The proposed Majorana 76Ge double-beta decay experiment

  • C. E. Aalseth
  • , D. Anderson
  • , R. Arthur
  • , F. T. Avignone
  • , C. Baktash
  • , T. Ball
  • , A. S. Barabash
  • , F. Bertrand
  • , R. L. Brodzinski
  • , V. Brudanin
  • , W. Bugg
  • , A. E. Champagne
  • , Y. D. Chan
  • , T. V. Cianciolo
  • , J. I. Collar
  • , R. W. Creswick
  • , M. Descovich
  • , M. Di Marco
  • , P. J. Doe
  • , G. Dunham
  • Yu Efremenko, V. Egerov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, A. Emanuel, P. Fallon, H. A. Farach, R. J. Gaitskell, V. Gehman, R. Grzywacz, A. Hallin, R. Hazma, R. Henning, A. Hime, T. Hossbach, D. Jordan, K. Kazkaz, J. Kephart, G. S. King, O. Kochetov, S. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, K. T. Lesko, P. Luke, M. Luzum, A. O. Macchiavelli, A. McDonald, D. Mei, H. S. Miley, G. B. Mills, A. Mokhtarani, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, J. M. Palms, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. H. Reeves, R. G.H. Robertson, R. Runkle, K. Rykaczewski, K. Saburov, Y. Sandukovsky, A. Sonnenschein, W. Tornow, C. Tull, R. G. van de Water, I. Vanushin, K. Vetter, R. A. Warner, J. F. Wilkerson, J. M. Wouters, A. R. Young, V. Yumatov

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Abstract

The proposed Majorana 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. Background reduction will be accomplished by: material selection, detector segmentation, pulse shape analysis, electro-formation of copper parts, and granularity of detector spacing. The predicted experimental sensitivity for measurement of the neutrinoless double-beta decay mode of 76Ge, over a data acquisition period of 5000 kg·y, is T1/2 ∼ 4×1027y.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-220
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Volume138
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2005

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