The Majorana neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

C. E. Aalseth; D. Anderson; R. Arthur; F. T. Avignone; C. Baktash; T. Ball; A. S. Barabash; R. L. Brodzinski; V. B. Brudanin; W. Bugg; A. E. Champagne; Y. D. Chan; T. V. Cianciolo; J. I. Collar; R. W. Creswick; P. J. Doe; G. Dunham; S. Easterday; Yu V. Efremenko; V. G. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. Ely; P. Fallon; H. A. Farach; R. J. Gaitskell; V. Gehman; R. Grzywacz; R. Hazma; H. Hime; T. Hossbach; D. Jordan; K. Kazkaz; J. Kephart; G. S. King; O. I. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; K. T. Lesko; A. O. Macchiavelli; H. S. Miley; G. B. Mills; M. Nomachi; J. M. Palms; W. K. Pitts; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. H. Reeves; R. G.H. Robertson; R. M. Rohm; K. Rykaczewski; K. Saborov; V. G. Sandukovsky; C. Shawley; V. N. Stekhanov; W. Tornow; R. G. Van De Water; K. Vetter; R. A. Warner; J. Webb; J. F. Wilkerson; J. M. Wouters; A. R. Young; V. I. Yumatov

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The Majorana neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

C. E. Aalseth, D. Anderson, R. Arthur, F. T. Avignone, C. Baktash, T. Ball, A. S. Barabash, R. L. Brodzinski, V. B. Brudanin, W. Bugg, A. E. Champagne, Y. D. Chan, T. V. Cianciolo, J. I. Collar, R. W. Creswick, P. J. Doe, G. Dunham, S. Easterday, Yu V. Efremenko, V. G. EgorovH. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Ely, P. Fallon, H. A. Farach, R. J. Gaitskell, V. Gehman, R. Grzywacz, R. Hazma, H. Hime, T. Hossbach, D. Jordan, K. Kazkaz, J. Kephart, G. S. King, O. I. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, K. T. Lesko, A. O. Macchiavelli, H. S. Miley, G. B. Mills, M. Nomachi, J. M. Palms, W. K. Pitts, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. H. Reeves, R. G.H. Robertson, R. M. Rohm, K. Rykaczewski, K. Saborov, V. G. Sandukovsky, C. Shawley, V. N. Stekhanov, W. Tornow, R. G. Van De Water, K. Vetter, R. A. Warner, J. Webb, J. F. Wilkerson, J. M. Wouters, A. R. Young, V. I. Yumatov

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The proposed Majorana double-beta decay experiment is based on an array of segmented intrinsic Ge detectors with a total mass of 500 kg of Ge isotopically enriched to 86% in ⁷⁶Ge. A discussion is given of background reduction by material selection, detector segmentation, pulse shape analysis, and electroformation of copper parts and granularity. Predictions of the experimental sensitivity are given. For an experimental running time of 10 years over the construction and operation of the Majorana setup, a sensitivity of T_1/2^0ν ∼ 4 × 10²⁷ yr is predicted. This corresponds to 〈m_ν〉 ∼0.003-0.004 eV according to recent QRPA and RQRPA matrix element calculations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2002-2010
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Volume	67
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825519
State	Published - Nov 2004

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Aalseth, C. E., Anderson, D., Arthur, R., Avignone, F. T., Baktash, C., Ball, T., Barabash, A. S., Brodzinski, R. L., Brudanin, V. B., Bugg, W., Champagne, A. E., Chan, Y. D., Cianciolo, T. V., Collar, J. I., Creswick, R. W., Doe, P. J., Dunham, G., Easterday, S., Efremenko, Y. V., ... Yumatov, V. I. (2004). The Majorana neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. Physics of Atomic Nuclei, 67(11), 2002-2010. https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1825519

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