Status of the Majorana demonstrator: A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

Yu Efremenko; 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; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. 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; 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: A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

Yu Efremenko, 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, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, A. Galindo-UribarriT. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. 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, 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

If neutrinos are Majorana particles, i.e. fermions that are their own antiparticles, then neutrinoless double-beta (0vββ ) decay is possible. In such a process, two neutrons can simultaneously decay into two protons and two electrons without emitting neutrinos. Neutrinos being Majorana particles would explicitly violate lepton number conservation, and might play a role in the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. The Majorana Demonstrator experiment is under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, SD and will search for the neutrinoless double-beta (0vββ) decay of the 76Ge isotope. The goal of the experiment is to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve a sufficiently low background rate in the 4 keV region of interest (ROI) around the 2039 keV Q-value to justify building a tonne-scale experiment. In this paper, we discuss the physics and design of the Majorana Demonstrator, its approach to achieving ultra-low background and the status of the experiment.

Original language	English
Article number	1530032
Journal	International Journal of Modern Physics A
Volume	30
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X1530032X
State	Published - Apr 30 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 Astrophysics Program of the National Science Foundation. This research uses these US DOE Office of Science User Facilities: the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center and the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility. 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.

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National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Office of Nuclear Physics
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Russian Foundation for Basic Research	15-02-02919

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Majorana
Neutrinoless double beta decay
germanium detector

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Efremenko, Y., 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., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., ... Zhitnikov, I. (2015). Status of the Majorana demonstrator: A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 30(12), Article 1530032. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X1530032X

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