The Majorana Demonstrator: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76

J. F. Wilkerson; E. Aguayo; F. T. Avignone; H. O. Back; A. S. Barabash; J. R. Beene; M. Bergevin; F. E. Bertrand; M. Boswell; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; J. I. Collar; D. C. Combs; R. J. Cooper; J. A. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; Yu Efremenko; V. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. Esterline; J. E. Fast; N. Fields; P. Finnerty; F. M. Fraenkle; V. M. Gehman; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; V. E. Guiseppe; K. Gusey; A. L. Hallin; R. Hazama; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; M. Horton; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; R. A. Johnson; K. J. Keeter; C. Keller; M. F. Kidd; A. Knecht; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; B. H. LaRoque; J. Leon; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; S. MacMullin; M. G. Marino; R. D. Martin; D. M. Mei; J. H. Merriman; M. L. Miller; L. Mizouni; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; N. R. Overman; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; G. Perumpilly; G. Prior; D. C. Radford; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; M. C. Ronquest; A. G. Schubert; T. Shima; M. Shirchenko; K. J. Snavely; D. Steele; J. Strain; K. Thomas; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; I. Vanyushin; R. L. Varner; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; E. Yakushev; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; C. Zhang

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042010

The Majorana Demonstrator: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76

J. F. Wilkerson, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, J. R. Beene, M. Bergevin, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, J. I. Collar, D. C. Combs, R. J. Cooper, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu Efremenko, V. EgorovH. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Esterline, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, V. M. Gehman, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusey, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, M. Horton, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, C. Keller, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, B. H. LaRoque, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, D. M. Mei, J. H. Merriman, M. L. Miller, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, N. R. Overman, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, G. Perumpilly, G. Prior, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, D. Steele, J. Strain, K. Thomas, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, I. Vanyushin, R. L. Varner, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang

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The observation of neutrino less double-beta decay would show that neutrinos are Majorana particles and provide information on neutrino mass. Attaining sensitivities for neutrino masses in the inverted hierarchy region requires large, tonne scale detectors with extremely low backgrounds, at the level of 10^-3 counts keV^-1 t^-1 y^-1 or lower in the region of the signal. The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the DEMONSTRATOR, an array consisting of 40 kg of p-type point contact germanium detectors, at least half of which will be enriched to 86% in ⁷⁶Ge. The primary aim is to show the feasibility for a future tonne scale measurement. With a sub-keV energy threshold, the array should also be able to search for light WIMP dark matter. This paper presents a brief update on the status of constructing the DEMONSTRATOR including an electroforming facility that is now operating underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Original language	English
Article number	042010
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	375
Issue number	PART 4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042010
State	Published - 2012
Event	12th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2011 - Munich, Germany Duration: Sep 5 2011 → Sep 9 2011

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Wilkerson, J. F., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Back, H. O., Barabash, A. S., Beene, J. R., Bergevin, M., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Collar, J. I., Combs, D. C., Cooper, R. J., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Y., ... Zhang, C. (2012). The Majorana Demonstrator: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 375(PART 4), Article 042010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/042010

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