Search | arXiv e-print repository

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>  <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/favicon-32x32.png"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/favicon-16x16.png"> <link rel="manifest" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/site.webmanifest"> <link rel="mask-icon" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#b31b1b"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/icons/favicon.ico"> <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#b31b1b"> <meta name="msapplication-config" content="images/icons/browserconfig.xml"> <meta name="theme-color" content="#b31b1b">  <title>Search | arXiv e-print repository</title> <script defer src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/fontawesome-free-5.11.2-web/js/all.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/css/arxivstyle.css" /> <script type="text/x-mathjax-config"> MathJax.Hub.Config({ messageStyle: "none", extensions: ["tex2jax.js"], jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"], tex2jax: { inlineMath: [ ['$','$'], ["\$","\$"] ], displayMath: [ ['$$','$$'], ["\\[","\\]"] ], processEscapes: true, ignoreClass: '.*', processClass: 'mathjax.*' }, TeX: { extensions: ["AMSmath.js", "AMSsymbols.js", "noErrors.js"], noErrors: { inlineDelimiters: ["$","$"], multiLine: false, style: { "font-size": "normal", "border": "" } } }, "HTML-CSS": { availableFonts: ["TeX"] } }); </script> <script src='//static.arxiv.org/MathJax-2.7.3/MathJax.js'></script> <script src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/js/notification.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/search/0.5.6/css/bulma-tooltip.min.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://static.arxiv.org/static/search/0.5.6/css/search.css" /> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha256-k2WSCIexGzOj3Euiig+TlR8gA0EmPjuc79OEeY5L45g=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/search/0.5.6/js/fieldset.js"></script> <style> radio#cf-customfield_11400 { display: none; } </style> </head> <body> <header><a href="#main-container" class="is-sr-only">Skip to main content</a>  <div class="attribution level is-marginless" role="banner"> <div class="level-left"> <a class="level-item" href="https://cornell.edu/"><img src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/cornell-reduced-white-SMALL.svg" alt="Cornell University" width="200" aria-label="logo" /></a> </div> <div class="level-right is-marginless"><p class="sponsors level-item is-marginless"><span id="support-ack-url">We gratefully acknowledge support from<br /> the Simons Foundation, <a href="https://info.arxiv.org/about/ourmembers.html">member institutions</a>, and all contributors. <a href="https://info.arxiv.org/about/donate.html">Donate</a></span></p></div> </div>  <div class="identity level is-marginless"> <div class="level-left"> <div class="level-item"> <a class="arxiv" href="https://arxiv.org/" aria-label="arxiv-logo"> <img src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/images/arxiv-logo-one-color-white.svg" aria-label="logo" alt="arxiv logo" width="85" style="width:85px;"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="search-block level-right"> <form class="level-item mini-search" method="GET" action="https://arxiv.org/search"> <div class="field has-addons"> <div class="control"> <input class="input is-small" type="text" name="query" placeholder="Search..." aria-label="Search term or terms" /> <p class="help"><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help">Help</a> | <a href="https://arxiv.org/search/advanced">Advanced Search</a></p> </div> <div class="control"> <div class="select is-small"> <select name="searchtype" aria-label="Field to search"> <option value="all" selected="selected">All fields</option> <option value="title">Title</option> <option value="author">Author</option> <option value="abstract">Abstract</option> <option value="comments">Comments</option> <option value="journal_ref">Journal reference</option> <option value="acm_class">ACM classification</option> <option value="msc_class">MSC classification</option> <option value="report_num">Report number</option> <option value="paper_id">arXiv identifier</option> <option value="doi">DOI</option> <option value="orcid">ORCID</option> <option value="author_id">arXiv author ID</option> <option value="help">Help pages</option> <option value="full_text">Full text</option> </select> </div> </div> <input type="hidden" name="source" value="header"> <button class="button is-small is-cul-darker">Search</button> </div> </form> </div> </div>  <div class="container"> <div class="user-tools is-size-7 has-text-right has-text-weight-bold" role="navigation" aria-label="User menu"> <a href="https://arxiv.org/login">Login</a> </div> </div> </header> <main class="container" id="main-container"> <div class="level is-marginless"> <div class="level-left"> <h1 class="title is-clearfix"> Showing 1–50 of 118 results for author: <span class="mathjax">Avignone, F T</span> </h1> </div> <div class="level-right is-hidden-mobile">  <span class="help" style="display: inline-block;"><a href="https://github.com/arXiv/arxiv-search/releases">Search v0.5.6 released 2020-02-24</a>  </span> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <form method="GET" action="/search/nucl-ex" aria-role="search"> Searching in archive <strong>nucl-ex</strong>. <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">Search in all archives.</a> <div class="field has-addons-tablet"> <div class="control is-expanded"> <label for="query" class="hidden-label">Search term or terms</label> <input class="input is-medium" id="query" name="query" placeholder="Search term..." type="text" value="Avignone, F T"> </div> <div class="select control is-medium"> <label class="is-hidden" for="searchtype">Field</label> <select class="is-medium" id="searchtype" name="searchtype"><option value="all">All fields</option><option value="title">Title</option><option selected value="author">Author(s)</option><option value="abstract">Abstract</option><option value="comments">Comments</option><option value="journal_ref">Journal reference</option><option value="acm_class">ACM classification</option><option value="msc_class">MSC classification</option><option value="report_num">Report number</option><option value="paper_id">arXiv identifier</option><option value="doi">DOI</option><option value="orcid">ORCID</option><option value="license">License (URI)</option><option value="author_id">arXiv author ID</option><option value="help">Help pages</option><option value="full_text">Full text</option></select> </div> <div class="control"> <button class="button is-link is-medium">Search</button> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="control is-size-7"> <label class="radio"> <input checked id="abstracts-0" name="abstracts" type="radio" value="show"> Show abstracts </label> <label class="radio"> <input id="abstracts-1" name="abstracts" type="radio" value="hide"> Hide abstracts </label> </div> </div> <div class="is-clearfix" style="height: 2.5em"> <div class="is-pulled-right"> <a href="/search/advanced?terms-0-term=Avignone%2C+F+T&terms-0-field=author&size=50&order=-announced_date_first">Advanced Search</a> </div> </div> <input type="hidden" name="order" value="-announced_date_first"> <input type="hidden" name="size" value="50"> </form> <div class="level breathe-horizontal"> <div class="level-left"> <form method="GET" action="/search/"> <div style="display: none;"> <select id="searchtype" name="searchtype"><option value="all">All fields</option><option value="title">Title</option><option selected value="author">Author(s)</option><option value="abstract">Abstract</option><option value="comments">Comments</option><option value="journal_ref">Journal reference</option><option value="acm_class">ACM classification</option><option value="msc_class">MSC classification</option><option value="report_num">Report number</option><option value="paper_id">arXiv identifier</option><option value="doi">DOI</option><option value="orcid">ORCID</option><option value="license">License (URI)</option><option value="author_id">arXiv author ID</option><option value="help">Help pages</option><option value="full_text">Full text</option></select> <input id="query" name="query" type="text" value="Avignone, F T"> <ul id="abstracts"><li><input checked id="abstracts-0" name="abstracts" type="radio" value="show"> <label for="abstracts-0">Show abstracts</label></li><li><input id="abstracts-1" name="abstracts" type="radio" value="hide"> <label for="abstracts-1">Hide abstracts</label></li></ul> </div> <div class="box field is-grouped is-grouped-multiline level-item"> <div class="control"> <span class="select is-small"> <select id="size" name="size"><option value="25">25</option><option selected value="50">50</option><option value="100">100</option><option value="200">200</option></select> </span> <label for="size">results per page</label>. </div> <div class="control"> <label for="order">Sort results by</label> <span class="select is-small"> <select id="order" name="order"><option selected value="-announced_date_first">Announcement date (newest first)</option><option value="announced_date_first">Announcement date (oldest first)</option><option value="-submitted_date">Submission date (newest first)</option><option value="submitted_date">Submission date (oldest first)</option><option value="">Relevance</option></select> </span> </div> <div class="control"> <button class="button is-small is-link">Go</button> </div> </div> </form> </div> </div> <nav class="pagination is-small is-centered breathe-horizontal" role="navigation" aria-label="pagination"> <a href="" class="pagination-previous is-invisible">Previous </a> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=50" class="pagination-next" >Next </a> <ul class="pagination-list"> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=0" class="pagination-link is-current" aria-label="Goto page 1">1 </a> </li> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=50" class="pagination-link " aria-label="Page 2" aria-current="page">2 </a> </li> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=100" class="pagination-link " aria-label="Page 3" aria-current="page">3 </a> </li> </ul> </nav> <ol class="breathe-horizontal" start="1"> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03995">arXiv:2410.03995</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.03995">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2410.03995">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Final Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Double-Beta Decay of $^{76}$Ge to Excited States of $^{76}$Se </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y+-">Y. -D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chapman%2C+J+R">J. R. Chapman</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Fuad%2C+N">N. Fuad</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Henning%2C+R">R. Henning</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Aguilar%2C+D+H">D. Hervas Aguilar</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Hoppe%2C+E+W">E. W. Hoppe</a> , et al. (23 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2410.03995v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> $^{76}$Ge can $尾尾$ decay into three possible excited states of $^{76}$Se, with the emission of two or, if the neutrino is Majorana, zero neutrinos. None of these six transitions have yet been observed. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was designed to study $尾尾$ decay of $^{76}… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2410.03995v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2410.03995v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2410.03995v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> $^{76}$Ge can $尾尾$ decay into three possible excited states of $^{76}$Se, with the emission of two or, if the neutrino is Majorana, zero neutrinos. None of these six transitions have yet been observed. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was designed to study $尾尾$ decay of $^{76}$Ge using a low background array of high purity germanium detectors. With 98.2 kg-y of isotopic exposure, the DEMONSTRATOR sets the strongest half-life limits to date for all six transition modes. For $2谓尾尾$ to the $0^+_1$ state of $^{76}$Se, this search has begun to probe for the first time half-life values predicted using modern many-body nuclear theory techniques, setting a limit of $T_{1/2}>1.5\times10^{24}$ y (90% CL). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2410.03995v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2410.03995v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 October, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 4 October, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 3 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06786">arXiv:2408.06786</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.06786">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2408.06786">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> An assay-based background projection for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR using Monte Carlo Uncertainty Propagation </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y+-">Y. -D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Fuad%2C+N">N. Fuad</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a> , et al. (31 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2408.06786v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The background index is an important quantity which is used in projecting and calculating the half-life sensitivity of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) experiments. A novel analysis framework is presented to calculate the background index using the specific activities, masses and simulated efficiencies of an experiment's components as distributions. This Bayesian framework includes a unifie… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2408.06786v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2408.06786v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2408.06786v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The background index is an important quantity which is used in projecting and calculating the half-life sensitivity of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) experiments. A novel analysis framework is presented to calculate the background index using the specific activities, masses and simulated efficiencies of an experiment's components as distributions. This Bayesian framework includes a unified approach to combine specific activities from assay. Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation is used to build a background index distribution from the specific activity, mass and efficiency distributions. This analysis method is applied to the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, which deployed arrays of high-purity Ge detectors enriched in $^{76}$Ge to search for $0谓尾尾$. The framework projects a mean background index of $\left[8.95 \pm 0.36\right] \times 10^{-4}$cts/(keV kg yr) from $^{232}$Th and $^{238}$U in the DEMONSTRATOR's components. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2408.06786v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2408.06786v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 August, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 3 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.01444">arXiv:2406.01444</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.01444">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2406.01444">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Development of large-volume $^{130}$TeO$_2$ bolometers for the CROSS $2尾$ decay search experiment </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Berest%2C+V">V. Berest</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Berg%C3%A9%2C+L">L. Berg茅</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Calvo-Mozota%2C+J+M">J. M. Calvo-Mozota</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chapellier%2C+M">M. Chapellier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dafinei%2C+I">I. Dafinei</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Danevich%2C+F+A">F. A. Danevich</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dumoulin%2C+L">L. Dumoulin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ferella%2C+F">F. Ferella</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ferri%2C+F">F. Ferri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gallas%2C+A">A. Gallas</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giuliani%2C+A">A. Giuliani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gotti%2C+C">C. Gotti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gras%2C+P">P. Gras</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ianni%2C+A">A. Ianni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Imbert%2C+L">L. Imbert</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Khalife%2C+H">H. Khalife</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Kobychev%2C+V+V">V. V. Kobychev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Konovalov%2C+S+I">S. I. Konovalov</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Loaiza%2C+P">P. Loaiza</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=de+Marcillac%2C+P">P. de Marcillac</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Marnieros%2C+S">S. Marnieros</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Marrache-Kikuchi%2C+C+A">C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi</a> , et al. (14 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2406.01444v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in $^{130}$Te to about 91%, for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment. A powder used for the crystals growth was additionally purified by the directional solidification method, resulting in the reduction of the concentration of impurities by a factor 10, to… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2406.01444v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2406.01444v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2406.01444v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in $^{130}$Te to about 91%, for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment. A powder used for the crystals growth was additionally purified by the directional solidification method, resulting in the reduction of the concentration of impurities by a factor 10, to a few ppm of the total concentration of residual elements (the main impurity is Fe). The purest part of the ingot (the first ~200 mm, about 80% of the total length of the cylindrical part of the ingot) was determined by scanning segregation profiles of impurities and used for the $^{130}$TeO$_2$ powder production with no evidence of re-contamination. The crystal growth was verified with precursors produced from powder with natural Te isotopic composition, and two small-size (20x20x10 mm) samples were tested at a sea-level laboratory showing high bolometric and spectrometric performance together with acceptable $^{210}$Po content (below 10 mBq/kg). This growth method was then applied for the production of six large cubic $^{130}$TeO$_2$ crystals and 4 of them were taken randomly to be characterized at the Canfranc underground laboratory, in the CROSS-dedicated low-background cryogenic facility. Two $^{130}$TeO$_2$ samples were coated with a thin, $O$(100 nm), metal film in form of Al layer (on 4 sides) or AlPd grid (on a single side) to investigate the possibility to tag surface events by pulse-shape discrimination. Similarly to the small natural precursors, large-volume $^{130}$TeO$_2$ bolometers show high performance and even better internal purity ($^{210}$Po activity $\sim$ 1 mBq/kg, while activities of $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Ra are below 0.01 mBq/kg), satisfying requirements for the CROSS and, potentially, next-generation experiments. