Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT
Abstract
The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-White detector is the first radiopure demonstrator of this technology, operated in the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc. Achieving an energy resolution of 1% FWHM at 2.6 MeV and further background rejection by means of the topology of the reconstructed tracks, NEXT-White has been exploited beyond its original goals in order to perform a neu- trinoless double beta decay search. The analysis considers the combination of 271.6 days of 136Xe-enriched data and 208.9 days of 136Xe-depleted data. A detailed background modeling and measurement has been developed, ensuring the time stability of the radiogenic and cosmogenic contributions across both data samples. Limits to the neutrinoless mode are obtained in two alternative analyses: a background-model-dependent approach and a novel direct background-subtraction technique, offering results with small dependence on the background model assumptions. With a fiducial mass of only 3.50 ± 0.01 kg of 136Xe-enriched xenon, 90% C.L. lower limits to the neutrinoless double beta decay are found in the $$T^{0v}_{1/2} > 5.5 \times 10^{23} - 1.3 \times 10^{24}$$ yr range, depending on the method. The presented techniques stand as a proof-of-concept for the searches to be implemented with larger NEXT detectors.
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- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- NEXT Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1983811
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-23-251-ND; arXiv:2305.09435
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; oai:inspirehep.net:2660193; TRN: US2402534
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-13ER42020; SC0019054; SC0019223
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2023; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments); Rare Decay
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Novella, P., Sorel, M., Usón, A., Adams, C., Almazán, H., Álvarez, V., Aparicio, B., Aranburu, A. I., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Auria-Luna, F., Ayet, S., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., del Barrio-Torregrosa, M., Bayo, A., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Bounasser, S., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Cid, L., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Cossío, F. P., Dey, E., Díaz, G., Dickel, T., Elorza, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Fahs, A., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F. W., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., Grocott, J., Guenette, R., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero-Gómez, P., Herrero, V., Hervés Carrete, C., Ho, J., Ho, P., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Labarga, L., Larizgoitia, L., Larumbe, A., Lebrun, P., Lopez, F., Lopez Gutierrez, D., López-March, N., Madigan, R., Mano, R. P., Marques, A. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., Martínez-Vara, M., Meziani, Z. E., Miller, R. L., Mistry, K., Molina-Canteras, J., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Navarro, K., Nuñez, A., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Odriozola-Gimeno, M., Palacio, J., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Parmaksiz, I., Pelegrin, J., Pérez Maneiro, M., Querol, M., Redwine, A. B., Renner, J., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Soleti, S. R., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Waiton, J., and White, J. T. Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT. United States: N. p., 2023.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep09(2023)190.
Novella, P., Sorel, M., Usón, A., Adams, C., Almazán, H., Álvarez, V., Aparicio, B., Aranburu, A. I., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Auria-Luna, F., Ayet, S., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., del Barrio-Torregrosa, M., Bayo, A., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Bounasser, S., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Cid, L., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Cossío, F. P., Dey, E., Díaz, G., Dickel, T., Elorza, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Fahs, A., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F. W., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., Grocott, J., Guenette, R., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero-Gómez, P., Herrero, V., Hervés Carrete, C., Ho, J., Ho, P., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Labarga, L., Larizgoitia, L., Larumbe, A., Lebrun, P., Lopez, F., Lopez Gutierrez, D., López-March, N., Madigan, R., Mano, R. P., Marques, A. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., Martínez-Vara, M., Meziani, Z. E., Miller, R. L., Mistry, K., Molina-Canteras, J., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Navarro, K., Nuñez, A., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Odriozola-Gimeno, M., Palacio, J., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Parmaksiz, I., Pelegrin, J., Pérez Maneiro, M., Querol, M., Redwine, A. B., Renner, J., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Soleti, S. R., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Waiton, J., & White, J. T. Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2023)190
Novella, P., Sorel, M., Usón, A., Adams, C., Almazán, H., Álvarez, V., Aparicio, B., Aranburu, A. I., Arazi, L., Arnquist, I. J., Auria-Luna, F., Ayet, S., Azevedo, C. R., Bailey, K., Ballester, F., del Barrio-Torregrosa, M., Bayo, A., Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M., Borges, F. M., Bounasser, S., Byrnes, N., Cárcel, S., Carrión, J. V., Cebrián, S., Church, E., Cid, L., Conde, C. N., Contreras, T., Cossío, F. P., Dey, E., Díaz, G., Dickel, T., Elorza, M., Escada, J., Esteve, R., Fahs, A., Felkai, R., Fernandes, L. P., Ferrario, P., Ferreira, A. L., Foss, F. W., Freitas, E. C., Freixa, Z., Generowicz, J., Goldschmidt, A., Gómez-Cadenas, J. J., González, R., Grocott, J., Guenette, R., Haefner, J., Hafidi, K., Hauptman, J., Henriques, C. O., Hernando Morata, J. A., Herrero-Gómez, P., Herrero, V., Hervés Carrete, C., Ho, J., Ho, P., Ifergan, Y., Jones, B. P., Labarga, L., Larizgoitia, L., Larumbe, A., Lebrun, P., Lopez, F., Lopez Gutierrez, D., López-March, N., Madigan, R., Mano, R. P., Marques, A. P., Martín-Albo, J., Martínez-Lema, G., Martínez-Vara, M., Meziani, Z. E., Miller, R. L., Mistry, K., Molina-Canteras, J., Monrabal, F., Monteiro, C. B., Mora, F. J., Muñoz Vidal, J., Navarro, K., Nuñez, A., Nygren, D. R., Oblak, E., Odriozola-Gimeno, M., Palacio, J., Palmeiro, B., Para, A., Parmaksiz, I., Pelegrin, J., Pérez Maneiro, M., Querol, M., Redwine, A. B., Renner, J., Rivilla, I., Rodríguez, J., Rogero, C., Rogers, L., Romeo, B., Romo-Luque, C., Santos, F. P., dos Santos, J. F., Simón, A., Soleti, S. R., Stanford, C., Teixeira, J. R., Toledo, J. F., Torrent, J., Veloso, J. A., Vuong, T. T., Waiton, J., and White, J. T. Wed .
"Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2023)190. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1983811.
@article{osti_1983811,
title = {Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT},
author = {Novella, P. and Sorel, M. and Usón, A. and Adams, C. and Almazán, H. and Álvarez, V. and Aparicio, B. and Aranburu, A. I. and Arazi, L. and Arnquist, I. J. and Auria-Luna, F. and Ayet, S. and Azevedo, C. R. and Bailey, K. and Ballester, F. and del Barrio-Torregrosa, M. and Bayo, A. and Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M. and Borges, F. M. and Bounasser, S. and Byrnes, N. and Cárcel, S. and Carrión, J. V. and Cebrián, S. and Church, E. and Cid, L. and Conde, C. N. and Contreras, T. and Cossío, F. P. and Dey, E. and Díaz, G. and Dickel, T. and Elorza, M. and Escada, J. and Esteve, R. and Fahs, A. and Felkai, R. and Fernandes, L. P. and Ferrario, P. and Ferreira, A. L. and Foss, F. W. and Freitas, E. C. and Freixa, Z. and Generowicz, J. and Goldschmidt, A. and Gómez-Cadenas, J. J. and González, R. and Grocott, J. and Guenette, R. and Haefner, J. and Hafidi, K. and Hauptman, J. and Henriques, C. O. and Hernando Morata, J. A. and Herrero-Gómez, P. and Herrero, V. and Hervés Carrete, C. and Ho, J. and Ho, P. and Ifergan, Y. and Jones, B. P. and Labarga, L. and Larizgoitia, L. and Larumbe, A. and Lebrun, P. and Lopez, F. and Lopez Gutierrez, D. and López-March, N. and Madigan, R. and Mano, R. P. and Marques, A. P. and Martín-Albo, J. and Martínez-Lema, G. and Martínez-Vara, M. and Meziani, Z. E. and Miller, R. L. and Mistry, K. and Molina-Canteras, J. and Monrabal, F. and Monteiro, C. B. and Mora, F. J. and Muñoz Vidal, J. and Navarro, K. and Nuñez, A. and Nygren, D. R. and Oblak, E. and Odriozola-Gimeno, M. and Palacio, J. and Palmeiro, B. and Para, A. and Parmaksiz, I. and Pelegrin, J. and Pérez Maneiro, M. and Querol, M. and Redwine, A. B. and Renner, J. and Rivilla, I. and Rodríguez, J. and Rogero, C. and Rogers, L. and Romeo, B. and Romo-Luque, C. and Santos, F. P. and dos Santos, J. F. and Simón, A. and Soleti, S. R. and Stanford, C. and Teixeira, J. R. and Toledo, J. F. and Torrent, J. and Veloso, J. A. and Vuong, T. T. and Waiton, J. and White, J. T.},
abstractNote = {The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-White detector is the first radiopure demonstrator of this technology, operated in the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc. Achieving an energy resolution of 1% FWHM at 2.6 MeV and further background rejection by means of the topology of the reconstructed tracks, NEXT-White has been exploited beyond its original goals in order to perform a neu- trinoless double beta decay search. The analysis considers the combination of 271.6 days of 136Xe-enriched data and 208.9 days of 136Xe-depleted data. A detailed background modeling and measurement has been developed, ensuring the time stability of the radiogenic and cosmogenic contributions across both data samples. Limits to the neutrinoless mode are obtained in two alternative analyses: a background-model-dependent approach and a novel direct background-subtraction technique, offering results with small dependence on the background model assumptions. With a fiducial mass of only 3.50 ± 0.01 kg of 136Xe-enriched xenon, 90% C.L. lower limits to the neutrinoless double beta decay are found in the $T^{0v}_{1/2} > 5.5 \times 10^{23} - 1.3 \times 10^{24}$ yr range, depending on the method. The presented techniques stand as a proof-of-concept for the searches to be implemented with larger NEXT detectors.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep09(2023)190},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 9,
volume = 2023,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023},
month = {Wed Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2023}
}
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