Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Xe136 with EXO-200

M. Auger; D. J. Auty; P. S. Barbeau; E. Beauchamp; V. Belov; C. Benitez-Medina; M. Breidenbach; T. Brunner; A. Burenkov; B. Cleveland; S. Cook; T. Daniels; M. Danilov; C. G. Davis; S. Delaquis; R. Devoe; A. Dobi; M. J. Dolinski; A. Dolgolenko; M. Dunford; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; W. Feldmeier; P. Fierlinger; D. Franco; G. Giroux; R. Gornea; K. Graham; G. Gratta; C. Hall; K. Hall; C. Hargrove; S. Herrin; M. Hughes; A. Johnson; T. N. Johnson; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; D. S. Leonard; F. Leonard; D. MacKay; R. MacLellan; M. Marino; B. Mong; M. Montero Díez; A. R. Müller; R. Neilson; R. Nelson; A. Odian; I. Ostrovskiy; K. O'Sullivan; C. Ouellet; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; C. Y. Prescott; K. Pushkin; P. C. Rowson; J. J. Russell; A. Sabourov; D. Sinclair; S. Slutsky; V. Stekhanov; T. Tolba; D. Tosi; K. Twelker; P. Vogel; J. L. Vuilleumier; A. Waite; T. Walton; M. Weber; U. Wichoski; J. Wodin; J. D. Wright; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen; O. Ya Zeldovich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.032505

Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Xe136 with EXO-200

M. Auger
, D. J. Auty
, P. S. Barbeau
, E. Beauchamp
, V. Belov
, C. Benitez-Medina
, M. Breidenbach
, T. Brunner
, A. Burenkov
, B. Cleveland
, S. Cook
, T. Daniels
, M. Danilov
, C. G. Davis
, S. Delaquis
, R. Devoe
, A. Dobi
, M. J. Dolinski
, A. Dolgolenko
, M. Dunford

W. Fairbank, J. Farine, W. Feldmeier, P. Fierlinger, D. Franco, G. Giroux, R. Gornea, K. Graham, G. Gratta, C. Hall, K. Hall, C. Hargrove, S. Herrin, M. Hughes, A. Johnson, T. N. Johnson, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, D. S. Leonard, F. Leonard, D. MacKay, R. MacLellan, M. Marino, B. Mong, M. Montero Díez, A. R. Müller, R. Neilson, R. Nelson, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, K. O'Sullivan, C. Ouellet, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, C. Y. Prescott, K. Pushkin, P. C. Rowson, J. J. Russell, A. Sabourov, D. Sinclair, S. Slutsky, V. Stekhanov, T. Tolba, D. Tosi, K. Twelker, P. Vogel, J. L. Vuilleumier, A. Waite, T. Walton, M. Weber, U. Wichoski, J. Wodin, J. D. Wright, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen, O. Ya Zeldovich

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We report on a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Xe136 with EXO-200. No signal is observed for an exposure of 32.5 kgyr, with a background of ∼1.5×10 ^-3kg ^-1yr ^-1keV ^-1 in the ±1σ region of interest. This sets a lower limit on the half-life of the neutrinoless double-beta decay T1/20νββ(Xe136) >1.6×1025yr (90% C.L.), corresponding to effective Majorana masses of less than 140-380 meV, depending on the matrix element calculation.

Original language	English
Article number	032505
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.032505
State	Published - Jul 19 2012

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National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	0969259
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Auger, M., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Beauchamp, E., Belov, V., Benitez-Medina, C., Breidenbach, M., Brunner, T., Burenkov, A., Cleveland, B., Cook, S., Daniels, T., Danilov, M., Davis, C. G., Delaquis, S., Devoe, R., Dobi, A., Dolinski, M. J., Dolgolenko, A., ... Zeldovich, O. Y. (2012). Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Xe136 with EXO-200. Physical Review Letters, 109(3), Article 032505. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.032505

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