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2406.01444v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2406.01444v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 24 July, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 3 June, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Submitted to JINST; 22 pages, 11 figures, 4 tables</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17937">arXiv:2405.17937</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.17937">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2405.17937">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.052003">10.1103/PhysRevD.110.052003 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Data-driven background model for the CUORE experiment </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+J">J. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a> , et al. (93 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2405.17937v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present the model we developed to reconstruct the CUORE radioactive background based on the analysis of an experimental exposure of 1038.4 kg yr. The data reconstruction relies on a simultaneous Bayesian fit applied to energy spectra over a broad energy range. The high granularity of the CUORE detector, together with the large exposure and extended stable operations, allow for an in-depth explo… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2405.17937v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2405.17937v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2405.17937v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present the model we developed to reconstruct the CUORE radioactive background based on the analysis of an experimental exposure of 1038.4 kg yr. The data reconstruction relies on a simultaneous Bayesian fit applied to energy spectra over a broad energy range. The high granularity of the CUORE detector, together with the large exposure and extended stable operations, allow for an in-depth exploration of both spatial and time dependence of backgrounds. We achieve high sensitivity to both bulk and surface activities of the materials of the setup, detecting levels as low as 10 nBq kg$^{-1}$ and 0.1 nBq cm$^{-2}$, respectively. We compare the contamination levels we extract from the background model with prior radio-assay data, which informs future background risk mitigation strategies. The results of this background model play a crucial role in constructing the background budget for the CUPID experiment as it will exploit the same CUORE infrastructure. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2405.17937v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2405.17937v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 May, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2024. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04453">arXiv:2404.04453</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.04453">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2404.04453">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> With or without $谓$? Hunting for the seed of the matter-antimatter asymmetry </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+J">J. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a> , et al. (93 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.04453v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The matter-antimatter asymmetry underlines the incompleteness of the current understanding of particle physics. Neutrinoless double-beta ($0谓尾尾$) decay may help explain this asymmetry, while unveiling the Majorana nature of the neutrino. The CUORE experiment searches for $0谓尾尾$ decay of $^{130}$Te using a tonne-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated at milli-kelvin temperatures. We report no evidenc… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.04453v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2404.04453v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.04453v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The matter-antimatter asymmetry underlines the incompleteness of the current understanding of particle physics. Neutrinoless double-beta ($0谓尾尾$) decay may help explain this asymmetry, while unveiling the Majorana nature of the neutrino. The CUORE experiment searches for $0谓尾尾$ decay of $^{130}$Te using a tonne-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated at milli-kelvin temperatures. We report no evidence for $0谓尾尾$ decay and place a lower limit on the half-life of T$_{1/2}$ $>$ 3.8 $\times$ 10$^{25}$ years (90% C.I.) with over 2 tonne$\cdot$year TeO$_2$ exposure. The tools and techniques developed for this result and the 5 year stable operation of nearly 1000 detectors demonstrate the infrastructure for a next-generation experiment capable of searching for $0谓尾尾$ decay across multiple isotopes. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.04453v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2404.04453v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 April, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2024. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10856">arXiv:2308.10856</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.10856">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2308.10856">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Machine Learning">cs.LG</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability">physics.data-an</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Majorana Demonstrator Data Release for AI/ML Applications </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y+-">Y. -D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Fuad%2C+N">N. Fuad</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (35 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2308.10856v3-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The enclosed data release consists of a subset of the calibration data from the Majorana Demonstrator experiment. Each Majorana event is accompanied by raw Germanium detector waveforms, pulse shape discrimination cuts, and calibrated final energies, all shared in an HDF5 file format along with relevant metadata. This release is specifically designed to support the training and testing of Artificia… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2308.10856v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2308.10856v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2308.10856v3-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The enclosed data release consists of a subset of the calibration data from the Majorana Demonstrator experiment. Each Majorana event is accompanied by raw Germanium detector waveforms, pulse shape discrimination cuts, and calibrated final energies, all shared in an HDF5 file format along with relevant metadata. This release is specifically designed to support the training and testing of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms upon our data. This document is structured as follows. Section I provides an overview of the dataset's content and format; Section II outlines the location of this dataset and the method for accessing it; Section III presents the NPML Machine Learning Challenge associated with this dataset; Section IV contains a disclaimer from the Majorana collaboration regarding the use of this dataset; Appendix A contains technical details of this data release. Please direct questions about the material provided within this release to liaobo77@ucsd.edu (A. Li). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2308.10856v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2308.10856v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 14 September, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 21 August, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">DataPlanet Access: https://dataplanet.ucsd.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=perma:83.ucsddata/UQWQAV</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08661">arXiv:2306.08661</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.08661">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2306.08661">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/18/09/P09023">10.1088/1748-0221/18/09/P09023 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Energy Calibration of Germanium Detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a> , et al. (31 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.08661v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in the $^{76}$Ge isotope. It was staged at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The experiment consisted of 58 germanium detectors housed in a low background shield and was calibrated once per week by deploying a $^{228}$Th line source for 1 to 2 hours. The energy scal… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.08661v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2306.08661v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.08661v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR was a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in the $^{76}$Ge isotope. It was staged at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The experiment consisted of 58 germanium detectors housed in a low background shield and was calibrated once per week by deploying a $^{228}$Th line source for 1 to 2 hours. The energy scale calibration determination for the detector array was automated using custom analysis tools. We describe the offline procedure for calibration of the Demonstrator germanium detectors, including the simultaneous fitting of multiple spectral peaks, estimation of energy scale uncertainties, and the automation of the calibration procedure. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.08661v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2306.08661v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 3 August, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 14 June, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> JINST 18, P09023 (2023) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01965">arXiv:2306.01965</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.01965">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2306.01965">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.152501">10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.152501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Constraints on the decay of $^{180m}$Ta </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Goett%2C+J">J. Goett</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a> , et al. (34 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.01965v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> $^{180m}$Ta is a rare nuclear isomer whose decay has never been observed. Its remarkably long lifetime surpasses the half-lives of all other known $尾… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.01965v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2306.01965v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.01965v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> $^{180m}$Ta is a rare nuclear isomer whose decay has never been observed. Its remarkably long lifetime surpasses the half-lives of all other known $尾$ and electron capture decays due to the large K-spin differences and small energy differences between the isomeric and lower energy states. Detecting its decay presents a significant experimental challenge but could shed light on neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis mechanisms, the nature of dark matter and K-spin violation. For this study, we repurposed the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an experimental search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge using an array of high-purity germanium detectors, to search for the decay of $^{180m}$Ta. More than 17 kilograms, the largest amount of tantalum metal ever used for such a search was installed within the ultra-low background detector array. In this paper we present results from the first year of Ta data taking and provide an updated limit for the $^{180m}$Ta half-life on the different decay channels. With new limits up to 1.5 x $10^{19}$ years, we improved existing limits by one to two orders of magnitude. This result is the most sensitive search for a single $尾$ and electron capture decay ever achieved. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.01965v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2306.01965v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 2 June, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 152501 (2023) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04674">arXiv:2304.04674</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04674">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2304.04674">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/18/06/P06033">10.1088/1748-0221/18/06/P06033 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A first test of CUPID prototypal light detectors with NTD-Ge sensors in a pulse-tube cryostat </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUPID+collaboration"> CUPID collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armatol%2C+A">A. Armatol</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Augier%2C+C">C. Augier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barresi%2C+A">A. Barresi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudin%2C+D">D. Baudin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Berest%2C+V">V. Berest</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bettelli%2C+M">M. Bettelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Billard%2C+J">J. Billard</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Boldrini%2C+V">V. Boldrini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a> , et al. (154 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.04674v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment aiming at searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with ~250 kg of isotopic mass of $^{100}$Mo. It will operate at $\sim$10 mK in a cryostat currently hosting a similar-scale bolometric array for the CUORE experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (Italy). CUPID will be based on large-volume scintillating bolometers consisting of… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.04674v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2304.04674v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.04674v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment aiming at searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with ~250 kg of isotopic mass of $^{100}$Mo. It will operate at $\sim$10 mK in a cryostat currently hosting a similar-scale bolometric array for the CUORE experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (Italy). CUPID will be based on large-volume scintillating bolometers consisting of $^{100}$Mo-enriched Li$_2$MoO$_4$ crystals, facing thin Ge-wafer-based bolometric light detectors. In the CUPID design, the detector structure is novel and needs to be validated. In particular, the CUORE cryostat presents a high level of mechanical vibrations due to the use of pulse tubes and the effect of vibrations on the detector performance must be investigated. In this paper we report the first test of the CUPID-design bolometric light detectors with NTD-Ge sensors in a dilution refrigerator equipped with a pulse tube in an above-ground lab. Light detectors are characterized in terms of sensitivity, energy resolution, pulse time constants, and noise power spectrum. Despite the challenging noisy environment due to pulse-tube-induced vibrations, we demonstrate that all the four tested light detectors comply with the CUPID goal in terms of intrinsic energy resolution of 100 eV RMS baseline noise. Indeed, we have measured 70--90 eV RMS for the four devices, which show an excellent reproducibility. We have also obtained outstanding energy resolutions at the 356 keV line from a $^{133}$Ba source with one light detector achieving 0.71(5) keV FWHM, which is -- to our knowledge -- the best ever obtained when compared to $纬$ detectors of any technology in this energy range. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.04674v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2304.04674v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 April, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Prepared for submission to JINST; 16 pages, 7 figures, and 1 table</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04611">arXiv:2304.04611</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.04611">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2304.04611">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/18/06/P06018">10.1088/1748-0221/18/06/P06018 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Twelve-crystal prototype of Li$_2$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers for CUPID and CROSS experiments </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUPID"> CUPID</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=collaborations%2C+C">CROSS collaborations</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armatol%2C+A">A. Armatol</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Augier%2C+C">C. Augier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bandac%2C+I+C">I. C. Bandac</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barresi%2C+A">A. Barresi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudin%2C+D">D. Baudin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Berest%2C+V">V. Berest</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bettelli%2C+M">M. Bettelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Billard%2C+J">J. Billard</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Boldrini%2C+V">V. Boldrini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a> , et al. (160 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.04611v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS and CUPID double-beta decay experiments, was constructed and tested in a low-background pulse-tube-based cryostat at the Canfranc underground laboratory in Spain. Performance of the scintillating bolometers was studied… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.04611v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2304.04611v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2304.04611v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS and CUPID double-beta decay experiments, was constructed and tested in a low-background pulse-tube-based cryostat at the Canfranc underground laboratory in Spain. Performance of the scintillating bolometers was studied depending on the size of phonon NTD-Ge sensors glued to both LMO and Ge absorbers, shape of the Ge light detectors (circular vs. square, from two suppliers), in different light collection conditions (with and without reflector, with aluminum coated LMO crystal surface). The scintillating bolometer array was operated over 8 months in the low-background conditions that allowed to probe a very low, $渭$Bq/kg, level of the LMO crystals radioactive contamination by $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Ra. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2304.04611v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2304.04611v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 April, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Prepared for submission to JINST; 23 pages, 9 figures, and 4 tables</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.11099">arXiv:2212.11099</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.11099">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2212.11099">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Theory">nucl-th</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+C">C. