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Title: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta (ββ 0 ν ) decay of the isotope Ge with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The Demonstrator is being assembled at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be situated in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. Here we describe the science goals of the Demonstrator and the details of its design.

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  1. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
  4. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia
  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
  6. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
  7. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
  8. Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
  9. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USA
  10. Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
  11. Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
  12. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
  13. Research Center for Nuclear Physics and Department of Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
  14. Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
  15. Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
  16. Centre for Particle Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2G7
  17. Department of Physics, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD 57799, USA
  18. Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA
  19. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  20. Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
  21. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
  22. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF); Russian Foundation for Basic Research
OSTI Identifier:
1198216
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1407231; OSTI ID: 1460324
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; FG02-97ER41041; FG02-97ER41033; FG02-97ER4104; FG02-97ER41042; SC0005054; FG02-10ER41715; FG02-97ER41020; PHY-0919270; PHY-1003940; 0855314; PHY-1202950; MRI 0923142; 1003399; 12-02-12112
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Advances in High Energy Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advances in High Energy Physics Journal Volume: 2014; Journal ID: ISSN 1687-7357
Publisher:
Hindawi
Country of Publication:
Egypt
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Esterline, J., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Knecht, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., Luke, P. N., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Mertens, S., Mizouni, L., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, David, Poon, A. W. P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Steele, D., Strain, J., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Williams, T., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., and Yumatov, V. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment. Egypt: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1155/2014/365432.
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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Esterline, J., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Knecht, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., Luke, P. N., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Mertens, S., Mizouni, L., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, David, Poon, A. W. P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Steele, D., Strain, J., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Williams, T., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., & Yumatov, V. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment. Egypt. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/365432
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Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Esterline, J., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Knecht, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., Luke, P. N., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Mertens, S., Mizouni, L., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, David, Poon, A. W. P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G. H., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Steele, D., Strain, J., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Williams, T., Xu, W., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., and Yumatov, V. Wed . "The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment". Egypt. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/365432.
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@article{osti_1198216,
title = {The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment},
author = {Abgrall, N. and Aguayo, E. and Avignone, F. T. and Barabash, A. S. and Bertrand, F. E. and Boswell, M. and Brudanin, V. and Busch, M. and Caldwell, A. S. and Chan, Y. -D. and Christofferson, C. D. and Combs, D. C. and Detwiler, J. A. and Doe, P. J. and Efremenko, Yu. and Egorov, V. and Ejiri, H. and Elliott, S. R. and Esterline, J. and Fast, J. E. and Finnerty, P. and Fraenkle, F. M. and Galindo-Uribarri, A. and Giovanetti, G. K. and Goett, J. and Green, M. P. and Gruszko, J. and Guiseppe, V. E. and Gusev, K. and Hallin, A. L. and Hazama, R. and Hegai, A. and Henning, R. and Hoppe, E. W. and Howard, S. and Howe, M. A. and Keeter, K. J. and Kidd, M. F. and Knecht, A. and Kochetov, O. and Konovalov, S. I. and Kouzes, R. T. and LaFerriere, B. D. and Leon, J. and Leviner, L. E. and Loach, J. C. and Luke, P. N. and MacMullin, S. and Martin, R. D. and Mertens, S. and Mizouni, L. and Nomachi, M. and Orrell, J. L. and O'Shaughnessy, C. and Overman, N. R. and Phillips, David and Poon, A. W. P. and Pushkin, K. and Radford, D. C. and Rielage, K. and Robertson, R. G. H. and Ronquest, M. C. and Schubert, A. G. and Shanks, B. and Shima, T. and Shirchenko, M. and Snavely, K. J. and Snyder, N. and Steele, D. and Strain, J. and Suriano, A. M. and Thompson, J. and Timkin, V. and Tornow, W. and Varner, R. L. and Vasilyev, S. and Vetter, K. and Vorren, K. and White, B. R. and Wilkerson, J. F. and Williams, T. and Xu, W. and Yakushev, E. and Young, A. R. and Yu, C. -H. and Yumatov, V.},
abstractNote = {The Majorana Demonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta(ββ0ν) decay of the isotopeGe with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The Demonstrator is being assembled at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be situated in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. Here we describe the science goals of the Demonstrator and the details of its design.},
doi = {10.1155/2014/365432},
journal = {Advances in High Energy Physics},
number = ,
volume = 2014,
place = {Egypt},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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