The MAJORANA experiment: An ultra-low background search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

D. G. Phillips; E. Aguayo; F. T. Avignone; H. O. Back; A. S. Barabash; 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; V. 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; A. Hime; 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. Laferriere; B. H. Laroque; J. Leon; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; S. MacMullin; M. G. Marino; R. D. Martin; D. M. Mei; J. Merriman; M. L. Miller; L. Mizouni; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; N. R. Overman; 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; J. F. Wilkerson; B. A. Wolfe; E. Yakushev; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; C. Zhang

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The MAJORANA experiment: An ultra-low background search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

D. G. Phillips, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, 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, V. Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. EjiriS. 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, A. Hime, 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. Laferriere, B. H. Laroque, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, R. D. Martin, D. M. Mei, J. Merriman, M. L. Miller, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, N. R. Overman, 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, J. F. Wilkerson, B. A. Wolfe, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang

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The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would resolve the Majorana nature of the neutrino and could provide information on the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The initial phase of the MAJORANA experiment, known as the DEMONSTRATOR, will house 40 kg of Ge in an ultra-low background shielded environment at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead, SD. The objective of the DEMONSTRATOR is to determine whether a future 1-tonne experiment can achieve a background goal of one count per tonne-year in a narrow region of interest around the ⁷⁶Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay peak.

Original language	English
Article number	012044
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	381
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/381/1/012044
State	Published - 2012
Event	Rutherford Centennial Conference on Nuclear Physics - Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: Aug 8 2011 → Aug 12 2011

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Phillips, D. G., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Back, H. O., Barabash, A. S., 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, V., Egorov, V., ... Zhang, C. (2012). The MAJORANA experiment: An ultra-low background search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 381(1), Article 012044. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/381/1/012044

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