The Majorana Demonstrator: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a tonne-scale 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

P. Finnerty; E. Aguayo; M. Amman; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; P. J. Barton; J. R. Beene; 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; F. M. Fraenkle; A. Galindo-Uribarri; 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; M. F. Kidd; A. Knecht; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; J. Leon; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; P. N. Luke; S. Macmullin; M. G. Marino; R. D. Martin; J. H. Merriman; M. L. Miller; L. Mizouni; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; N. R. Overman; G. Perumpilly; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; 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; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; R. L. Varner; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; J. F. Wilkerson; E. Yakushev; H. Yaver; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/485/1/012042

The Majorana Demonstrator: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a tonne-scale ⁷⁶Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

P. Finnerty
, E. Aguayo
, M. Amman
, F. T. Avignone
, A. S. Barabash
, P. J. Barton
, J. R. Beene
, 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, F. M. Fraenkle, A. Galindo-Uribarri, 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, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. Macmullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, J. H. Merriman, M. L. Miller, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, N. R. Overman, G. Perumpilly, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, 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, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, R. L. Varner, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, J. F. Wilkerson, E. Yakushev, H. Yaver, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov

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The Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0vββ) of the ⁷⁶Ge isotope with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate the neutrino is its own anti-particle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass-scale of the neutrino. The Demonstrator is being assembled at the 4850 foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be contained in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. The goals for the Demonstrator are: demonstrating a background rate less than 3 t^-1 y^-1 in the 4 keV region of interest (ROI) surrounding the 2039 keV ⁷⁶Ge endpoint energy; establishing the technology required to build a tonne-scale germanium based double-beta decay experiment; testing the recent claim of observation of 0vββ [1]; and performing a direct search for light WIMPs (3-10 GeV/c²).

Original language	English
Article number	012042
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	485
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/485/1/012042
State	Published - 2014
Event	18th International Symposium on Particles Strings and Cosmology, PASCOS 2012 - Merida, Mexico Duration: Jun 3 2012 → Jun 8 2012

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Finnerty, P., Aguayo, E., Amman, M., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Barton, P. J., Beene, J. R., 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., ... Yumatov, V. (2014). The Majorana Demonstrator: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a tonne-scale ⁷⁶Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 485(1), Article 012042. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/485/1/012042

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N2 - The Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0vββ) of the 76Ge isotope with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate the neutrino is its own anti-particle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass-scale of the neutrino. The Demonstrator is being assembled at the 4850 foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be contained in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. The goals for the Demonstrator are: demonstrating a background rate less than 3 t-1 y-1 in the 4 keV region of interest (ROI) surrounding the 2039 keV 76Ge endpoint energy; establishing the technology required to build a tonne-scale germanium based double-beta decay experiment; testing the recent claim of observation of 0vββ [1]; and performing a direct search for light WIMPs (3-10 GeV/c2).

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The Majorana Demonstrator: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a tonne-scale ⁷⁶Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

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