New limit for neutrinoless double. beta. decay of /sup 76/Ge

Journal Article · Mon Jul 09 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.141· OSTI ID:6793245

Simpson, J J; Jagam, P; Campbell, J L; Malm, H L; Robertson, B C

A new lower limit of 3.2 x 10/sup 22/ yr has been obtained for the half-life of neutrinoless double ..beta.. decay of /sup 76/Ge to the ground state of /sup 76/Se, by use of a Ge detector of 208 cm/sup 3/ active volume running in a salt mine for 2363 h. This is the largest detector used to date in such an experiment. A limit for decay to the first excited state has also been obtained.

• Research Organization: Guelph-Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G2W1
• OSTI ID: 6793245
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 53:2; ISSN PRLTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA DECAY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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DATA
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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GERMANIUM 76
GERMANIUM ISOTOPES
HALF-LIFE
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LEAD 210
LEAD ISOTOPES
LIMITING VALUES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PROBABILITY
Q-VALUE
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
SELENIUM 76
SELENIUM ISOTOPES
SPECTRA
STABLE ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES