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Title: Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life and search for the 0νββ decay of Cd 116 with the NEMO-3 detector

Abstract

The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the 2νββ decay and searched for the 0νββ decay of 116Cd. Using 410 g of 116Cd installed in the detector with an exposure of 5.26 y, (4968±74) events corresponding to the 2νββ decay of 116Cd to the ground state of 116Sn have been observed with a signal to background ratio of about 12. The half-life of the 2νββ decay has been measured to be T1/2 = [2.74 ± 0.04(stat) ± 0.18(syst)] × 1019 y. No events have been observed above the expected background while searching for 0νββ decay. The corresponding limit on the half-life is determined to be T1/2 ≥ 1.0 × 1023 y at the 90% C.L. which corresponds to an upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of < mν > ≤ 1.4–2.5 eV depending on the nuclear matrix elements considered. As a result, limits on other mechanisms generating 0νββ decay such as the exchange of R-parity violating supersymmetric particles, right-handed currents and majoron emission are also obtained.

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Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
Contributing Org.:
NEMO-3 Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1498064
Report Number(s):
INL/JOU-18-51839-Rev000
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; NEMO-3; double beta decay

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Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A. Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life and search for the 0νββ decay of Cd116 with the NEMO-3 detector. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.95.012007.
Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., & Žukauskas, A. Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life and search for the 0νββ decay of Cd116 with the NEMO-3 detector. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.012007
Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Macolino, C., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Žukauskas, A. Tue . "Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life and search for the 0νββ decay of Cd116 with the NEMO-3 detector". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.95.012007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1498064.
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title = {Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life and search for the 0νββ decay of Cd116 with the NEMO-3 detector},
author = {Arnold, R. and Augier, C. and Baker, J. D. and Barabash, A. S. and Basharina-Freshville, A. and Blondel, S. and Blot, S. and Bongrand, M. and Boursette, D. and Brudanin, V. and Busto, J. and Caffrey, A. J. and Calvez, S. and Cascella, M. and Cerna, C. and Cesar, J. P. and Chapon, A. and Chauveau, E. and Chopra, A. and Duchesneau, D. and Durand, D. and Egorov, V. and Eurin, G. and Evans, J. J. and Fajt, L. and Filosofov, D. and Flack, R. and Garrido, X. and Gómez, H. and Guillon, B. and Guzowski, P. and Hodák, R. and Huber, A. and Hubert, P. and Hugon, C. and Jullian, S. and Klimenko, A. and Kochetov, O. and Konovalov, S. I. and Kovalenko, V. and Lalanne, D. and Lang, K. and Lemière, Y. and Le Noblet, T. and Liptak, Z. and Liu, X. R. and Loaiza, P. and Lutter, G. and Macko, M. and Macolino, C. and Mamedov, F. and Marquet, C. and Mauger, F. and Morgan, B. and Mott, J. and Nemchenok, I. and Nomachi, M. and Nova, F. and Nowacki, F. and Ohsumi, H. and Pahlka, R. B. and Perrot, F. and Piquemal, F. and Povinec, P. and Přidal, P. and Ramachers, Y. A. and Remoto, A. and Reyss, J. L. and Richards, B. and Riddle, C. L. and Rukhadze, E. and Saakyan, R. and Salazar, R. and Sarazin, X. and Shitov, Yu. and Simard, L. and Šimkovic, F. and Smetana, A. and Smolek, K. and Smolnikov, A. and Söldner-Rembold, S. and Soulé, B. and Štekl, I. and Suhonen, J. and Sutton, C. S. and Szklarz, G. and Thomas, J. and Timkin, V. and Torre, S. and Tretyak, Vl. I. and Tretyak, V. I. and Umatov, V. I. and Vanushin, I. and Vilela, C. and Vorobel, V. and Waters, D. and Žukauskas, A.},
abstractNote = {The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the 2νββ decay and searched for the 0νββ decay of 116Cd. Using 410 g of 116Cd installed in the detector with an exposure of 5.26 y, (4968±74) events corresponding to the 2νββ decay of 116Cd to the ground state of 116Sn have been observed with a signal to background ratio of about 12. The half-life of the 2νββ decay has been measured to be T2ν1/2 = [2.74 ± 0.04(stat) ± 0.18(syst)] × 1019 y. No events have been observed above the expected background while searching for 0νββ decay. The corresponding limit on the half-life is determined to be T0ν1/2 ≥ 1.0 × 1023 y at the 90% C.L. which corresponds to an upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of < mν > ≤ 1.4–2.5 eV depending on the nuclear matrix elements considered. As a result, limits on other mechanisms generating 0νββ decay such as the exchange of R-parity violating supersymmetric particles, right-handed currents and majoron emission are also obtained.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.95.012007},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 1,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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