The status and initial results of the Majorana demonstrator experiment

V. E. Guiseppe; N. Abgrall; S. I. Alvis; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; C. J. Barton; F. E. Bertrand; T. Bode; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; C. Dunagan; Yu Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; C. R. Haufe; L. Hehn; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; M. A. Howe; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; A. M. Lopez; R. D. Martin; R. Massarczyk; S. J. Meijer; S. Mertens; J. Myslik; C. O'Shaughnessy; G. Othman; A. W.P. Poon; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; A. L. Reine; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; N. W. Rouf; B. Shanks; M. Shirchenko; A. M. Suriano; D. Tedeschi; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; E. Yakushev; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; I. Zhitnikov; B. X. Zhu

doi:10.1063/1.5007635

The status and initial results of the Majorana demonstrator experiment

V. E. Guiseppe
, N. Abgrall
, S. I. Alvis
, I. J. Arnquist
, F. T. Avignone
, A. S. Barabash
, C. J. Barton
, F. E. Bertrand
, T. Bode
, A. W. Bradley
, V. Brudanin
, M. Busch
, M. Buuck
, T. S. Caldwell
, Y. D. Chan
, C. D. Christofferson
, P. H. Chu
, C. Cuesta
, J. A. Detwiler
, C. Dunagan

Yu Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, T. Gilliss, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, C. R. Haufe, L. Hehn, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, M. A. Howe, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, A. M. Lopez, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, S. Mertens, J. Myslik, C. O'Shaughnessy, G. Othman, A. W.P. Poon, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, N. W. Rouf, B. Shanks, M. Shirchenko, A. M. Suriano, D. Tedeschi, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, I. Zhitnikov, B. X. Zhu

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Abstract

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The Majorana Collaboration assembled an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ⁷⁶Ge. The Majorana Demonstrator is comprised of 44.1 kg (29.7 kg enriched in ⁷⁶Ge) of Ge detectors divided between two modules contained in a low-background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. The initial goals of the Demonstrator are to establish the required background and scalability of a Ge-based next-generation ton-scale experiment. Following a commissioning run that started in 2015, the first detector module started low-background data production in early 2016. The second detector module was added in August 2016 to begin operation of the entire array. We discuss results of the initial physics runs, as well as the status and physics reach of the full Majorana Demonstrator experiment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017
Editors	Osvaldo Civitarese, Jouni Suhonen, Ivan Stekl
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735415775
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007635
State	Published - Oct 16 2017
Event	11th Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: May 29 2017 → Jun 2 2017

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1894
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	11th Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	05/29/17 → 06/2/17

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, the Particle Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics Programs of the National Science Foundation, and the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

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Guiseppe, V. E., Abgrall, N., Alvis, S. I., Arnquist, I. J., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Barton, C. J., Bertrand, F. E., Bode, T., Bradley, A. W., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Buuck, M., Caldwell, T. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Chu, P. H., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., ... Zhu, B. X. (2017). The status and initial results of the Majorana demonstrator experiment. In O. Civitarese, J. Suhonen, & I. Stekl (Eds.), Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017 Article 020010 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1894). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5007635

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The status and initial results of the Majorana demonstrator experiment. / Guiseppe, V. E.; Abgrall, N.; Alvis, S. I. et al.
Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017. ed. / Osvaldo Civitarese; Jouni Suhonen; Ivan Stekl. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2017. 020010 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1894).

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Guiseppe VE, Abgrall N, Alvis SI, Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS et al. The status and initial results of the Majorana demonstrator experiment. In Civitarese O, Suhonen J, Stekl I, editors, Workshop on Calculation of Double-Beta-Decay Matrix Elements, MEDEX 2017. American Institute of Physics Inc. 2017. 020010. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.5007635

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