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Andreoiu%2C+C">C. Andreoiu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Angelico%2C+E">E. Angelico</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Asaadi%2C+J+A+A">J. A. A. Asaadi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Axani%2C+S+N">S. N. Axani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barbeau%2C+P+S">P. S. Barbeau</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudis%2C+L">L. Baudis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhatta%2C+T">T. Bhatta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biancacci%2C+V">V. Biancacci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bossio%2C+E">E. Bossio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Breur%2C+P+A">P. A. Breur</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brodsky%2C+J+P">J. P. Brodsky</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brown%2C+E">E. Brown</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brugnera%2C+R">R. Brugnera</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brunner%2C+T">T. Brunner</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Burlac%2C+N">N. Burlac</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caden%2C+E">E. Caden</a> , et al. (207 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2212.11099v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta decay as a critical component of the future nuclear physics program. The major experimental collaborations and many theorists have endorsed this white paper. </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2212.11099v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta decay as a critical component of the future nuclear physics program. The major experimental collaborations and many theorists have endorsed this white paper. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2212.11099v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2212.11099v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 December, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">white paper submitted for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting in support of the US Nuclear Physics Long Range Planning Process</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.10592">arXiv:2209.10592</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2209.10592">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2209.10592">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Modeling Backgrounds for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (33 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2209.10592v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) experiment containing $\sim$30 kg of p-type point contact germanium detectors enriched to 88% in 76Ge and $\sim$14 kg of natural germanium detectors. The detectors are housed in two electroformed copper cryostats and surrounded by a graded passive shield with active muon veto. An extensive radioassay campaign was performed prio… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2209.10592v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2209.10592v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2209.10592v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) experiment containing $\sim$30 kg of p-type point contact germanium detectors enriched to 88% in 76Ge and $\sim$14 kg of natural germanium detectors. The detectors are housed in two electroformed copper cryostats and surrounded by a graded passive shield with active muon veto. An extensive radioassay campaign was performed prior to installation to insure the use of ultra-clean materials. The DEMONSTRATOR achieved one of the lowest background rates in the region of the $0谓尾尾$ Q-value, 15.7 $\pm$ 1.4 cts/(FWHM t y) from the low-background configuration spanning most of the 64.5 kg-yr active exposure. Nevertheless this background rate is a factor of five higher than the projected background rate. This discrepancy arises from an excess of events from the 232Th decay chain. Background model fits aim to understand this deviation from assay-based projections, potentially determine the source(s) of observed backgrounds, and allow a precision measurement of the two-neutrino double-beta decay half-life. The fits agree with earlier simulation studies, which indicate the origin of the 232Th excess is not from a near-detector component and have informed design decisions for the next-generation LEGEND experiment. Recent findings have narrowed the suspected locations for the excess activity, motivating a final simulation and assay campaign to complete the background model. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2209.10592v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2209.10592v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 January, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 21 September, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings from the Low Radioactivity Techniques Workshop 2022 in Rapid City, SD, USA</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.10710">arXiv:2207.10710</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.10710">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2207.10710">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability">physics.data-an</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Machine Learning">cs.LG</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.107.014321">10.1103/PhysRevC.107.014321 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Interpretable Boosted Decision Tree Analysis for the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y+-">Y -D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Henning%2C+R">R. Henning</a> , et al. (30 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2207.10710v5-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is a leading experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with high purity germanium detectors (HPGe). Machine learning provides a new way to maximize the amount of information provided by these detectors, but the data-driven nature makes it less interpretable compared to traditional analysis. An interpretability study reveals the machine's decision-making logi… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2207.10710v5-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2207.10710v5-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2207.10710v5-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is a leading experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with high purity germanium detectors (HPGe). Machine learning provides a new way to maximize the amount of information provided by these detectors, but the data-driven nature makes it less interpretable compared to traditional analysis. An interpretability study reveals the machine's decision-making logic, allowing us to learn from the machine to feedback to the traditional analysis. In this work, we have presented the first machine learning analysis of the data from the Majorana Demonstrator; this is also the first interpretable machine learning analysis of any germanium detector experiment. Two gradient boosted decision tree models are trained to learn from the data, and a game-theory-based model interpretability study is conducted to understand the origin of the classification power. By learning from data, this analysis recognizes the correlations among reconstruction parameters to further enhance the background rejection performance. By learning from the machine, this analysis reveals the importance of new background categories to reciprocally benefit the standard Majorana analysis. This model is highly compatible with next-generation germanium detector experiments like LEGEND since it can be simultaneously trained on a large number of detectors. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2207.10710v5-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2207.10710v5-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 August, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 21 July, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">13 pages, 9 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. C, Vol. 107, Iss. 1, January 2023 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.07638">arXiv:2207.07638</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.07638">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2207.07638">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.062501">10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.062501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Final Result of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Neutrinoless Double-$尾$ Decay in $^{76}$Ge </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+P+J">P. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (35 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2207.07638v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR searched for neutrinoless double-$尾$ decay ($0谓尾尾$) of $^{76}$Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-background shield. The arrays operated with up to 40.4 kg of detectors (27.2 kg enriched to $\sim$88\% in $^{76}$Ge). From these measurements, the DEMONSTRATOR has accumulated 64.5 kg yr of enriched active exposure. With a… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2207.07638v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2207.07638v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2207.07638v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR searched for neutrinoless double-$尾$ decay ($0谓尾尾$) of $^{76}$Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-background shield. The arrays operated with up to 40.4 kg of detectors (27.2 kg enriched to $\sim$88\% in $^{76}$Ge). From these measurements, the DEMONSTRATOR has accumulated 64.5 kg yr of enriched active exposure. With a world-leading energy resolution of 2.52 keV FWHM at the 2039 keV $Q_{尾尾}$ (0.12\%), we set a half-life limit of $0谓尾尾$ in $^{76}$Ge at $T_{1/2}>8.3\times10^{25}$ yr (90\% C.L.). This provides a range of upper limits on $m_{尾尾}$ of $(113-269)$ meV (90\% C.L.), depending on the choice of nuclear matrix elements. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2207.07638v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2207.07638v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 February, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 15 July, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 2 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 062501 (2022) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.05789">arXiv:2206.05789</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.05789">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2206.05789">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.081803">10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.081803 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for solar axions via axion-photon coupling with the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a> , et al. (33 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2206.05789v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Axions were originally proposed to explain the strong-CP problem in QCD. Through the axion-photon coupling, the Sun could be a major source of axions, which could be measured in solid state detection experiments with enhancements due to coherent Primakoff-Bragg scattering. The Majorana Demonstrator experiment has searched for solar axions with a set of $^{76}$Ge-enriched high purity germanium dete… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2206.05789v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2206.05789v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2206.05789v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Axions were originally proposed to explain the strong-CP problem in QCD. Through the axion-photon coupling, the Sun could be a major source of axions, which could be measured in solid state detection experiments with enhancements due to coherent Primakoff-Bragg scattering. The Majorana Demonstrator experiment has searched for solar axions with a set of $^{76}$Ge-enriched high purity germanium detectors using a 33 kg-yr exposure collected between Jan. 2017 and Nov. 2019. A temporal-energy analysis gives a new limit on the axion-photon coupling as $g_{a纬}<1.45\times 10^{-9}$ GeV$^{-1}$ (95% C.I.) for axions with mass up to 100 eV/$c^2$. This improves laboratory-based limits between about 1 eV/$c^2$ and 100 eV/$c^2$. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2206.05789v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2206.05789v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 August, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 12 June, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Minor updates to match published version</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Physical Review Letters 129, 081803 (2022) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.04549">arXiv:2205.04549</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.04549">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2205.04549">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> An Energy-dependent Electro-thermal Response Model of CUORE Cryogenic Calorimeter </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a> , et al. (96 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2205.04549v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the most sensitive experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in $^{130}\text{Te}$. CUORE uses a cryogenic array of 988 TeO$_2$ calorimeters operated at $\sim$10 mK with a total mass of 741 kg. To further increase the sensitivity, the detector response must be well understood. Here, we present a non-linear therm… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2205.04549v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2205.04549v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2205.04549v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the most sensitive experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in $^{130}\text{Te}$. CUORE uses a cryogenic array of 988 TeO$_2$ calorimeters operated at $\sim$10 mK with a total mass of 741 kg. To further increase the sensitivity, the detector response must be well understood. Here, we present a non-linear thermal model for the CUORE experiment on a detector-by-detector basis. We have examined both equilibrium and dynamic electro-thermal models of detectors by numerically fitting non-linear differential equations to the detector data of a subset of CUORE channels which are well characterized and representative of all channels. We demonstrate that the hot-electron effect and electric-field dependence of resistance in NTD-Ge thermistors alone are inadequate to describe our detectors' energy dependent pulse shapes. We introduce an empirical second-order correction factor in the exponential temperature dependence of the thermistor, which produces excellent agreement with energy-dependent pulse shape data up to 6 MeV. We also present a noise analysis using the fitted thermal parameters and show that the intrinsic thermal noise is negligible compared to the observed noise for our detectors. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2205.04549v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2205.04549v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 July, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 9 May, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">34 pages, 14 figures, 6 tables</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.03132">arXiv:2205.03132</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.03132">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2205.03132">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.222501">10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.222501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> New direct limit on neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of $^{128}$Te with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a> , et al. (95 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2205.03132v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0$谓尾尾$) decay. Its main goal is to investigate this decay in $^{130}$Te, but its ton-scale mass and low background make CUORE sensitive to other rare processes as well. In this work, we present our first results on the search… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2205.03132v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2205.03132v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2205.03132v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0$谓尾尾$) decay. Its main goal is to investigate this decay in $^{130}$Te, but its ton-scale mass and low background make CUORE sensitive to other rare processes as well. In this work, we present our first results on the search for \nbb decay of $^{128}$Te, the Te isotope with the second highest natural isotopic abundance. We find no evidence for this decay, and using a Bayesian analysis we set a lower limit on the $^{128}$Te \nbb decay half-life of T$_{1/2} > 3.6 \times 10^{24}$ yr (90\% CI). This represents the most stringent limit on the half-life of this isotope, improving by over a factor 30 the previous direct search results, and exceeding those from geochemical experiments for the first time. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2205.03132v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2205.03132v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 May, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2022. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14228">arXiv:2203.14228</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.14228">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2203.14228">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.064610">10.1103/PhysRevC.105.064610 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Experimental study of 13C(伪,n)16O reactions in the Majorana Demonstrator calibration data </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=MAJORANA+Collaboration"> MAJORANA Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (33 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.14228v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Neutron captures and delayed decays of reaction products are common sources of backgrounds in ultra-rare event searches. In this work, we studied $^{13}$C($伪,n)^{16}$O reactions induced by $伪$-particles emitted within the calibration sources of the \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator}. These sources are thorium-based calibration standards enclosed in carbon-rich materials. The reaction rate was estimate… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.14228v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2203.14228v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.14228v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Neutron captures and delayed decays of reaction products are common sources of backgrounds in ultra-rare event searches. In this work, we studied $^{13}$C($伪,n)^{16}$O reactions induced by $伪$-particles emitted within the calibration sources of the \textsc{Majorana Demonstrator}. These sources are thorium-based calibration standards enclosed in carbon-rich materials. The reaction rate was estimated by using the 6129-keV $纬$-rays emitted from the excited $^{16}$O states that are populated when the incoming $伪$-particles exceed the reaction Q-value. Thanks to the excellent energy performance of the \textsc{Demonstrator}'s germanium detectors, these characteristic photons can be clearly observed in the calibration data. Facilitated by \textsc{Geant4} simulations, a comparison between the observed 6129-keV photon rates and predictions by a TALYS-based software was performed. The measurements and predictions were found to be consistent, albeit with large statistical uncertainties. This agreement provides support for background projections from ($伪,n$)-reactions in future double-beta decay search efforts. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.14228v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2203.14228v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 July, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 27 March, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Published version</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Physical Review C 105, 064610 (2022) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08684">arXiv:2203.08684</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.08684">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2203.08684">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.065504">10.1103/PhysRevC.105.065504 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for Neutrinoless $尾^+EC$ Decay of $^{120}$Te with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a> , et al. (96 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.08684v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> CUORE is a large scale cryogenic experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in $^{130}$Te. The CUORE detector is made of natural tellurium, providing the possibility of rare event searches on isotopes other than $^{130}$Te. In this work we describe a search for neutrinoless positron emitting electron capture ($0谓尾^+EC$) decay in $^{120}$Te with a total TeO$_2$ exposure of 355… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.08684v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2203.08684v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.08684v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> CUORE is a large scale cryogenic experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in $^{130}$Te. The CUORE detector is made of natural tellurium, providing the possibility of rare event searches on isotopes other than $^{130}$Te. In this work we describe a search for neutrinoless positron emitting electron capture ($0谓尾^+EC$) decay in $^{120}$Te with a total TeO$_2$ exposure of 355.7 kg $\cdot$ yr, corresponding to 0.2405 kg $\cdot$ yr of $^{120}$Te. Albeit $0 谓尾尾$ with two final state electrons represents the most promising channel, the emission of a positron and two 511-keV $纬$s make $0谓尾^+EC$ decay signature extremely clear. To fully exploit the potential offered by the detector modularity we include events with different topology and perform a simultaneous fit of five selected signal signatures. Using blinded data we extract a median exclusion sensitivity of $3.4 \cdot 10^{22}$ yr at 90% Credibility Interval (C.I.). After unblinding we find no evidence of $0谓尾^+EC$ signal and set a 90% C.I. Bayesian lower limit of $2.9 \cdot 10^{22}$ yr on $^{120}$Te half-life. This result improves by an order of magnitude the existing limit from the combined analysis of CUORE-0 and Cuoricino. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.08684v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2203.08684v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 18 July, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 16 March, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2022. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.08386">arXiv:2203.08386</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.08386">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2203.08386">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Toward CUPID-1T </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armatol%2C+A">A. Armatol</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Augier%2C+C">C. Augier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ballen%2C+K">K. Ballen</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barresi%2C+A">A. Barresi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudin%2C+D">D. Baudin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bettelli%2C+M">M. Bettelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Billard%2C+J">J. Billard</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Boldrini%2C+V">V. Boldrini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a> , et al. (150 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.08386v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Current experiments to search for broken lepton-number symmetry through the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$) provide the most stringent limits on the Majorana nature of neutrinos and the effective Majorana neutrino mass ($m_{尾尾}$). The next-generation experiments will focus on the sensitivity to the $0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$ half-life of $\mathcal{O}(10^{27}$--$10^{28}$~years… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.08386v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2203.08386v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.08386v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Current experiments to search for broken lepton-number symmetry through the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$) provide the most stringent limits on the Majorana nature of neutrinos and the effective Majorana neutrino mass ($m_{尾尾}$). The next-generation experiments will focus on the sensitivity to the $0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$ half-life of $\mathcal{O}(10^{27}$--$10^{28}$~years$)$ and $m_{尾尾}\lesssim15$~meV, which would provide complete coverage of the so-called Inverted Ordering region of the neutrino mass parameter space. By taking advantage of recent technological breakthroughs, new, future calorimetric experiments at the 1-ton scale can increase the sensitivity by at least another order of magnitude, exploring the large fraction of the parameter space that corresponds to the Normal neutrino mass ordering. In case of a discovery, such experiments could provide important insights toward a new understanding of the mechanism of $0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$. We present here a series of projects underway that will provide advancements in background reduction, cryogenic readout, and physics searches beyond $0\mathrm{谓尾尾}$, all moving toward the next-to-next generation CUPID-1T detector. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.08386v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2203.08386v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 8 April, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 16 March, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">contribution to Snowmass 2021</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.02033">arXiv:2203.02033</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02033">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2203.02033">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02437-9">10.1038/s41567-024-02437-9 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for charge nonconservation and Pauli exclusion principle violation with the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=MAJORANA+Collaboration"> MAJORANA Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (33 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.02033v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Charge conservation and the Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) result from fundamental symmetries in the Standard Model, and are typically taken as axiomatic. High-precision tests for small violations of these symmetries could point to new physics. In this work we consider three models for violation of these processes which would produce detectable ionization in the high-purity germanium detectors of… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.02033v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2203.02033v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2203.02033v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Charge conservation and the Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) result from fundamental symmetries in the Standard Model, and are typically taken as axiomatic. High-precision tests for small violations of these symmetries could point to new physics. In this work we consider three models for violation of these processes which would produce detectable ionization in the high-purity germanium detectors of the Majorana Demonstrator. Using a 37.5 kg-yr exposure, we report a new lower limit on the electron mean lifetime of $蟿_e > 3.2 \times 10^{25}$ yr (90\% CL), the best result for this decay channel ($e \rightarrow 谓_e \overline{谓_e} 谓_e$ or more generally $e \rightarrow \mathrm{invisibles}$) in more than two decades. We also present searches for two types of violation of the PEP, setting new limits on the probability of two electrons forming a symmetric quantum state. Using our $^{228}$Th calibration data set, which introduces electrons new to the system through electron-positron pair production, we obtain a world-leading model-independent limit for a terrestrial experiment of $尾^2/2 < 1.0 \times 10^{-3}$ (99.7\% CL). Our 37.5 kg-yr exposure is also used to search for a process where an electron in an atomic system spontaneously violates the PEP, resulting in a model-dependent upper limit of $尾^2/2 < 1.0 \times 10^{-48}$ (90\% CL). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2203.02033v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2203.02033v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 January, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 3 March, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Nat. Phys. 20, 1078-3038, 2024 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06279">arXiv:2202.06279</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.06279">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2202.06279">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Optimization of the first CUPID detector module </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUPID+collaboration"> CUPID collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armatol%2C+A">A. Armatol</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Augier%2C+C">C. Augier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ballen%2C+K">K. Ballen</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barresi%2C+A">A. Barresi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudin%2C+D">D. Baudin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bettelli%2C+M">M. Bettelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Billard%2C+J">J. Billard</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Boldrini%2C+V">V. Boldrini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+C">C. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a> , et al. (153 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.06279v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> CUPID will be a next generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double $尾$ decay, whose discovery would establish the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Based on the experience achieved with the CUORE experiment, presently taking data at LNGS, CUPID aims to reach a background free environment by means of scintillating Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals coupled to light detectors. Indeed, the… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.06279v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2202.06279v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.06279v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> CUPID will be a next generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double $尾$ decay, whose discovery would establish the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Based on the experience achieved with the CUORE experiment, presently taking data at LNGS, CUPID aims to reach a background free environment by means of scintillating Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals coupled to light detectors. Indeed, the simultaneous heat and light detection allows us to reject the dominant background of $伪$ particles, as proven by the CUPID-0 and CUPID-Mo demonstrators. In this work we present the results of the first test of the CUPID baseline module. In particular, we propose a new optimized detector structure and light sensors design to enhance the engineering and the light collection, respectively. We characterized the heat detectors, achieving an energy resolution of (5.9 $\pm$ 0.2) keV FWHM at the $Q$-value of $^{100}$Mo (about 3034 keV). We studied the light collection of the baseline CUPID design with respect to an alternative configuration which features gravity-assisted light detectors' mounting. In both cases we obtained an improvement in the light collection with respect to past measures and we validated the particle identification capability of the detector, which ensures an $伪$ particle rejection higher than 99.9%, fully satisfying the requirements for CUPID. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.06279v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2202.06279v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 February, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">10 pages, 5 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01343">arXiv:2202.01343</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.01343">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2202.01343">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.080401;">10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.080401; <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.239902">10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.239902 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for Spontaneous Radiation from Wavefunction Collapse in the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Henning%2C+R">R. Henning</a> , et al. (29 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.01343v5-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Majorana Demonstrator neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment comprises a 44 kg (30 kg enriched in $^{76}\mathrm{Ge}$) array of $p$-type, point-contact germanium detectors. With its unprecedented energy resolution and ultralow backgrounds, Majorana also searches for rare event signatures from beyond standard model physics in the low energy region below 100 keV. In this Letter, we test the co… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.01343v5-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2202.01343v5-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.01343v5-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Majorana Demonstrator neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment comprises a 44 kg (30 kg enriched in $^{76}\mathrm{Ge}$) array of $p$-type, point-contact germanium detectors. With its unprecedented energy resolution and ultralow backgrounds, Majorana also searches for rare event signatures from beyond standard model physics in the low energy region below 100 keV. In this Letter, we test the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model, one of the mathematically well-motivated wave function collapse models aimed at solving the long-standing unresolved quantum mechanical measurement problem. While the CSL predicts the existence of a detectable radiation signature in the x-ray domain, we find no evidence of such radiation in the 19--100 keV range in a 37.5 kg-y enriched germanium exposure collected between December 31, 2015, and November 27, 2019, with the Demonstrator. We explored both the non-mass-proportional (n-m-p) and the mass-proportional (m-p) versions of the CSL with two different assumptions: that only the quasifree electrons can emit the x-ray radiation and that the nucleus can coherently emit an amplified radiation. In all cases, we set the most stringent upper limit to date for the white CSL model on the collapse rate, $位$, providing a factor of 40--100 improvement in sensitivity over comparable searches. Our limit is the most stringent for large parts of the allowed parameter space. If the result is interpreted in terms of the Di貌si-Penrose gravitational wave function collapse model, the lower bound with a 95% confidence level is almost an order of magnitude improvement over the previous best limit. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.01343v5-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2202.01343v5-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 12 June, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 2 February, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">This document was corrected in accordance with the erratum: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.239902. The number presented in the recent version of this article is correct</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09351">arXiv:2111.09351</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.09351">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2111.09351">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05003">10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05003 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Readout Electronics System </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abgrall%2C+N">N. Abgrall</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Amman%2C+M">M. Amman</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+P+J">P. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bradley%2C+A+W">A. W. Bradley</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Burritt%2C+T+H">T. H. Burritt</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cooper%2C+R+J">R. J. Cooper</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a> , et al. (54 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.09351v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR comprises two arrays of high-purity germanium detectors constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76-Ge and other physics beyond the Standard Model. Its readout electronics were designed to have low electronic noise, and radioactive backgrounds were minimized by using low-mass components and low-radioactivity materials near the detectors. This paper prov… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.09351v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2111.09351v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.09351v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR comprises two arrays of high-purity germanium detectors constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76-Ge and other physics beyond the Standard Model. Its readout electronics were designed to have low electronic noise, and radioactive backgrounds were minimized by using low-mass components and low-radioactivity materials near the detectors. This paper provides a description of all components of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR readout electronics, spanning the front-end electronics and internal cabling, back-end electronics, digitizer, and power supplies, along with the grounding scheme. The spectroscopic performance achieved with these readout electronics is also demonstrated. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.09351v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2111.09351v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 23 February, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 17 November, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">For submission to JINST, 17 figures. v2: revised version</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14796">arXiv:2110.14796</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.14796">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2110.14796">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.014617">10.1103/PhysRevC.105.014617 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Signatures of muonic activation in the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwards%2C+T+R">T. R. Edwards</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (33 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2110.14796v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Experiments searching for very rare processes such as neutrinoless double-beta decay require a detailed understanding of all sources of background. Signals from radioactive impurities present in construction and detector materials can be suppressed using a number of well-understood techniques. Background from in-situ cosmogenic interactions can be reduced by siting an experiment deep underground.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2110.14796v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2110.14796v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2110.14796v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Experiments searching for very rare processes such as neutrinoless double-beta decay require a detailed understanding of all sources of background. Signals from radioactive impurities present in construction and detector materials can be suppressed using a number of well-understood techniques. Background from in-situ cosmogenic interactions can be reduced by siting an experiment deep underground. However, the next generation of such experiments have unprecedented sensitivity goals of 10$^{28}$ years half-life with background rates of 10$^{-5}$cts/(keV kg yr) in the region of interest. To achieve these goals, the remaining cosmogenic background must be well understood. In the work presented here, Majorana Demonstrator data is used to search for decay signatures of meta-stable germanium isotopes. Contributions to the region of interest in energy and time are estimated using simulations, and compared to Demonstrator data. Correlated time-delayed signals are used to identify decay signatures of isotopes produced in the germanium detectors. A good agreement between expected and measured rate is found and different simulation frameworks are used to estimate the uncertainties of the predictions. The simulation campaign is then extended to characterize the background for the LEGEND experiment, a proposed tonne-scale effort searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2110.14796v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2110.14796v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 27 October, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">14 pages, 12 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.07883">arXiv:2108.07883</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.07883">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2108.07883">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2021.103902">10.1016/j.ppnp.2021.103902 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alessandria%2C+F">F. Alessandria</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Andreotti%2C+E">E. Andreotti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bandac%2C+I">I. Bandac</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Banks%2C+T+I">T. I. Banks</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barucci%2C+M">M. Barucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beeman%2C+J+W">J. W. Beeman</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bersani%2C+A">A. Bersani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biare%2C+D">D. Biare</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bragazzi%2C+F">F. Bragazzi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bryant%2C+A">A. Bryant</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buccheri%2C+A">A. Buccheri</a> , et al. (184 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2108.07883v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparable to semiconductor detectors - and a wide choice of target materials, making low temperature calorimetric detectors ideal for a variety of particle physics applications. Rare event searches have continued to require eve… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2108.07883v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2108.07883v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2108.07883v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparable to semiconductor detectors - and a wide choice of target materials, making low temperature calorimetric detectors ideal for a variety of particle physics applications. Rare event searches have continued to require ever greater exposures, which has driven them to ever larger cryogenic detectors, with the CUORE experiment being the first to reach a tonne-scale, mK-cooled, experimental mass. CUORE, designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay, has been operational since 2017 at a temperature of about 10 mK. This result has been attained by the use of an unprecedentedly large cryogenic infrastructure called the CUORE cryostat: conceived, designed and commissioned for this purpose. In this article the main characteristics and features of the cryogenic facility developed for the CUORE experiment are highlighted. A brief introduction of the evolution of the field and of the past cryogenic facilities are given. The motivation behind the design and development of the CUORE cryogenic facility is detailed as are the steps taken toward realization, commissioning, and operation of the CUORE cryostat. The major challenges overcome by the collaboration and the solutions implemented throughout the building of the cryogenic facility will be discussed along with the potential improvements for future facilities. The success of CUORE has opened the door to a new generation of large-scale cryogenic facilities in numerous fields of science. Broader implications of the incredible feat achieved by the CUORE collaboration on the future cryogenic facilities in various fields ranging from neutrino and dark matter experiments to quantum computing will be examined. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2108.07883v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2108.07883v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 2 December, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 17 August, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">45 pages, 14 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys., 122 (2021), Article 103902 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.11462">arXiv:2107.11462</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.11462">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2107.11462">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=LEGEND+Collaboration"> LEGEND Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abgrall%2C+N">N. Abgrall</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abt%2C+I">I. Abt</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Agostini%2C+M">M. Agostini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alexander%2C+A">A. Alexander</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Andreoiu%2C+C">C. Andreoiu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Araujo%2C+G+R">G. R. Araujo</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bae%2C+W">W. Bae</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bakalyarov%2C+A">A. Bakalyarov</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Balata%2C+M">M. Balata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bantel%2C+M">M. Bantel</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabanov%2C+I">I. Barabanov</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barbeau%2C+P+S">P. S. Barbeau</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+P+J">P. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudis%2C+L">L. Baudis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bauer%2C+C">C. Bauer</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bernieri%2C+E">E. Bernieri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bezrukov%2C+L">L. Bezrukov</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bhimani%2C+K+H">K. H. Bhimani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biancacci%2C+V">V. Biancacci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bolozdynya%2C+A">A. Bolozdynya</a> , et al. (239 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2107.11462v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless $尾尾$ Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one of the highest priority questions in fundamental physics. It consists of 1000 kg of Ge detectors enriched to more than 90% in the $^{76}$Ge isotope operated in a liquid argon active shield at a deep underground laboratory… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2107.11462v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2107.11462v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2107.11462v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless $尾尾$ Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one of the highest priority questions in fundamental physics. It consists of 1000 kg of Ge detectors enriched to more than 90% in the $^{76}$Ge isotope operated in a liquid argon active shield at a deep underground laboratory. By combining the lowest background levels with the best energy resolution in the field, LEGEND-1000 will perform a quasi-background-free search and can make an unambiguous discovery of neutrinoless double-beta decay with just a handful of counts at the decay $Q$ value. The experiment is designed to probe this decay with a 99.7%-CL discovery sensitivity in the $^{76}$Ge half-life of $1.3\times10^{28}$ years, corresponding to an effective Majorana mass upper limit in the range of 9-21 meV, to cover the inverted-ordering neutrino mass scale with 10 yr of live time. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2107.11462v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2107.11462v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 23 July, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2021. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06906">arXiv:2104.06906</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.06906">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2104.06906">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04497-4">10.1038/s41586-022-04497-4 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for Majorana neutrinos exploiting millikelvin cryogenics with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a> , et al. (89 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.06906v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The possibility that neutrinos may be their own antiparticles, unique among the known fundamental particles, arises from the symmetric theory of fermions proposed by Ettore Majorana in 1937. Given the profound consequences of such Majorana neutrinos, among which is a potential explanation for the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe via leptogenesis, the Majorana nature of neutrinos command… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.06906v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2104.06906v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.06906v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The possibility that neutrinos may be their own antiparticles, unique among the known fundamental particles, arises from the symmetric theory of fermions proposed by Ettore Majorana in 1937. Given the profound consequences of such Majorana neutrinos, among which is a potential explanation for the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe via leptogenesis, the Majorana nature of neutrinos commands intense experimental scrutiny globally; one of the primary experimental probes is neutrinoless double beta ($0 谓尾尾$) decay. Here we show results from the search for $0 谓尾尾$ decay of $^{130}$Te, using the latest advanced cryogenic calorimeters with the CUORE experiment. CUORE, operating just 10 millikelvin above absolute zero, has pushed the state of the art on three frontiers: the sheer mass held at such ultra-low temperatures, operational longevity, and the low levels of ionising radiation emanating from the cryogenic infrastructure. We find no evidence for $0 谓尾尾$ decay and set a lower bound of $T_{1/2}^{0 谓} > 2.2 \times 10^{25}$ years at a 90% credibility interval. We discuss potential applications of the advances made with CUORE to other fields such as direct dark matter, neutrino and nuclear physics searches and large-scale quantum computing, which can benefit from sustained operation of large payloads in a low-radioactivity, ultra-low temperature cryogenic environment. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.06906v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2104.06906v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 April, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 14 April, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Nature 604, 53 (2022) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.10702">arXiv:2101.10702</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.10702">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2101.10702">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09317-z">10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09317-z <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for Double-Beta Decay of $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$ to the $0^+$ States of $\mathrm{^{130}Xe}$ with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+M+B+A">M. Biassoni A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+P+C+N">P. Carniti N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Copello%2C+D+C+M+C+S">D. Chiesa M. Clemenza S. Copello</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cosmelli%2C+C">C. Cosmelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cremonesi%2C+O">O. Cremonesi</a> , et al. (83 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2101.10702v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The CUORE experiment is a large bolometric array searching for the lepton number violating neutrino-less double beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in the isotope $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$. In this work we present the latest results on two searches for the double beta decay (DBD) of $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$ to the first $0^{+}_2$ excited state of $\mathrm{^{130}Xe}$: the $0谓尾尾$ decay and the Standard Model-allowed two-neutr… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2101.10702v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2101.10702v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2101.10702v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The CUORE experiment is a large bolometric array searching for the lepton number violating neutrino-less double beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in the isotope $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$. In this work we present the latest results on two searches for the double beta decay (DBD) of $\mathrm{^{130}Te}$ to the first $0^{+}_2$ excited state of $\mathrm{^{130}Xe}$: the $0谓尾尾$ decay and the Standard Model-allowed two-neutrinos double beta decay ($2谓尾尾$). Both searches are based on a 372.5 kg$\times$yr TeO$_2$ exposure. The de-excitation gamma rays emitted by the excited Xe nucleus in the final state yield a unique signature, which can be searched for with low background by studying coincident events in two or more bolometers. The closely packed arrangement of the CUORE crystals constitutes a significant advantage in this regard. The median limit setting sensitivities at 90\% Credible Interval (C.I.) of the given searches were estimated as $\mathrm{S^{0谓}_{1/2} = 5.6 \times 10^{24} \: \mathrm{yr}}$ for the ${0谓尾尾}$ decay and $\mathrm{S^{2谓}_{1/2} = 2.1 \times 10^{24} \: \mathrm{yr}}$ for the ${2谓尾尾}$ decay. No significant evidence for either of the decay modes was observed and a Bayesian lower bound at $90\%$ C.I. on the decay half lives is obtained as: $\mathrm{(T_{1/2})^{0谓}_{0^+_2} > 5.9 \times 10^{24} \: \mathrm{yr}}$ for the $0谓尾尾$ mode and $\mathrm{(T_{1/2})^{2谓}_{0^+_2} > 1.3 \times 10^{24} \: \mathrm{yr}}$ for the $2谓尾尾$ mode. These represent the most stringent limits on the DBD of $^{130}$Te to excited states and improve by a factor $\sim5$ the previous results on this process. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2101.10702v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2101.10702v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 30 July, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 26 January, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">13 pages, 6 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.11749">arXiv:2012.11749</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.11749">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2012.11749">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171801">10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171801 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Measurement of the 2$谓尾尾$ Decay Half-life of $^{130}$Te with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clemenza%2C+M">M. Clemenza</a> , et al. (88 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2012.11749v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We measured two-neutrino double beta decay of $^{130}$Te using an exposure of 300.7 kg$\cdot$yr accumulated with the CUORE detector. Using a Bayesian analysis to fit simulated spectra to experimental data, it was possible to disentangle all the major background sources and precisely measure the two-neutrino contribution. The half-life is in agreement with past measurements with a strongly reduced… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2012.11749v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2012.11749v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2012.11749v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We measured two-neutrino double beta decay of $^{130}$Te using an exposure of 300.7 kg$\cdot$yr accumulated with the CUORE detector. Using a Bayesian analysis to fit simulated spectra to experimental data, it was possible to disentangle all the major background sources and precisely measure the two-neutrino contribution. The half-life is in agreement with past measurements with a strongly reduced uncertainty: $T^{2谓}_{1/2} = 7.71^{+0.08}_{-0.06}\mathrm{(stat.)}^{+0.12}_{-0.15}\mathrm{(syst.)}\times10^{20}$ yr. This measurement is the most precise determination of the $^{130}$Te 2$谓尾尾$ decay half-life to date. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2012.11749v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2012.11749v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 19 May, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 21 December, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Published in PRL</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">ACM Class:</span> J.2 </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 171801 (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13656">arXiv:2011.13656</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.13656">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2011.13656">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Characterization of cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals for the CUPID experiment </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armatol%2C+A">A. Armatol</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armengaud%2C+E">E. Armengaud</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+W">W. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Augier%2C+C">C. Augier</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A">A. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barresi%2C+A">A. Barresi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Baudin%2C+D">D. Baudin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beretta%2C+M">M. Beretta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Berg%C3%A8%2C+L">L. Berg猫</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Billard%2C+J">J. Billard</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Boldrini%2C+V">V. Boldrini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a> , et al. (147 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2011.13656v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The CUPID Collaboration is designing a tonne-scale, background-free detector to search for double beta decay with sufficient sensitivity to fully explore the parameter space corresponding to the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy scenario. One of the CUPID demonstrators, CUPID-Mo, has proved the potential of enriched Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals as suitable detectors for neutrinoless double beta… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2011.13656v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2011.13656v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2011.13656v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The CUPID Collaboration is designing a tonne-scale, background-free detector to search for double beta decay with sufficient sensitivity to fully explore the parameter space corresponding to the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy scenario. One of the CUPID demonstrators, CUPID-Mo, has proved the potential of enriched Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals as suitable detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay search. In this work, we characterised cubic crystals that, compared to the cylindrical crystals used by CUPID-Mo, are more appealing for the construction of tightly packed arrays. We measured an average energy resolution of (6.7$\pm$0.6) keV FWHM in the region of interest, approaching the CUPID target of 5 keV FWHM. We assessed the identification of $伪$ particles with and without a reflecting foil that enhances the scintillation light collection efficiency, proving that the baseline design of CUPID already ensures a complete suppression of this $伪$-induced background contribution. We also used the collected data to validate a Monte Carlo simulation modelling the light collection efficiency, which will enable further optimisations of the detector. