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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans

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Green, MP; Abgrall, N; Aguayo, E; Avignone, FT; Barabash, AS; Bertrand, FE; Boswell, M; Brudanin, V; Busch, M; Byram, D; Caldwell, AS; Doe, PJ ...
Published in: Physics Procedia
January 1, 2015

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR will search for neutrinoless-double-beta decay (0νββ) in 76Ge, while establishing the feasibility of a future tonne-scale germanium-based 0νββ experiment, and performing searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The experiment, currently under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, SD, will consist of a pair of modular high-purity germanium detector arrays housed inside of a compact copper, lead, and polyethylene shield. Through a combination of strict materials qualifications and assay, low-background design, and powerful background rejection techniques, the Demonstrator aims to achieve a background rate in the 0νββ region of interest (ROI) of no more than 3 counts in the 0νββ-decay ROI per tonne of target isotope per year (cnts/(ROI-t-y)). The current status of the Demonstrator is discussed, as are plans for its completion.

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Physics Procedia

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1875-3892

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1875-3884

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January 1, 2015

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61

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Green, M. P., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., … Yumatov, V. (2015). The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans. In Physics Procedia (Vol. 61, pp. 232–240). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.038
Green, M. P., N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, et al. “The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans.” In Physics Procedia, 61:232–40, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.038.
Green MP, Abgrall N, Aguayo E, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Bertrand FE, et al. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans. In: Physics Procedia. 2015. p. 232–40.
Green, M. P., et al. “The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans.” Physics Procedia, vol. 61, 2015, pp. 232–40. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.038.
Green MP, Abgrall N, Aguayo E, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Bertrand FE, Boswell M, Brudanin V, Busch M, Byram D, Caldwell AS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Combs DC, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Doe PJ, Efremenko Y, Egorov V, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Fast JE, Finnerty P, Fraenkle FM, Galindo-Uribarri A, Giovanetti GK, Goett J, Gruszko J, Guiseppe VE, Gusev K, Hallin AL, Hazama R, Hegai A, Henning R, Hoppe EW, Howard S, Howe MA, Keeter KJ, Kidd MF, Kochetov O, Konovalov SI, Kouzes RT, Laferriere BD, Leon J, Leviner LE, Loach JC, MacMullin J, MacMullin S, Martin RD, Meijer S, Mertens S, Nomachi M, Orrell JL, O’Shaughnessy C, Overman NR, Phillips DG, Poon AWP, Pushkin K, Radford DC, Rager J, Rielage K, Robertson RGH, Romero-Romero E, Ronquest MC, Schubert AG, Shanks B, Shima T, Shirchenko M, Snavely KJ, Snyder N, Suriano AM, Thompson J, Timkin V, Tornow W, Trimble JE, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Vetter K, Vorren K, White BR, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yakushev E, Young AR, Yu CH, Yumatov V. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR for 0νββ: Current Status and Future Plans. Physics Procedia. 2015. p. 232–240.
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Published In

Physics Procedia

DOI

EISSN

1875-3892

ISSN

1875-3884

Publication Date

January 1, 2015

Volume

61

Start / End Page

232 / 240