The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment
Author(s) -
N. Abgrall,
E. Aguayo,
F. T. Avig,
A. S. Barabash,
F. E. Bertrand,
M. Boswell,
V. Brudanin,
M. Busch,
A. Caldwell,
Y.-D. Chan,
C. D. Christofferson,
D. C. Combs,
J. A. Detwiler,
P. J. Doe,
Y. V. Efremenko,
V. Egorov,
H. Ejiri,
S. R. Elliott,
J.H. Esterline,
J. Fast,
P. Finnerty,
F. M. Fraenkle,
A. Galindo-Uribarri,
G. K. Giovanetti,
J. Goett,
M. P. Green,
J. Gruszko,
V. E. Guiseppe,
K. Gusev,
A. L. Hallin,
R. Hazama,
A. Hegai,
R. Henning,
E. W. Hoppe,
S. Howard,
M. A. Howe,
K. Keeter,
M. F. Kidd,
A. Knecht,
O. Kochetov,
С. И. Коновалов,
R. T. Kouzes,
B. D. LaFerriere,
J. Leon,
L. E. Leviner,
J. C. Loach,
P.N. Luke,
S. MacMullin,
R. D. Martin,
S. Mertens,
L. Mizouni,
M. Nomachi,
J. L. Orrell,
C. O’Shaughnessy,
Nicole Overman,
D. G. Phillips,
A. W. P. Poon,
K. Pushkin,
D. C. Radford,
K. Rielage,
R. G. H. Robertson,
M. Ronquest,
A. Schubert,
B. Shanks,
Tatsushi Shima,
M. Shirchenko,
K. J. Snavely,
N. Snyder,
D. Steele,
J. Strain,
A. M. Suriano,
J. Thompson,
V. Timkin,
W. Tornow,
R. L. Varner,
S. Vasilyev,
K. Vetter,
K. Vorren,
B. R. White,
J. F. Wilkerson,
Thomas Williams,
W. Xu,
E. Yakushev,
A. R. Young,
C.-H. Yu,
V. Yumatov
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advances in high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1687-7365
pISSN - 1687-7357
DOI - 10.1155/2014/365432
Subject(s) - majorana , physics , double beta decay , particle physics , nuclear physics , beta (programming language) , neutrino , programming language , computer science
The M ajorana D emonstrator will search for the neutrinoless double-beta ( β β 0 ν ) decay of the isotope Ge with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of this rare decay would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, demonstrate that lepton number is not conserved, and provide information on the absolute mass scale of the neutrino. The D emonstrator is being assembled at the 4850-foot level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The array will be situated in a low-background environment and surrounded by passive and active shielding. Here we describe the science goals of the D emonstrator and the details of its design.
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