The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

Author:

Abgrall N.1,Aguayo E.2,Avignone F. T.34,Barabash A. S.5,Bertrand F. E.4,Boswell M.6,Brudanin V.7,Busch M.89,Caldwell A. S.10,Chan Y.-D.1,Christofferson C. D.10,Combs D. C.811,Detwiler J. A.12,Doe P. J.12,Efremenko Yu.13,Egorov V.7,Ejiri H.14,Elliott S. R.6,Esterline J.89,Fast J. E.2,Finnerty P.815,Fraenkle F. M.815,Galindo-Uribarri A.4,Giovanetti G. K.815,Goett J.6,Green M. P.815,Gruszko J.12,Guiseppe V. E.16,Gusev K.7,Hallin A. L.17,Hazama R.14,Hegai A.1,Henning R.815,Hoppe E. W.2,Howard S.10,Howe M. A.815,Keeter K. J.18,Kidd M. F.19,Knecht A.12,Kochetov O.7,Konovalov S. I.5,Kouzes R. T.2,LaFerriere B. D.2,Leon J.12,Leviner L. E.811,Loach J. C.120,Luke P. N.21,MacMullin S.815,Martin R. D.1,Mertens S.1,Mizouni L.23,Nomachi M.14,Orrell J. L.2,O'Shaughnessy C.815,Overman N. R.2,Phillips David811,Poon A. W. P.1,Pushkin K.16,Radford D. C.4,Rielage K.6,Robertson R. G. H.12,Ronquest M. C.6,Schubert A. G.12,Shanks B.815,Shima T.14,Shirchenko M.7,Snavely K. J.815,Snyder N.16,Steele D.6,Strain J.815,Suriano A. M.10,Thompson J.10,Timkin V.7,Tornow W.89,Varner R. L.4,Vasilyev S.13,Vetter K.1,Vorren K.815,White B. R.4,Wilkerson J. F.4815,Williams T.4,Xu W.6,Yakushev E.7,Young A. R.811,Yu C.-H.4,Yumatov V.5

Affiliation:

1. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA

3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

5. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia

6. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

7. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia

8. Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA

9. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

10. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA

11. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

12. Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

13. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

14. Research Center for Nuclear Physics and Department of Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan

15. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

16. Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA

17. Centre for Particle Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G7

18. Department of Physics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD 57799, USA

19. Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA

20. Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China

21. Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Abstract

The MajoranaDemonstratorwill search for the neutrinoless double-beta(ββ0ν)decay of the isotopeGe with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The Demonstratoris being assembled at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be situated in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. Here we describe the science goals of the Demonstratorand the details of its design.

Funder

Nuclear Physics

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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