Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Mo 100 with the NEMO-3 detector

R. Arnold; C. Augier; J. D. Baker; A. S. Barabash; A. Basharina-Freshville; S. Blondel; S. Blot; M. Bongrand; V. Brudanin; J. Busto; A. J. Caffrey; C. Cerna; A. Chapon; E. Chauveau; D. Duchesneau; D. Durand; V. Egorov; G. Eurin; J. J. Evans; R. Flack; X. Garrido; H. Gómez; B. Guillon; P. Guzowski; R. Hodák; P. Hubert; C. Hugon; S. Jullian; A. Klimenko; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; V. Kovalenko; D. Lalanne; K. Lang; Y. Lemière; Z. Liptak; P. Loaiza; G. Lutter; F. Mamedov; C. Marquet; F. Mauger; B. Morgan; J. Mott; I. Nemchenok; M. Nomachi; F. Nova; F. Nowacki; H. Ohsumi; R. B. Pahlka; F. Perrot; F. Piquemal; P. Povinec; Y. A. Ramachers; A. Remoto; J. L. Reyss; B. Richards; C. L. Riddle; E. Rukhadze; R. Saakyan; X. Sarazin; Yu Shitov; L. Simard; F. Šimkovic; A. Smetana; K. Smolek; A. Smolnikov; S. Söldner-Rembold; B. Soulé; I. Štekl; J. Suhonen; C. S. Sutton; G. Szklarz; J. Thomas; V. Timkin; S. Torre; V. Tretyak; V. I. Tretyak; V. I. Umatov; I. Vanushin; C. Vilela; V. Vorobel; D. Waters; A. Žukauskas

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.89.111101

Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Mo 100 with the NEMO-3 detector

R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. D. Baker, A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, S. Blondel, S. Blot, M. Bongrand, V. Brudanin, J. Busto, A. J. Caffrey, C. Cerna, A. Chapon, E. Chauveau, D. Duchesneau, D. Durand, V. Egorov, G. Eurin, J. J. Evans, R. FlackX. Garrido, H. Gómez, B. Guillon, P. Guzowski, R. Hodák, P. Hubert, C. Hugon, S. Jullian, A. Klimenko, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, V. Kovalenko, D. Lalanne, K. Lang, Y. Lemière, Z. Liptak, P. Loaiza, G. Lutter, F. Mamedov, C. Marquet, F. Mauger, B. Morgan, J. Mott, I. Nemchenok, M. Nomachi, F. Nova, F. Nowacki, H. Ohsumi, R. B. Pahlka, F. Perrot, F. Piquemal, P. Povinec, Y. A. Ramachers, A. Remoto, J. L. Reyss, B. Richards, C. L. Riddle, E. Rukhadze, R. Saakyan, X. Sarazin, Yu Shitov, L. Simard, F. Šimkovic, A. Smetana, K. Smolek, A. Smolnikov, S. Söldner-Rembold, B. Soulé, I. Štekl, J. Suhonen, C. S. Sutton, G. Szklarz, J. Thomas, V. Timkin, S. Torre, V. Tretyak, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, I. Vanushin, C. Vilela, V. Vorobel, D. Waters, A. Žukauskas

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We report the results of a search for the neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) of Mo100, using the NEMO-3 detector to reconstruct the full topology of the final state events. With an exposure of 34.7kg·y, no evidence for the 0νββ signal has been found, yielding a limit for the light Majorana neutrino mass mechanism of T1/2(0νββ)>1. 1×1024 years (90% C.L.) once both statistical and systematic uncertainties are taken into account. Depending on the nuclear matrix elements this corresponds to an upper limit on the Majorana effective neutrino mass of mν <0.3-0.9eV (90% C.L.). Constraints on other lepton number violating mechanisms of 0νββ decays are also given. Searching for high-energy double electron events in all suitable sources of the detector, no event in the energy region [3.2-10] MeV is observed for an exposure of 47kg·y.

Original language	English
Article number	111101
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	89
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.111101
State	Published - Jun 12 2014

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Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Cerna, C., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., ... Žukauskas, A. (2014). Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Mo 100 with the NEMO-3 detector. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 89(11), Article 111101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.89.111101

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