Status update of the majorana demonstrator neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

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

Status update of the majorana demonstrator neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

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

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Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay searches play a major role in determining neutrino properties, in particular the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino and the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The consequences of these searches go beyond neutrino physics, with implications for Grand Unification and leptogenesis. The Majorana Collaboration is assembling a low-background array of high purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ⁷⁶Ge. The Majorana Demonstrator, which is currently being constructed and commissioned at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, will contain 44 kg (30 kg enriched in ⁷⁶Ge) of HPGe detectors. Its primary goal is to demonstrate the scalability and background required for a tonne-scale Ge experiment. This is accomplished via a modular design and projected background of less than 3 cnts/tonne-yr in the region of interest. The experiment is currently taking data with the first of its enriched detectors.

Original language	English
State	Published - 2020
Event	2015 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF 2015 - Ann Arbor, United States Duration: Aug 4 2015 → Aug 8 2015

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Conference	2015 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Ann Arbor
Period	08/4/15 → 08/8/15

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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. 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. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant No. DGE 1256082.

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Gruszko, J., Buuck, M., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Guinn, I. S., Leon, J., Robertson, R. G. H., Abgrall, N., Bradley, A. W., Chan, Y. D., Mertens, S., Poon, A. W. P., Arnquist, I. J., Hoppe, E. W., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Orrell, J. L., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., ... Wilkerson, J. F. (2020). Status update of the majorana demonstrator neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. Paper presented at 2015 Meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society, DPF 2015, Ann Arbor, United States.

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