Search for the Majorana Nature of Neutrinos in the Inverted Mass Ordering Region with KamLAND-Zen

Abe, S.; Asami, S.; Eizuka, M.; Futagi, S.; Gando, A.; Gando, Y.; Gima, T.; Goto, A.; Hachiya, T.; Hata, K.; Hayashida, S.; Hosokawa, K.; Ichimura, K.; Ieki, S.; Ikeda, H.; Inoue, K.; Ishidoshiro, K.; Kamei, Y.; Kawada, N.; Kishimoto, Y.; Koga, M.; Kurasawa, M.; Maemura, N.; Mitsui, T.; Miyake, H.; Nakahata, T.; Nakamura, K.; Nakamura, K.; Nakamura, R.; Ozaki, H.; Sakai, T.; Sambonsugi, H.; Shimizu, I.; Shirai, J.; Shiraishi, K.; Suzuki, A.; Suzuki, Y.; Takeuchi, A.; Tamae, K.; Ueshima, K.; Watanabe, H.; Yoshida, Y.; Obara, S.; Ichikawa, A. K.; Chernyak, D.; Kozlov, A.; Nakamura, K. Z.; Yoshida, S.; Takemoto, Y.; Umehara, S.; Fushimi, K.; Kotera, K.; Urano, Y.; Berger, B. E.; Fujikawa, B. K.; Learned, J. G.; Maricic, J.; Axani, S. N.; Smolsky, J.; Fu, Z.; Winslow, L. A.; Efremenko, Y.; Karwowski, H. J.; Markoff, D. M.; Tornow, W.; Dell’Oro, S.; O’Donnell, T.; Detwiler, J. A.; Enomoto, S.; Decowski, M. P.; Grant, C.; Li, A.; Song, H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.051801

Title: Search for the Majorana Nature of Neutrinos in the Inverted Mass Ordering Region with KamLAND-Zen

Journal Article · Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.051801· OSTI ID:1922563

; Asami, S.;

; Futagi, S.; Gando, A.; Gando, Y.; Gima, T.; Goto, A.;

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; Hayashida, S.; Hosokawa, K.;

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; Ikeda, H.; Inoue, K.;

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; Kishimoto, Y. more »

The KamLAND-Zen experiment has provided stringent constraints on the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay half-life in ¹³⁶Xe using a xenon-loaded liquid scintillator. We report an improved search using an upgraded detector with almost double the amount of xenon and an ultralow radioactivity container, corresponding to an exposure of 970 kg yr of ¹³⁶Xe. These new data provide valuable insight into backgrounds, especially from cosmic muon spallation of xenon, and have required the use of novel background rejection techniques. We obtain a lower limit for the 0νββ decay half-life of $$T_{1/2}^{0ν}$$ > 2.3 × 10²⁶ yr at 90% C.L., corresponding to upper limits on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of 36-156 meV using commonly adopted nuclear matrix element calculations.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Contributing Organization:: KamLAND-Zen Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; 2110720; 2012964; 21000001; 26104002; 19H05803

OSTI ID:: 1922563

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1959028

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Vol. 130 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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