Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double $\beta$ decays of $^{134}$Xe

Akerib, D. S.; Al Musalhi, A. K.; Alsum, S. K.; Amarasinghe, C. S.; Ames, A.; Anderson, T. J.; Angelides, N.; Araújo, H. M.; Armstrong, J. E.; Arthurs, M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Balashov, S.; Bang, J.; Bargemann, J. W.; Bauer, D.; Baxter, A.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A.; Bhatti, A.; Biekert, A.; Biesiadzinski, T. P.; Birch, H. J.; Blockinger, G. M.; Bodnia, E.; Boxer, B.; Brew, C. J.; Brás, P.; Burdin, S.; Busenitz, J. K.; Buuck, M.; Cabrita, R.; Carmona-Benitez, M. C.; Cascella, M.; Chan, C.; Chott, N. I.; Cole, A.; Converse, M. V.; Cottle, A.; Cox, G.; Creaner, O.; Cutter, J. E.; Dahl, C. E.; de Viveiros, L.; Dobson, J. Y.; Druszkiewicz, E.; Eriksen, S. R.; Fan, A.; Fayer, S.; Fearon, N. M.; Fiorucci, S.; Flaecher, H.; Fraser, E. D.; Fruth, T.; Gaitskell, R. J.; Genovesi, J.; Ghag, C.; Gibson, E.; Gokhale, S.; van der Grinten, M. D.; Gwilliam, C. B.; Hall, C. R.; Haselschwardt, S. J.; Hertel, S. A.; Horn, M.; Huang, D. Q.; gnarra, M. I.; Jahangir, O.; James, R. S.; Ji, W.; Johnson, J.; Kaboth, A. C.; Kamaha, A. C.; Kamdin, K.; Kazkaz, K.; Khaitan, D.; Khazov, A.; Khurana, I.; Kodroff, D.; Korley, L.; Korolkova, E. V.; Kraus, H.; Kravitz, S.; Kreczko, L.; Krikler, B.; Kudryavtsev, V. A.; Leason, E. A.; Lee, J.; Leonard, D. S.; Lesko, K. T.; Levy, C.; Liao, J.; Lin, J.; Lindote, A.; Linehan, R.; Lippincott, W. H.; Liu, X.; Lopes, M. I.; López Asamar, E.; López Paredes, B.; Lorenzon, W.; Luitz, S.; Majewski, P. A.; Manalaysay, A.; Manenti, L.; Mannino, R. L.; Marangou, N.; McCarthy, M. E.; McKinsey, D. N.; McLaughlin, J.; Miller, E. H.; Mizrachi, E.; Monte, A.; Monzani, M. E.; Morad, J. A.; Morales Mendoza, J. D.; Morrison, E.; Mount, B. J.; Murphy, A. J.; Naim, D.; Naylor, A.; Nedlik, C.; Nelson, H. N.; Neves, F.; Nikoleyczik, J. A.; Nilima, A.; Olcina, I.; Oliver-Mallory, K. C.; Pal, S.; Palladino, K. J.; Palmer, J.; Patton, S.; Parveen, N.; Pease, E. K.; Penning, B.; Pereira, G.; Piepke, A.; Qie, Y.; Reichenbacher, J.; Rhyne, C. A.; Richards, A.; Riffard, Q.; Rischbieter, G. C.; Rosero, R.; Rossiter, P.; Santone, D.; Sazzad, A. R.; Schnee, R. W.; Scovell, P. R.; Shaw, S.; Shutt, T. A.; Silk, J. J.; Silva, C.; Smith, R.; Solmaz, M.; Solovov, V. N.; Sorensen, P.; Soria, J.; Stancu, I.; Stevens, A.; Stifter, K.; Suerfu, B.; Sumner, T. J.; Swanson, N.; Szydagis, M.; Taylor, W. C.; Taylor, R.; Temples, D. J.; Terman, P. A.; Tiedt, D. R.; Timalsina, M.; To, W. H.; Tovey, D. R.; Tripathi, M.; Tronstad, D. R.; Turner, W.; Utku, U.; Vaitkus, A.; Wang, B.; Wang, J. J.; Wang, W.; Watson, J. R.; Webb, R. C.; White, R. G.; Whitis, T. J.; Williams, M.; Wolfs, F. H.; Woodward, D.; Wright, C. J.; Xiang, X.; Xu, J.; Yeh, M.; Zarzhitsky, P.

doi:10.1103/physrevc.104.065501

Title: Projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment to the two-neutrino and neutrinoless double $$\beta$$ decays of $$^{134}$$Xe

Journal Article · Fri Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.104.065501· OSTI ID:1835842

Akerib, D. S. ^[1]; Al Musalhi, A. K.; Alsum, S. K.; Amarasinghe, C. S.; Ames, A.; Anderson, T. J.; Angelides, N.; Araújo, H. M.; Armstrong, J. E.; Arthurs, M.; Bai, X.; Balajthy, J.; Balashov, S.; Bang, J.; Bargemann, J. W.; Bauer, D.; Baxter, A.; Beltrame, P.; Bernard, E. P.; Bernstein, A. more »

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration. et al.

The projected sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment to two-neutrino and neutrinoless double beta decay of ¹³⁴Xe is presented. LZ is a 10-tonne xenon time projection chamber optimized for the detection of dark matter particles, that is expected to start operating in 2021 at Sanford Underground Research Facility, USA. Its large mass of natural xenon provides an exceptional opportunity to search for the double beta decay of ¹³⁴Xe, for which xenon detectors enriched in ¹³⁶Xe are less effective. For the two-neutrino decay mode, LZ is predicted to exclude values of the half-life up to 1.7 x 10²⁴ years at 90% confidence level (CL), and has a three-sigma observation potential of 8.7 x 10²³ years, approaching the predictions of nuclear models. For the neutrinoless decay mode LZ, is projected to exclude values of the half-life up to 7.3 x 10₂₄years at 90% CL.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Contributing Organization:: LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration; The LUX-ZEPLIN Collaboration; The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC02-05CH11231; SC0020216; SC0012704; SC0010010; AC02-07CH11359; SC0012161; SC0014223; SC0010813; SC0009999; NA0003180; SC0011702; DESC0010072; SC0015708; SC0006605; SC0008475; FG02-10ER46709; UW PRJ82AJ; SC0013542; SC0018982; SC0019066; SC0015535; SC0019193; AC52-07NA27344; DOE-SC0012447; ST/M003655/1; ST/M003981/1; ST/M003744/1; ST/M003639/1; ST/M003604/1; ST/R003181/1; ST/M003469/1; ST/S000739/1; ST/S000666/1; ST/S000828/1; ST/S000879/1; PTDC/FIS-PAR/28567/2017; IBS-R016-D1; SC005336; SC0010072

OSTI ID:: 1835842

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1827337; OSTI ID: 1831903; OSTI ID: 1845302; OSTI ID: 1862930; OSTI ID: 1869404; OSTI ID: 1883035; OSTI ID: 1903422

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-21-549-AE; arXiv:2104.13374; LLNL-JRNL-837670; ST/M003655/1; ST/M003981/1; ST/M003744/1; ST/M003639/1; ST/M003604/1; ST/R003181/1; ST/M003469/1; ST/S000739/1; ST/S000666/1; ST/S000828/1; ST/S000879/1; PTDC/FIS-PAR/28567/2017; IBS-R016-D1; SC005336; TRN: US2300265

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 104, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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