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2011.13656v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2011.13656v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 27 November, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2020. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09295">arXiv:2011.09295</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.09295">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2011.09295">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> New results from the CUORE experiment </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giachero%2C+A">A. Giachero</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Camilleri%2C+J">J. Camilleri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Celi%2C+E">E. Celi</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a> , et al. (88 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2011.09295v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first cryogenic experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta ($0谓尾尾$) decay that has been able to reach the one-ton scale. The detector, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, consists of an array of 988 TeO$_2$ crystals arranged in a compact cylindrical structure of 19 towers. Following the completion… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2011.09295v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2011.09295v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2011.09295v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first cryogenic experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta ($0谓尾尾$) decay that has been able to reach the one-ton scale. The detector, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, consists of an array of 988 TeO$_2$ crystals arranged in a compact cylindrical structure of 19 towers. Following the completion of the detector construction in August 2016, CUORE began its first physics data run in 2017 at a base temperature of about 10 mK. Following multiple optimization campaigns in 2018, CUORE is currently in stable operating mode. In 2019, CUORE released its 2\textsuperscript{nd} result of the search for $0谓尾尾$ with a TeO$_2$ exposure of 372.5 kg$\cdot$yr and a median exclusion sensitivity to a $^{130}$Te $0谓尾尾$ decay half-life of $1.7\cdot 10^{25}$ yr. We find no evidence for $0谓尾尾$ decay and set a 90\% C.I. (credibility interval) Bayesian lower limit of $3.2\cdot 10^{25}$ yr on the $^{130}$Te $0谓尾尾$ decay half-life. In this work, we present the current status of CUORE's search for $0谓尾尾$, as well as review the detector performance. Finally, we give an update of the CUORE background model and the measurement of the $^{130}$Te two neutrino double-beta ($2谓尾尾$) decay half-life. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2011.09295v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2011.09295v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 7 January, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 18 November, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceeding of 40th International Conference on High Energy physics (ICHEP2020), July 28 - August 6, 2020, Prague, Czech Republic (virtual meeting). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1905.07667</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.06014">arXiv:2008.06014</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2008.06014">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2008.06014">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.015501">10.1103/PhysRevC.103.015501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The Majorana Demonstrator's Search for Double-Beta Decay of $^{76}$Ge to Excited States of $^{76}$Se </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwards%2C+T+R">T. R. Edwards</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a> , et al. (38 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2008.06014v4-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is a neutrinoless double-beta decay search consisting of a low-background modular array of high-purity germanium detectors, $\sim2/3$ of which are enriched to 88\% in $^{76}$Ge. The experiment is also searching for double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge to excited states (e.s.) in $^{76}$Se. $^{76}$Ge can decay into three daughter states of $^{76}$Se, with clear event signatures… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2008.06014v4-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2008.06014v4-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2008.06014v4-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is a neutrinoless double-beta decay search consisting of a low-background modular array of high-purity germanium detectors, $\sim2/3$ of which are enriched to 88\% in $^{76}$Ge. The experiment is also searching for double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge to excited states (e.s.) in $^{76}$Se. $^{76}$Ge can decay into three daughter states of $^{76}$Se, with clear event signatures consisting of a $尾尾$-decay followed by the prompt emission of one or two $纬$-rays. This results with high probability in multi-detector coincidences. The granularity of the Demonstrator detector array enables powerful discrimination of this event signature from backgrounds. Using 41.9~kg-y of isotopic exposure, the Demonstrator has set world leading limits for each e.s.\ decay of $^{76}$Ge, with 90\% CL lower half-life limits in the range of $(0.75-4.0)\times10^{24}$~y. In particular, for the $2谓$ transition to the first $0^+$ e.s.\ of $^{76}$Se, a lower half-life limit of $7.5\times10^{23}$~y at 90\% CL was achieved. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2008.06014v4-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2008.06014v4-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 24 February, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 13 August, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">16 pages, 11 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. C 103, 015501 (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.13179">arXiv:2006.13179</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.13179">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2006.13179">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10161-y">10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10161-y <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> $伪$-event Characterization and Rejection in Point-Contact HPGe Detectors </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=The+MAJORANA+Collaboration"> The MAJORANA Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Blalock%2C+E">E. Blalock</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwards%2C+T+R">T. R. Edwards</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a> , et al. (40 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2006.13179v3-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> P-type point contact (PPC) HPGe detectors are a leading technology for rare event searches due to their excellent energy resolution, low thresholds, and multi-site event rejection capabilities. We have characterized a PPC detector's response to $伪$ particles incident on the sensitive passivated and p+ surfaces, a previously poorly-understood source of background. The detector studied is identical… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2006.13179v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2006.13179v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2006.13179v3-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> P-type point contact (PPC) HPGe detectors are a leading technology for rare event searches due to their excellent energy resolution, low thresholds, and multi-site event rejection capabilities. We have characterized a PPC detector's response to $伪$ particles incident on the sensitive passivated and p+ surfaces, a previously poorly-understood source of background. The detector studied is identical to those in the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment, a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0谓尾尾$) in $^{76}$Ge. $伪$ decays on most of the passivated surface exhibit significant energy loss due to charge trapping, with waveforms exhibiting a delayed charge recovery (DCR) signature caused by the slow collection of a fraction of the trapped charge. The DCR is found to be complementary to existing methods of $伪$ identification, reliably identifying $伪$ background events on the passivated surface of the detector. We demonstrate effective rejection of all surface $伪$ events (to within statistical uncertainty) with a loss of only 0.2% of bulk events by combining the DCR discriminator with previously-used methods. The DCR discriminator has been used to reduce the background rate in the $0谓尾尾$ region of interest window by an order of magnitude in the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, and will be used in the upcoming LEGEND-200 experiment. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2006.13179v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2006.13179v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 14 March, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 23 June, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in European Journal of Physics C</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.04128">arXiv:2003.04128</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.04128">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2003.04128">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.3043671">10.1109/TNS.2020.3043671 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> ADC Nonlinearity Correction for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abgrall%2C+N">N. Abgrall</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Allmond%2C+J+M">J. M. Allmond</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campbell%2C+C+M">C. M. Campbell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Crawford%2C+H+L">H. L. Crawford</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a> , et al. (42 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.04128v4-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Imperfections in analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) cannot be ignored when signal digitization requirements demand both wide dynamic range and high resolution, as is the case for the Majorana Demonstrator 76Ge neutrinoless double beta decay search. Enabling the experiment's high-resolution spectral analysis and efficient pulse shape discrimination required careful measurement and correction of ADC… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.04128v4-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2003.04128v4-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.04128v4-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Imperfections in analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) cannot be ignored when signal digitization requirements demand both wide dynamic range and high resolution, as is the case for the Majorana Demonstrator 76Ge neutrinoless double beta decay search. Enabling the experiment's high-resolution spectral analysis and efficient pulse shape discrimination required careful measurement and correction of ADC nonlinearites. A simple measurement protocol was developed that did not require sophisticated equipment or lengthy data taking campaigns. A slope-dependent hysteresis was observed and characterized. A correction applied to digitized waveforms prior to signal processing reduced the differential and integral nonlinearites by an order of magnitude, eliminating these as dominant contributions to the systematic energy uncertainty at the double-beta decay Q value. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.04128v4-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2003.04128v4-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 24 March, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 4 March, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Report number:</span> LA-UR-20-21663 </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 359-367, March 2021 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.10966">arXiv:1912.10966</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.10966">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1912.10966">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501">10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{130}$Te with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chott%2C+N">N. Chott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clemenza%2C+M">M. Clemenza</a> , et al. (86 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.10966v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{130}$Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a four-fold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of $(1.38\pm0.07)\cdot10^{-2}$ counts$/($keV$\cdot$kg$\cdot$yr$)$ in the $0谓尾尾$ decay region of interest and, with a to… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.10966v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1912.10966v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.10966v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{130}$Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a four-fold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of $(1.38\pm0.07)\cdot10^{-2}$ counts$/($keV$\cdot$kg$\cdot$yr$)$ in the $0谓尾尾$ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5 kg$\cdot$yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of $1.7\cdot10^{25}$ yr. We find no evidence for $0谓尾尾$ decay and set a $90\%$ CI Bayesian lower limit of $3.2\cdot10^{25}$ yr on the $^{130}$Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that $0谓尾尾$ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350 meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.10966v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1912.10966v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 23 December, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">7 pages, 5 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06181">arXiv:1912.06181</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.06181">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1912.06181">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics">astro-ph.CO</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012040">10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012040 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A Low Energy Rare Event Search with the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=MAJORANA+Collaboration"> MAJORANA Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Wiseman%2C+C">C. Wiseman</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a> , et al. (37 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.06181v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is sensitive to rare events near its energy threshold, including bosonic dark matter, solar axions, and lightly ionizing particles. In this analysis, a novel training set of low energy small-angle Compton scatter events is used to determine the efficiency of pulse shape analysis cuts, and we present updated bosonic dark matter and solar axion results from an 11.17 kg-y da… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.06181v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1912.06181v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.06181v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is sensitive to rare events near its energy threshold, including bosonic dark matter, solar axions, and lightly ionizing particles. In this analysis, a novel training set of low energy small-angle Compton scatter events is used to determine the efficiency of pulse shape analysis cuts, and we present updated bosonic dark matter and solar axion results from an 11.17 kg-y dataset using a 5 keV analysis threshold. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.06181v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1912.06181v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 12 December, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4 pages, 4 figures. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2019), September 9-13, 2019, Toyama, Japan</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.05761">arXiv:1912.05761</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.05761">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1912.05761">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012115">10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012115 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Double-Beta Decay of $^{76}$Ge to Excited States of $^{76}$Se </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P">P-H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clark%2C+M+L">M. L. Clark</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Drobizhev%2C+A">A. Drobizhev</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Edwins%2C+D+W">D. W. Edwins</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a> , et al. (35 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.05761v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge to excited states (E.S.) in $^{76}$Se using a modular array of high purity Germanium detectors. $^{76}$Ge can decay into three E.S.s of $^{76}$Se. The E.S. decays have a clear event signature consisting of a $尾尾$-decay with the prompt emission of one or two $纬$-rays, resulting in with high probability in a multi-site event.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.05761v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1912.05761v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1912.05761v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge to excited states (E.S.) in $^{76}$Se using a modular array of high purity Germanium detectors. $^{76}$Ge can decay into three E.S.s of $^{76}$Se. The E.S. decays have a clear event signature consisting of a $尾尾$-decay with the prompt emission of one or two $纬$-rays, resulting in with high probability in a multi-site event. The granularity of the DEMONSTRATOR detector array enables powerful discrimination of this event signature from backgrounds. Using 21.3 kg-y of isotopic exposure, the DEMONSTRATOR has set world leading limits for each E.S. decay, with 90% CL lower half-life limits in the range of $(0.56-2.1)\cdot10^{24}$ y. In particular, for the $2谓$ transition to the first $0^+$ E.S. of $^{76}$Se, a lower half-life limit of $0.68\cdot10^{24}$ at 90% CL was achieved. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1912.05761v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1912.05761v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 December, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2019. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.07667">arXiv:1905.07667</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.07667">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1905.07667">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Results of CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dell%27Oro%2C+S">S. Dell'Oro</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chott%2C+N">N. Chott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Clemenza%2C+M">M. Clemenza</a> , et al. (87 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1905.07667v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, is the world's largest bolometric experiment. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals, for a total mass of 742 kg. CUORE is presently in data taking, searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te. CUORE is operational since the spring of 2017. The initial sci… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1905.07667v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1905.07667v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1905.07667v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, is the world's largest bolometric experiment. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals, for a total mass of 742 kg. CUORE is presently in data taking, searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te. CUORE is operational since the spring of 2017. The initial science run already allowed to provide the most stringent limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of 130Te, and to perform the most precise measurement of the two-neutrino double beta decay half-life. Up to date, we have more than doubled the collected exposure. In this talk, we presenteded the most recent results and discuss the present status of the CUORE experiment. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1905.07667v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1905.07667v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 18 May, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">contribution to the 2019 EW/QCD/Gravitation session of the 54th Rencontres de Moriond</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.02299">arXiv:1902.02299</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.02299">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1902.02299">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.100.025501">10.1103/PhysRevC.100.025501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in $^{76}$Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Basu%2C+V">V. Basu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (39 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.02299v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched to 88% in $^{76}$Ge) split between two modules constructed from ultra-clean materials. Both modules are contained in a low-background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Fac… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.02299v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1902.02299v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1902.02299v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44.1 kg of Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched to 88% in $^{76}$Ge) split between two modules constructed from ultra-clean materials. Both modules are contained in a low-background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. We present updated results on the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge with $26.0\pm0.5$ kg-yr of enriched exposure. With the DEMONSTRATOR's unprecedented energy resolution of 2.53 keV FWHM at $Q_{尾尾}$, we observe one event in the region of interest with 0.65 events expected from the estimated background, resulting in a lower limit on the $^{76}$Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of $2.7\times10^{25}$ yr (90% CL) with a median sensitivity of $4.8\times10^{25}$ yr (90% CL). Depending on the matrix elements used, a 90% CL upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass in the range of 200-433 meV is obtained. The measured background in the low-background configurations is $11.9\pm2.0$ counts/(FWHM t yr). <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1902.02299v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1902.02299v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 February, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">11 pages, 11 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. C 100, 025501 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.05388">arXiv:1901.05388</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.05388">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1901.05388">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.99.065501">10.1103/PhysRevC.99.065501 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Multi-site event discrimination for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Haufe%2C+C+R">C. R. Haufe</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Hegedus%2C+R+J">R. J. Hegedus</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Hehn%2C+L">L. Hehn</a> , et al. (38 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.05388v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge using arrays of point-contact germanium detectors operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Background results in the neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest from data taken during construction, commissioning, and the start of full operations have been recently published. A pulse shape analysi… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.05388v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1901.05388v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.05388v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge using arrays of point-contact germanium detectors operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Background results in the neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest from data taken during construction, commissioning, and the start of full operations have been recently published. A pulse shape analysis cut applied to achieve this result, named AvsE, is described in this paper. This cut is developed to remove events whose waveforms are typical of multi-site energy deposits while retaining (90 +/- 3.5)% of single-site events. This pulse shape discrimination is based on the relationship between the maximum current and energy, and tuned using 228Th calibration source data. The efficiency uncertainty accounts for variation across detectors, energy, and time, as well as for the position distribution difference between calibration and $0谓尾尾$ events, established using simulations. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.05388v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1901.05388v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 16 January, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 8 figures</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. C 99, 065501 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.02805">arXiv:1901.02805</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.02805">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1901.02805">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2019.00006">10.3389/fphy.2019.00006 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Ge Detectors and $0谓尾尾$: The Search for Double Beta Decay with Germanium Detectors: Past, Present and Future </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">Frank T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">Steven R. Elliott</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.02805v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> High Purity Germanium Detectors have excellent energy resolution; the best among the technologies used in double beta decay. Since neutrino-less double beta decay hinges on the search for a rare peak upon a background continuum, this strength has enabled the technology to consistently provide leading results. The Ge crystals at the heart of these experiments are very pure; they have no measurable… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.02805v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1901.02805v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.02805v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> High Purity Germanium Detectors have excellent energy resolution; the best among the technologies used in double beta decay. Since neutrino-less double beta decay hinges on the search for a rare peak upon a background continuum, this strength has enabled the technology to consistently provide leading results. The Ge crystals at the heart of these experiments are very pure; they have no measurable U or Th contamination. The added efforts to reduce the background associated with electronics, cryogenic cooling, and shielding have been very successful, leading to the longevity of productivity. The first experiment published in 1967 by the Milan group of Fiorini, established the benchmark half-life limit $>3\times10^{20}$ yr. More recently, the \MJ\ and GERDA collaborations have developed new detector technologies that optimize the pulse waveform analysis. As a result, the GERDA collaboration refuted the claim of observation with a revolutionary approach to shielding by immersing the detectors directly in radio-pure liquid argon. In 2018, the \MJ\ collaboration, using a classic vacuum cryostat and high-Z shielding, achieved a background level near that of GERDA by developing very pure materials for use nearby the detectors. Together, GERDA and \MJ\ have provided limits approaching $10^{26}$ yr. In this article, we elaborate on the historical use of Ge detectors for double beta decay addressing the strengths and weaknesses. We also summarize the status and future as many \MJ\ and GERDA collaborators have joined with scientists from other efforts to give birth to the LEGEND collaboration. LEGEND will exploit the best features of both experiments to extend the half-life limit beyond $10^{28}$ yr with a ton-scale experiment. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.02805v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1901.02805v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 January, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Invited submission to Frontiers in Physics</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Frontiers in Physics, 7, 6 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08139">arXiv:1812.08139</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.08139">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1812.08139">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1812.08139">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Recent results from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Myslik%2C+J">J. Myslik</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bode%2C+T">T. Bode</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brudanin%2C+V">V. Brudanin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dunagan%2C+C">C. Dunagan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a> , et al. (43 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.08139v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a large-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modules of natural and $^{76}$Ge-enriched germanium detectors totalling 44.1 kg, operating at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, S… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.08139v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1812.08139v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.08139v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an experiment constructed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge and to demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a large-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modules of natural and $^{76}$Ge-enriched germanium detectors totalling 44.1 kg, operating at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. Commissioning of the experiment began in June 2015, followed by data production with the full detector array in August 2016. The ultra-low background and record energy resolution achieved by the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR enable a sensitive neutrinoless double-beta decay search, as well as additional searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. I will discuss the design elements that enable these searches, along with the latest results, focusing on the neutrinoless double-beta decay search. I will also discuss the current status and the future plans of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, as well as the plans for a future tonne-scale $^{76}$Ge experiment. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.08139v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1812.08139v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 19 December, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">4 pages. Proceedings of The 39th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2018), 4-11 July, 2018, Seoul, Korea. Submitted to Proceedings of Science</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01090">arXiv:1812.01090</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.01090">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1812.01090">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072004">10.1103/PhysRevD.99.072004 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for Tri-Nucleon Decay in the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brudanin%2C+V">V. Brudanin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guinn%2C+I+S">I. S. Guinn</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Guiseppe%2C+V+E">V. E. Guiseppe</a> , et al. (41 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.01090v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is an ultra low-background experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. The heavily shielded array of germanium detectors, placed nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, also allows searches for new exotic physics. We present the first limits for tri-nucleon decay-specific modes and invisible d… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.01090v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1812.01090v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1812.01090v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Majorana Demonstrator is an ultra low-background experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. The heavily shielded array of germanium detectors, placed nearly a mile underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, also allows searches for new exotic physics. We present the first limits for tri-nucleon decay-specific modes and invisible decay modes for Ge isotopes. We find a half-life limit of $4.9 \times 10^{25}$ yr for the decay $^{76}{\rm Ge(ppn)} \to {}^{73}{\rm Zn}\ e^+蟺^+$ and $4.7\times10^{25}$ yr for the decay $^{76}{\rm Ge(ppp)} \to ^{73}{\rm Cu}\ e^+蟺^+蟺^+$. The half-life limit for the invisible tri-proton decay mode of $^{76}$Ge was found to be $7.5\times10^{24}$ yr. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1812.01090v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1812.01090v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 March, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 3 December, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> December 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Updated after suggested figure additions from referees</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. D 99, 072004 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.10363">arXiv:1811.10363</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1811.10363">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1811.10363">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7275-5">10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7275-5 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Double-beta decay of ${}^{130}$Te to the first $0^+$ excited state of ${}^{130}$Xe with CUORE-0 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Artusa%2C+D+R">D. R. Artusa</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Banks%2C+T+I">T. I. Banks</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Beeman%2C+J+W">J. W. Beeman</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bersani%2C+A">A. Bersani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carbone%2C+L">L. Carbone</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cassina%2C+L">L. Cassina</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a> , et al. (96 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1811.10363v3-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We report on a search for double beta decay of $^{130}$Te to the first $0^{+}$ excited state of $^{130}$Xe using a 9.8 kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{130}$Te collected with the CUORE-0 experiment. In this work we exploit different topologies of coincident events to search for both the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-decay modes. We find no evidence for either mode and place lower bounds on the ha… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1811.10363v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1811.10363v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1811.10363v3-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We report on a search for double beta decay of $^{130}$Te to the first $0^{+}$ excited state of $^{130}$Xe using a 9.8 kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{130}$Te collected with the CUORE-0 experiment. In this work we exploit different topologies of coincident events to search for both the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-decay modes. We find no evidence for either mode and place lower bounds on the half-lives: $蟿^{0谓}_{0^+}>7.9\cdot 10^{23}$ yr and $蟿^{2谓}_{0^+}>2.4\cdot 10^{23}$ yr. Combining our results with those obtained by the CUORICINO experiment, we achieve the most stringent constraints available for these processes: $蟿^{0谓}_{0^+}>1.4\cdot 10^{24}$ yr and $蟿^{2谓}_{0^+}>2.5\cdot 10^{23}$ yr. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1811.10363v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1811.10363v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 29 November, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 26 November, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 5 figures, 5 tables</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Eur. Phys. J. C 79, 795 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.10342">arXiv:1808.10342</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.10342">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1808.10342">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Update on the recent progress of the CUORE experiment </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+D+Q">D. Q. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bersani%2C+A">A. Bersani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cassina%2C+L">L. Cassina</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a> , et al. (96 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1808.10342v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> CUORE is a 741 kg array of 988 TeO$_2$ bolometeric crystals designed to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{130}$Te and other rare processes. CUORE has been taking data since summer 2017, and as of summer 2018 collected a total of 86.3 kg$\cdot$yr of TeO$_2$ exposure. Based on this exposure, we were able to set a limit on the $0谓尾尾$ half-life of $^{130}$Te of… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1808.10342v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1808.10342v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1808.10342v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> CUORE is a 741 kg array of 988 TeO$_2$ bolometeric crystals designed to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{130}$Te and other rare processes. CUORE has been taking data since summer 2017, and as of summer 2018 collected a total of 86.3 kg$\cdot$yr of TeO$_2$ exposure. Based on this exposure, we were able to set a limit on the $0谓尾尾$ half-life of $^{130}$Te of $T^{0谓}_{1/2}>1.5\times10^{25}$ yr at 90% C.L. At this conference, we showed the decomposition of the CUORE background and were able to extract a $^{130}$Te $2谓尾尾$ half-life of $T_{1/2}^{2谓}=[7.9\pm0.1 \mathrm{(stat.)}\pm0.2 \mathrm{(syst.)}]\times10^{20}$ yr. This is the most precise measurement of this half-life and is consistent with previous measurements. