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Title: Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches

Abstract

The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0νββ decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond.

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Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Texas at Arlington, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Org.:
NEXT Collaboration; The NEXT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1638670
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1825248; OSTI ID: 1863248; OSTI ID: 1863379; OSTI ID: 1908619
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-20-299-ND-SCD; arXiv:2005.06467; PNNL-SA-171999
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; oai:inspirehep.net:1796355
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359; AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; AC05-76RL01830; SC0019054
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2021; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments); 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Denisenko, A. A., Díaz, G., Díaz, J., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., González-Díaz, D., Gosh, S., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero, P., Herrero, V., Ho, J., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Vara, M., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A. D., Meziani, Z. E., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Newhouse, C., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Redwine, A., Renner, J., Ripoll, L., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez García, Y., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Sorel, M., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Thapa, P., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Usón, A., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Webb, R., Weiss-Babai, R., White, J. T., Woodruff, K., and Yahlali, N. Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1007/jhep08(2021)164.
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Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Denisenko, A. A., Díaz, G., Díaz, J., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., González-Díaz, D., Gosh, S., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero, P., Herrero, V., Ho, J., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Vara, M., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A. D., Meziani, Z. E., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Newhouse, C., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Redwine, A., Renner, J., Ripoll, L., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez García, Y., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Sorel, M., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Thapa, P., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Usón, A., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Webb, R., Weiss-Babai, R., White, J. T., Woodruff, K., & Yahlali, N. Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08(2021)164
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Adams, C., Álvarez, V., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Denisenko, A. A., Díaz, G., Díaz, J., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., González-Díaz, D., Gosh, S., Guenette, R., Gutiérrez, R. M., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero, P., Herrero, V., Ho, J., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Kekic, M., Labarga, L., Laing, A., Lebrun, P., López-March, N., Losada, M., Mano, R. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez, A., Martínez-Vara, M., Martínez-Lema, G., McDonald, A. D., Meziani, Z. E., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Newhouse, C., Novella, P., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Pérez, J., Querol, M., Redwine, A., Renner, J., Ripoll, L., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez García, Y., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Sorel, M., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Thapa, P., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Usón, A., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Webb, R., Weiss-Babai, R., White, J. T., Woodruff, K., and Yahlali, N. 2021. "Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08(2021)164. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1638670.
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@article{osti_1638670,
title = {Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches},
author = {Adams, C. and Álvarez, V. and Arazi, L. and Arnquist, I. J. and Azevedo, C. R. and Bailey, K. and Ballester, F. and Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M. and Borges, F. M. and Byrnes, N. and Cárcel, S. and Carrión, J. V. and Cebrián, S. and Church, E. and Conde, C. N. and Contreras, T. and Denisenko, A. A. and Díaz, G. and Díaz, J. and Escada, J. and Esteve, R. and Felkai, R. and Fernandes, L. P. and Ferrario, P. and Ferreira, A. L. and Foss, F. and Freitas, E. C. and Freixa, Z. and Generowicz, J. and Goldschmidt, A. and Gómez-Cadenas, J. J. and González, R. and González-Díaz, D. and Gosh, S. and Guenette, R. and Gutiérrez, R. M. and Haefner, J. and Hafidi, K. and Hauptman, J. and Henriques, C. O. and Hernando Morata, J. A. and Herrero, P. and Herrero, V. and Ho, J. and Ifergan, Y. and Jones, B. P. and Kekic, M. and Labarga, L. and Laing, A. and Lebrun, P. and López-March, N. and Losada, M. and Mano, R. P. and Martín-Albo, J. and Martínez, A. and Martínez-Vara, M. and Martínez-Lema, G. and McDonald, A. D. and Meziani, Z. E. and Monrabal, F. and Monteiro, C. B. and Mora, F. J. and Muñoz Vidal, J. and Newhouse, C. and Novella, P. and Nygren, D. R. and Oblak, E. and Palmeiro, B. and Para, A. and Pérez, J. and Querol, M. and Redwine, A. and Renner, J. and Ripoll, L. and Rivilla, I. and Rodríguez García, Y. and Rodríguez, J. and Rogero, C. and Rogers, L. and Romeo, B. and Romo-Luque, C. and Santos, F. P. and dos Santos, J. F. and Simón, A. and Sorel, M. and Stanford, C. and Teixeira, J. R. and Thapa, P. and Toledo, J. F. and Torrent, J. and Usón, A. and Veloso, J. A. and Vuong, T. T. and Webb, R. and Weiss-Babai, R. and White, J. T. and Woodruff, K. and Yahlali, N.},
abstractNote = {The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0νββ decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep08(2021)164},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1638670}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 8,
volume = 2021,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Aug 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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