The Aurora experiment to investigate double beta decay of 116 Cd with the help of 1.162 kg cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators enriched in 116 Cd to 82% is in progress at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. The half-life of 116 Cd relatively to the two neutrino double beta decay is measured with the highest up-to-date accuracy T1/2 = (2.62 ± 0.14) × 1019 yr. The sensitivity of the experiment to the neutrinoless double beta decay of 116 Cd to the ground state of 116 Sn is estimated as T1/2 ≥ 1.9 × 1023 yr at 90% CL, which corresponds to the effective Majorana neutrino mass limit (mv) ≤ (1.2 — 1.8) eV. New limits are obtained for the double beta decay of 116 Cd to the excited levels of 116 Sn, and for the neutrinoless double beta decay with emission of majorons.

Danevich, F.a., Barabash, A.s., Belli, P., Bernabei, R., Cappella, F., Caracciolo, V., et al. (2016). Search for double beta decay of 116Cd with enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators (Aurora experiment). JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 718, 062009-1-062009-6 [10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062009].

Search for double beta decay of 116Cd with enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators (Aurora experiment)

BERNABEI, RITA;Caracciolo, V;D'ANGELO, SILIO;
2016-01-01

Abstract

The Aurora experiment to investigate double beta decay of 116 Cd with the help of 1.162 kg cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators enriched in 116 Cd to 82% is in progress at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. The half-life of 116 Cd relatively to the two neutrino double beta decay is measured with the highest up-to-date accuracy T1/2 = (2.62 ± 0.14) × 1019 yr. The sensitivity of the experiment to the neutrinoless double beta decay of 116 Cd to the ground state of 116 Sn is estimated as T1/2 ≥ 1.9 × 1023 yr at 90% CL, which corresponds to the effective Majorana neutrino mass limit (mv) ≤ (1.2 — 1.8) eV. New limits are obtained for the double beta decay of 116 Cd to the excited levels of 116 Sn, and for the neutrinoless double beta decay with emission of majorons.
2016
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
English
Con Impact Factor ISI
double beta decay; low background techniques;116Cd;
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062009
Danevich, F.a., Barabash, A.s., Belli, P., Bernabei, R., Cappella, F., Caracciolo, V., et al. (2016). Search for double beta decay of 116Cd with enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators (Aurora experiment). JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 718, 062009-1-062009-6 [10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062009].
Danevich, Fa; Barabash, As; Belli, P; Bernabei, R; Cappella, F; Caracciolo, V; Cerulli, R; Chernyak, Dm; D'Angelo, S; Incicchitti, A; Kobychev, Vv; Konovalov, Si; Laubenstein, M; Mokina, Vm; Poda, Dv; Polischuk, Og; Shlegel, Vn; Tretyak, Vi; Umatov, Vi
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