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1808.10342v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1808.10342v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 30 August, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceedings of the Neutrino 2018 Conference. 8 pages, 7 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11220">arXiv:1803.11220</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.11220">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1803.11220">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817801006">10.1051/epjconf/201817801006 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The Majorana Demonstrator Status and Preliminary Results </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Yu%2C+C+-">C. -H. Yu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bode%2C+T">T. Bode</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brudanin%2C+V">V. Brudanin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y+-">Y. -D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dunagan%2C+C">C. Dunagan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M">M. Green</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gruszko%2C+J">J. Gruszko</a> , et al. (41 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1803.11220v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are understood to be the only viable experimental method for testing the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Observation of this decay would imply violation of lepton number, that neutrinos are Majorana in nature, and provide inform… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1803.11220v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1803.11220v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1803.11220v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are understood to be the only viable experimental method for testing the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Observation of this decay would imply violation of lepton number, that neutrinos are Majorana in nature, and provide information on the neutrino mass. The Majorana Demonstrator comprises 44.1 kg of p-type point-contact Ge detectors (29.7 kg enriched in 76Ge) surrounded by a low-background shield system. The experiment achieved a high efficiency of converting raw Ge material to detectors and an unprecedented detector energy resolution of 2.5 keV FWHM at Q$_{尾尾}$. The Majorana collaboration began taking physics data in 2016. This paper summarizes key construction aspects of the Demonstrator and shows preliminary results from initial data. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1803.11220v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1803.11220v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 29 March, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">5 pages, 2 figures. Proceeding for the "16th International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Related Topics (CGS16)", 18-22 September 2017</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05403">arXiv:1801.05403</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.05403">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1801.05403">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Study of Rare Nuclear Processes with CUORE </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=CUORE+Collaboration"> CUORE Collaboration</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alduino%2C+C">C. Alduino</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alfonso%2C+K">K. Alfonso</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Azzolini%2C+O">O. Azzolini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bari%2C+G">G. Bari</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bellini%2C+F">F. Bellini</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Benato%2C+G">G. Benato</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bersani%2C+A">A. Bersani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Biassoni%2C+M">M. Biassoni</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Branca%2C+A">A. Branca</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brofferio%2C+C">C. Brofferio</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bucci%2C+C">C. Bucci</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caminata%2C+A">A. Caminata</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Campani%2C+A">A. Campani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Canonica%2C+L">L. Canonica</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+X+G">X. G. Cao</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Capelli%2C+S">S. Capelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cappelli%2C+L">L. Cappelli</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cardani%2C+L">L. Cardani</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Carniti%2C+P">P. Carniti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Casali%2C+N">N. Casali</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cassina%2C+L">L. Cassina</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chiesa%2C+D">D. Chiesa</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chott%2C+N">N. Chott</a> , et al. (94 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1801.05403v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 130-Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitive limit on the half-life, $T_{1/2}^{0谓} > 1.5 \times 10^{25}\,$yr, which corresponds to an upper bound of $140-400$~meV on the effective Majorana mass of the neutrino. While it makes CUORE a world-leading experiment look… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1801.05403v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1801.05403v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1801.05403v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 130-Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitive limit on the half-life, $T_{1/2}^{0谓} > 1.5 \times 10^{25}\,$yr, which corresponds to an upper bound of $140-400$~meV on the effective Majorana mass of the neutrino. While it makes CUORE a world-leading experiment looking for neutrinoless double beta decay, it is not the only study that CUORE will contribute to in the field of nuclear and particle physics. As already done over the years with many small-scale experiments, CUORE will investigate both rare decays (such as the two-neutrino double beta decay of 130-Te and the hypothesized electron capture in 123-Te), and rare processes (e.g., dark matter and axion interactions). This paper describes some of the achievements of past experiments that used TeO2 bolometers, and perspectives for CUORE. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1801.05403v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1801.05403v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 17 January, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 16 January, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2018. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">36 pages, 13 figures, sumbitted to IJMPA Special Issue "Results and Developments in the investigation of rare nuclear decays and processes"</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.11145">arXiv:1711.11145</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.11145">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1711.11145">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Initial Results from the Majorana Demonstrator </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abgrall%2C+N">N. Abgrall</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bode%2C+T">T. Bode</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bos%2C+B">B. Bos</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bradley%2C+A+W">A. W. Bradley</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brudanin%2C+V">V. Brudanin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dunagan%2C+C">C. Dunagan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a> , et al. (47 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.11145v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA Collaboration has assembled an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge with the goal of establishing the required background and scalability of a Ge-based next-generation ton-scale experiment. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44 kg of high-purity Ge (HPGe) detectors (30 kg enriched in $^{76}$Ge) with a low-noise p-type point con… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.11145v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1711.11145v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.11145v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA Collaboration has assembled an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge with the goal of establishing the required background and scalability of a Ge-based next-generation ton-scale experiment. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44 kg of high-purity Ge (HPGe) detectors (30 kg enriched in $^{76}$Ge) with a low-noise p-type point contact (PPC) geometry. The detectors are split between two modules which are contained in a single lead and high-purity copper shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Following a commissioning run that started in June 2015, the full detector array has been acquiring data since August 2016. We will discuss the status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR and initial results from the first physics run; including current background estimates, exotic low-energy physics searches, projections on the physics reach of the DEMONSTRATOR, and implications for a ton-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double-beta decay search. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.11145v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1711.11145v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 29 November, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceedings of TAUP 2017: XV International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (24-28 July 2017, Sudbury, ON, Canada)</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.10361">arXiv:1711.10361</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.10361">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1711.10361">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Detectors">physics.ins-det</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Nuclear Experiment">nucl-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5019001">10.1063/1.5019001 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Contamination Control and Assay Results for the Majorana Demonstrator Ultra Clean Components </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Christofferson%2C+C+D">C. D. Christofferson</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Abgrall%2C+N">N. Abgrall</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Alvis%2C+S+I">S. I. Alvis</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Arnquist%2C+I+J">I. J. Arnquist</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T">F. T. Avignone III</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barabash%2C+A+S">A. S. Barabash</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Barton%2C+C+J">C. J. Barton</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bertrand%2C+F+E">F. E. Bertrand</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bode%2C+T">T. Bode</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Bradley%2C+A+W">A. W. Bradley</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Brudanin%2C+V">V. Brudanin</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Busch%2C+M">M. Busch</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Buuck%2C+M">M. Buuck</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Caldwell%2C+T+S">T. S. Caldwell</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chan%2C+Y">Y-D. Chan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Chu%2C+P+-">P. -H. Chu</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Cuesta%2C+C">C. Cuesta</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Detwiler%2C+J+A">J. A. Detwiler</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Dunagan%2C+C">C. Dunagan</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Efremenko%2C+Y">Yu. Efremenko</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Ejiri%2C+H">H. Ejiri</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Elliott%2C+S+R">S. R. Elliott</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Gilliss%2C+T">T. Gilliss</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Giovanetti%2C+G+K">G. K. Giovanetti</a>, <a href="/search/nucl-ex?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+M+P">M. P. Green</a> , et al. (45 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.10361v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double beta decay experiment utilizing enriched Ge-76 detectors in 2 separate modules inside of a common solid shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The DEMONSTRATOR has utilized world leading assay sensitivities to develop clean materials and processes for producing ultra-pure copper and plastic components. This experiment is now operatin… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.10361v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1711.10361v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.10361v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double beta decay experiment utilizing enriched Ge-76 detectors in 2 separate modules inside of a common solid shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The DEMONSTRATOR has utilized world leading assay sensitivities to develop clean materials and processes for producing ultra-pure copper and plastic components. This experiment is now operating, and initial data provide new insights into the success of cleaning and processing. Post production copper assays after the completion of Module 1 showed an increase in U and Th contamination in finished parts compared to starting bulk material. A revised cleaning method and additional round of surface contamination studies prior to Module 2 construction have provided evidence that more rigorous process control can reduce surface contamination. This article describes the assay results and discuss further studies to take advantage of assay capabilities for the purpose of maintaining ultra clean fabrication and process design. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.10361v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1711.10361v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 28 November, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceedings of Low Radioactivity Techniques (LRT May 2017, Seoul)</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> AIP Conference Proceedings 1921, 060005 (2018) </p> </li> </ol> <nav class="pagination is-small is-centered breathe-horizontal" role="navigation" aria-label="pagination"> <a href="" class="pagination-previous is-invisible">Previous </a> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=50" class="pagination-next" >Next </a> <ul class="pagination-list"> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=0" class="pagination-link is-current" aria-label="Goto page 1">1 </a> </li> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=50" class="pagination-link " aria-label="Page 2" aria-current="page">2 </a> </li> <li> <a href="/search/?searchtype=author&query=Avignone%2C+F+T&start=100" class="pagination-link " aria-label="Page 3" aria-current="page">3 </a> </li> </ul> </nav> <div class="is-hidden-tablet">  <span class="help" style="display: inline-block;"><a href="https://github.com/arXiv/arxiv-search/releases">Search v0.5.6 released 2020-02-24</a>  </span> </div> </div> </main> <footer> <div class="columns is-desktop" role="navigation" aria-label="Secondary">  <div class="column"> <div class="columns"> <div class="column"> <ul class="nav-spaced"> <li><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/about">About</a></li> <li><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help">Help</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column"> <ul class="nav-spaced"> <li> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" class="icon filter-black" role="presentation"><title>contact arXiv</title><desc>Click here to contact arXiv</desc><path d="M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z"/></svg> <a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help/contact.html"> Contact</a> </li> <li> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" class="icon filter-black" role="presentation"><title>subscribe to arXiv mailings</title><desc>Click here to subscribe</desc><path d="M476 3.2L12.5 270.6c-18.1 10.4-15.8 35.6 2.2 43.2L121 358.4l287.3-253.2c5.5-4.9 13.3 2.6 8.6 8.3L176 407v80.5c0 23.6 28.5 32.9 42.5 15.8L282 426l124.6 52.2c14.2 6 30.4-2.9 33-18.2l72-432C515 7.8 493.3-6.8 476 3.2z"/></svg> <a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help/subscribe"> Subscribe</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="column"> <div class="columns"> <div class="column"> <ul class="nav-spaced"> <li><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help/license/index.html">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help/policies/privacy_policy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="column sorry-app-links"> <ul class="nav-spaced"> <li><a href="https://info.arxiv.org/help/web_accessibility.html">Web Accessibility Assistance</a></li> <li> <p class="help"> <a class="a11y-main-link" href="https://status.arxiv.org" target="_blank">arXiv Operational Status <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 256 512" class="icon filter-dark_grey" role="presentation"><path d="M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 103c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l136 136c9.5 9.4 9.5 24.6.1 34z"/></svg></a><br> Get status notifications via <a class="is-link" href="https://subscribe.sorryapp.com/24846f03/email/new" target="_blank"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" class="icon filter-black" role="presentation"><path d="M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z"/></svg>email</a> or <a class="is-link" href="https://subscribe.sorryapp.com/24846f03/slack/new" target="_blank"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512" class="icon filter-black" role="presentation"><path d="M94.12 315.1c0 25.9-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06S0 341 0 315.1c0-25.9 21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06h47.06v47.06zm23.72 0c0-25.9 21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06s47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06v117.84c0 25.9-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06s-47.06-21.16-47.06-47.06V315.1zm47.06-188.98c-25.9 0-47.06-21.16-47.06-47.06S139 32 164.9 32s47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06v47.06H164.9zm0 23.72c25.9 0 47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06s-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06H47.06C21.16 243.96 0 222.8 0 196.9s21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06H164.9zm188.98 47.06c0-25.9 21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06 25.9 0 47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06s-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06h-47.06V196.9zm-23.72 0c0 25.9-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06-25.9 0-47.06-21.16-47.06-47.06V79.06c0-25.9 21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06 25.9 0 47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06V196.9zM283.1 385.88c25.9 0 47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06 0 25.9-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06-25.9 0-47.06-21.16-47.06-47.06v-47.06h47.06zm0-23.72c-25.9 0-47.06-21.16-47.06-47.06 0-25.9 21.16-47.06 47.06-47.06h117.84c25.9 0 47.06 21.16 47.06 47.06 0 25.9-21.16 47.06-47.06 47.06H283.1z"/></svg>slack</a> </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </footer> <script src="https://static.arxiv.org/static/base/1.0.0a5/js/member_acknowledgement.js"></script> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

Search | arXiv e-print repository