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Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector

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Albert, JB; Auger, M; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beauchamp, E; Beck, D; Belov, V; Benitez-Medina, C; Bonatt, J; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T ...
Published in: Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
January 28, 2014

We report on an improved measurement of the 2νββ half-life of 136Xe performed by EXO-200. The use of a large and homogeneous time-projection chamber allows for the precise estimate of the fiducial mass used for the measurement, resulting in a small systematic uncertainty. We also discuss in detail the data-analysis methods used for double-β decay searches with EXO-200, while emphasizing those directly related to the present measurement. The 136Xe 2νββ half-life is found to be T1/22νββ = 2.165±0.016(stat)±0.059(sys)×1021 yr. This is the most precisely measured half-life of any 2νββ decay to date. © 2014 American Physical Society.

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Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

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1089-490X

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0556-2813

Publication Date

January 28, 2014

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89

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1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Albert, J. B., Auger, M., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Beauchamp, E., Beck, D., … Zhao, Y. B. (2014). Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 89(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.015502
Albert, J. B., M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, E. Beauchamp, D. Beck, V. Belov, et al. “Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics 89, no. 1 (January 28, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.015502.
Albert JB, Auger M, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beauchamp E, Beck D, et al. Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2014 Jan 28;89(1).
Albert, J. B., et al. “Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 89, no. 1, Jan. 2014. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.89.015502.
Albert JB, Auger M, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beauchamp E, Beck D, Belov V, Benitez-Medina C, Bonatt J, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Burenkov A, Cao GF, Chambers C, Chaves J, Cleveland B, Cook S, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Danilov M, Daugherty SJ, Davis CG, Davis J, Devoe R, Delaquis S, Dobi A, Dolgolenko A, Dolinski MJ, Dunford M, Fairbank W, Farine J, Feldmeier W, Fierlinger P, Franco D, Fudenberg D, Giroux G, Gornea R, Graham K, Gratta G, Hall C, Hall K, Hargrove C, Herrin S, Hughes M, Jiang XS, Johnson A, Johnson TN, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Killick R, Kravitz S, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Leonard F, Licciardi C, Maclellan R, Marino MG, Mong B, Montero Díez M, Moore D, Nelson R, O’Sullivan K, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Ouellet C, Piepke A, Pocar A, Prescott CY, Rivas A, Rowson PC, Rozo MP, Russell JJ, Sabourov A, Sinclair D, Skarpaas K, Slutsky S, Stekhanov V, Strickland V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tosi D, Twelker K, Vogel P, Vuilleumier JL, Waite A, Walton J, Walton T, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Wodin J, Wright JD, Yang L, Yen YR, Zeldovich OY, Zhao YB. Improved measurement of the 2 ν β β half-life of 136 Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics. 2014 Jan 28;89(1).

Published In

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

DOI

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

January 28, 2014

Volume

89

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics