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, is already in progress.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2015
Editors	Jouni Suhonen, Ivan Stekl, Osvaldo Civitarese
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735413337
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934894
State	Published - Oct 28 2015
Event	10th Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2015 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: Jun 9 2015 → Jun 12 2015

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1686
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	10th Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2015
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	06/9/15 → 06/12/15

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

Majorana neutrino mass
germanium detector
neutrinoless double-beta decay

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Cuesta, C., Abgrall, N., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Baldenegro-Barrera, C. X., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. H., Detwiler, J. A., Efremenko, Y., Ejiri, H., ... Zhitnikov, I. (2015). Status of the Majorana Demonstrator. In J. Suhonen, I. Stekl, & O. Civitarese (Eds.), Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2015 Article 020005 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1686). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934894

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Status of the Majorana Demonstrator. / Cuesta, C.; Abgrall, N.; Arnquist, I. J. et al.
Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2015. ed. / Jouni Suhonen; Ivan Stekl; Osvaldo Civitarese. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2015. 020005 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1686).

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