The majorana demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay

C. Cuesta; M. Buuck; J. A. Detwiler; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; J. Leon; R. G.H. Robertson; N. Abgrall; A. W. Bradley; Y. D. Chan; S. Mertens; A. W.P. Poon; K. Vetter; I. J. Arnquist; E. W. Hoppe; R. T. Kouzes; 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; C. H. Yu; V. Brudanin; M. Shirchenko; S. Vasilyev; E. Yakushev; I. Zhitnikov; M. Busch; T. S. Caldwell; T. Gilliss; R. Henning; M. A. Howe; J. MacMullin; S. J. Meijer; C. OShaughnessy; J. Rager; B. Shanks; J. E. Trimble; K. Vorren; W. Xu; C. D. Christofferson; C. Dunagan; A. M. Suriano; P. H. Chu; S. R. Elliott; R. Massarczyk; K. Rielage; B. R. White; Yu Efremenko; A. M. Lopez; H. Ejiri; A. Fullmer; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; V. E. Guiseppe; D. Tedeschi; C. Wiseman; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; R. D. Martin; E. Romero-Romero; J. F. Wilkerson

The majorana demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay

C. Cuesta, M. Buuck, J. A. Detwiler, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, J. Leon, R. G.H. Robertson, N. Abgrall, A. W. Bradley, Y. D. Chan, S. Mertens, A. W.P. Poon, K. Vetter, I. J. Arnquist, E. W. Hoppe, R. T. Kouzes, 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, C. H. Yu, V. Brudanin, M. Shirchenko, S. Vasilyev, E. Yakushev, I. Zhitnikov, M. Busch, T. S. Caldwell, T. Gilliss, R. Henning, M. A. Howe, J. MacMullin, S. J. Meijer, C. OShaughnessy, J. Rager, B. Shanks, J. E. Trimble, K. Vorren, W. Xu, C. D. Christofferson, C. Dunagan, A. M. Suriano, P. H. Chu, S. R. Elliott, R. Massarczyk, K. Rielage, B. R. White, Yu Efremenko, A. M. Lopez, H. Ejiri, A. Fullmer, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, V. E. Guiseppe, D. Tedeschi, C. Wiseman, B. R. Jasinski, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, R. D. Martin, E. Romero-Romero, J. F. Wilkerson

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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 44.8-kg (29.7 kg enriched -88% in 76Ge) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. The next generation of tonnescale 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 data taken with the DEMONSTRATOR are introduced here.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	Part F128555
State	Published - 2016
Event	13th International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons, HQL 2016 - Blacksburg, United States Duration: May 22 2016 → May 27 2016

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Award Numbers DE-AC02-05CH11231, DEAC52-06NA25396, DE-FG02-97ER41041, DE-FG02-97ER41033, DE-FG02-97ER41042, DESC0012612, DE-FG02-10ER41715, DE-SC0010254, and DE-FG02-97ER41020.

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U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Nuclear Physics	DEAC52-06NA25396, DESC0012612, DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-FG02-97ER41020, DE-FG02-97ER41042, DE-FG02-10ER41715, DE-FG02-97ER41033, DE-FG02-97ER41041, DE-SC0010254

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Cuesta, C., Buuck, M., Detwiler, J. A., Gruszko, J., Guinn, I. S., Leon, J., Robertson, R. G. H., Abgrall, N., Bradley, A. W., Chan, Y. D., Mertens, S., Poon, A. W. P., Vetter, K., Arnquist, I. J., Hoppe, E. W., Kouzes, R. T., Orrell, J. L., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., ... Wilkerson, J. F. (2016). The majorana demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Proceedings of Science, Part F128555.

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AU - Hoppe, E. W.

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AU - Orrell, J. L.

AU - Avignone, F. T.

AU - Barabash, A. S.

AU - Konovalov, S. I.

AU - Yumatov, V.

AU - Bertrand, F. E.

AU - Galindo-Uribarri, A.

AU - Radford, D. C.

AU - Varner, R. L.

AU - Yu, C. H.

AU - Brudanin, V.

AU - Shirchenko, M.

AU - Vasilyev, S.

AU - Yakushev, E.

AU - Zhitnikov, I.

AU - Busch, M.

AU - Caldwell, T. S.

AU - Gilliss, T.

AU - Henning, R.

AU - Howe, M. A.

AU - MacMullin, J.

AU - Meijer, S. J.

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AU - Rielage, K.

AU - White, B. R.

AU - Efremenko, Yu

AU - Lopez, A. M.

AU - Ejiri, H.

AU - Fullmer, A.

AU - Giovanetti, G. K.

AU - Green, M. P.

AU - Guiseppe, V. E.

AU - Tedeschi, D.

AU - Wiseman, C.

AU - Jasinski, B. R.

AU - Keeter, K. J.

AU - Kidd, M. F.

AU - Martin, R. D.

AU - Romero-Romero, E.

AU - Wilkerson, J. F.

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The majorana demonstrator search for neutrinoless double beta decay

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