GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge

Pandola, L; Tomei, C

doi:10.1063/1.2220398

Title: GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge

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The GERDA project, searching for neutrinoless double beta-decay of 76Ge with enriched germanium detectors submerged in a cryogenic bath, has been approved for installation at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), Italy. The GERDA technique is aiming at a dramatic reduction of the background due to radioactive contaminations of the materials surrounding the detectors. This will lead to a sensitivity of about 1026 years on the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay. Already in the first phase of the experiment, GERDA will be able to investigate with high statistical significance the claimed evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge based on the data of the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment.

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Pandola, L; Tomei, C ^[1]

INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, S.S. 17 bis km 18.910, 67010 Assergi (AQ) (Italy)

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI Identifier:: 20875845

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 842; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 17. international conference on particles and nuclei, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 23-30 Oct 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2220398; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; GERMANIUM 76; HALF-LIFE; ITALIAN ORGANIZATIONS; NEUTRINOS; SENSITIVITY

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                    Pandola, L, and Tomei, C. GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Pandola, L, & Tomei, C. GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2220398

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                    Pandola, L, and Tomei, C. 2006.  
        "GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2220398.

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  title        = {GERDA, a GERmanium Detector Array for the search for neutrinoless {beta}{beta} decay in 76Ge},

  author       = {Pandola, L and Tomei, C},

  abstractNote = {The GERDA project, searching for neutrinoless double beta-decay of 76Ge with enriched germanium detectors submerged in a cryogenic bath, has been approved for installation at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS), Italy. The GERDA technique is aiming at a dramatic reduction of the background due to radioactive contaminations of the materials surrounding the detectors. This will lead to a sensitivity of about 1026 years on the half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay. Already in the first phase of the experiment, GERDA will be able to investigate with high statistical significance the claimed evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge based on the data of the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.2220398},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20875845},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

  issn         = {0094-243X},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2006},

  month        = {Tue Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2006}

}

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