Search for Majoron-emitting modes of double-beta decay of Xe 136 with EXO-200

J. B. Albert, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, D. Beck, V. Belov, C. Benitez-Medina, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, A. Burenkov, G. F. Cao, C. Chambers, J. Chaves, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, T. Daniels, M. Danilov, S. J. Daugherty, C. G. DavisJ. Davis, R. Devoe, S. Delaquis, T. Didberidze, A. Dolgolenko, M. J. Dolinski, M. Dunford, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, W. Feldmeier, P. Fierlinger, D. Fudenberg, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, K. Graham, G. Gratta, C. Hall, S. Herrin, M. Hughes, M. J. Jewell, X. S. Jiang, A. Johnson, T. N. Johnson, S. Johnston, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, R. Killick, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, D. S. Leonard, F. Leonard, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, J. Ling, R. Maclellan, M. G. Marino, B. Mong, D. Moore, R. Nelson, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, C. Ouellet, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, C. Y. Prescott, A. Rivas, P. C. Rowson, M. P. Rozo, J. J. Russell, A. Schubert, D. Sinclair, E. Smith, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, T. Tolba, D. Tosi, R. Tsang, K. Twelker, P. Vogel, J. L. Vuilleumier, A. Waite, J. Walton, T. Walton, M. Weber, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen, O. Ya Zeldovich

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Abstract

EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe136. Here, we report on a search for various Majoron-emitting modes based on 100 kg yr exposure of Xe136. A lower limit of T1/2Xe136>1.2×1024yr at 90% C.L. on the half-life of the spectral index=1 Majoron decay was obtained, corresponding to a constraint on the Majoron-neutrino coupling constant of |geeM|<(0.8-1.7)×10-5.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092004
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume90
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 10 2014

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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