Double-beta decay investigation with highly pure enriched $^{82}$Se for the LUCIFER experiment

Beeman, J. W.; Bellini, F.; Benetti, P.; Cardani, L.; Casali, N.; Chiesa, D.; Clemenza, M.; Dafinei, I.; Domizio, S. Di; Ferroni, F.; Gironi, L.; Giuliani, A.; Gotti, C.; Laubenstein, M.; Maino, M.; Nagorny, S.; Nisi, S.; Nones, C.; Orio, F.; Pagnanini, L.; Pattavina, Luca; Pessina, G.; Piperno, G.; Pirro, S.; Previtali, E.; Rusconi, C.; Schaffner, K.; Tomei, C.; Vignati, M.

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3822-x

Title: Double-beta decay investigation with highly pure enriched $$^{82}$$Se for the LUCIFER experiment

Journal Article · Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2015 · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3822-x· OSTI ID:1405288

Beeman, J. W. ^[1]; Bellini, F. ^[2]; Benetti, P. ^[3]; Cardani, L. ^[4]; Casali, N. ^[2]; Chiesa, D. ^[5]; Clemenza, M. ^[5]; Dafinei, I. ^[6]; Domizio, S. Di ^[7]; Ferroni, F. ^[2]; Gironi, L. ^[5]; Giuliani, A. ^[8]; Gotti, C. ^[9]; Laubenstein, M. ^[10]; Maino, M. ^[5]; Nagorny, S. ^[11]; Nisi, S. ^[10]; Nones, C. ^[12]; Orio, F. ^[6]; Pagnanini, L. ^[11] more »

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Rome (Italy); INFN, Rome (Italy)
Univ. di Pavia, Pavia (Italy); INFN, Pavia (Italy)
Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Rome (Italy); Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. di Milano-Bicocca, Milan (Italy); INFN, Milan (Italy)
INFN, Rome (Italy)
INFN, Genoa (Italy); Univ. di Genova, Genoa (Italy)
Centre de Spectrometrie de Masse, Orsay (France)
INFN, Milan (Italy)
INFN, Assergi (L'Aquila) (Italy)
Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (Italy)
CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

The LUCIFER project aims at deploying the first array of enriched scintillating bolometers for the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta decay of ⁸²Se. The matrix which embeds the source is an array of ZnSe crystals, where enriched ⁸²Se is used as decay isotope. The radiopurity of the initial components employed for manufacturing crystals, that can be operated as bolometers, is crucial for achieving a null background level in the region of interest for double-beta decay investigations. In this work, we evaluated the radioactive content in 2.5 kg of 96.3 % enriched ⁸²Se metal, measured with a high-purity germanium detector at the Gran Sasso deep underground laboratory. The limits on internal contaminations of primordial decay chain elements of ²³²Th, ²³⁸U and ²³⁵U are respectively: <61, <110 and <74 μBq/kg at 90 % C.L. The extremely low-background conditions in which the measurement was carried out and the high radiopurity of the ⁸²Se allowed us to establish the most stringent lower limits on the half-lives of the double-beta decay of ⁸²Se to 0+1, 2+2 and 2+1 excited states of ⁸²Kr of 3.4•10²², 1.3•10²² and 1.0•10²² y, respectively, with a 90 % C.L.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1405288

Journal Information:: European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 12; ISSN 1434-6044

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