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The Majorana project

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Elliott, SR; Aalseth, CE; Akashi-Ronquest, M; Amman, M; Amsbaugh, JF; Avignone, FT; Back, HO; Baktash, C; Barabash, AS; Barbeau, P; Beene, JR ...
Published in: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
January 1, 2009

Building a 0νβ β experiment with the ability to probe neutrino mass in the inverted hierarchy region requires the combination of a large detector mass sensitive to 0νβ β, on the order of 1-tonne, and unprecedented background levels, on the order of or less than 1 count per year in the 0νβ β signal region. The Majorana Collaboration proposes a design based on using high-purity enriched 76Ge crystals deployed in ultra- low background electroformed Cu cryostats and using modern analysis techniques that should be capable of reaching the required sensitivity while also being scalable to a 1- tonne size. To demonstrate feasibility, the collaboration plans to construct a prototype system, the Majorana Demonstrator, consisting of 30 kg of 86% enriched 76Ge detectors and 30 kg of natural or isotope-76-depleted Ge detectors. We plan to deploy and evaluate two different Ge detector technologies, one based on a p-type configuration and the other on n-type. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series

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1742-6596

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1742-6588

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Volume

173

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0204 Condensed Matter Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Elliott, S. R., Aalseth, C. E., Akashi-Ronquest, M., Amman, M., Amsbaugh, J. F., Avignone, F. T., … Yin, Z. B. (2009). The Majorana project. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 173). https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012007
Elliott, S. R., C. E. Aalseth, M. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, et al. “The Majorana project.” In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 173, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012007.
Elliott SR, Aalseth CE, Akashi-Ronquest M, Amman M, Amsbaugh JF, Avignone FT, et al. The Majorana project. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2009.
Elliott, S. R., et al. “The Majorana project.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 173, no. 1, 2009. Scopus, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/173/1/012007.
Elliott SR, Aalseth CE, Akashi-Ronquest M, Amman M, Amsbaugh JF, Avignone FT, Back HO, Baktash C, Barabash AS, Barbeau P, Beene JR, Bergevin M, Bertrand FE, Boswell M, Brudanin V, Bugg W, Burritt TH, Chan YD, Cianciolo TV, Collar J, Creswick R, Cromaz M, Detwiler JA, Doe PJ, Dunmore JA, Efremenko Y, Egorov V, Ejiri H, Ely J, Esterline J, Farach H, Farmer T, Fast J, Finnerty P, Fujikawa B, Gehman VM, Greenberg C, Guiseppe VE, Gusey K, Hallin AL, Hazama R, Henning R, Hime A, Hossbach T, Hoppe E, Howe MA, Hurley D, Hyronimus B, Johnson RA, Keillor M, Keller C, Kephart J, Kidd M, Kochetov O, Konovalov SI, Kouzes RT, Lesko KT, Leviner L, Luke P, MacMullin S, Marino MG, McDonald AB, Mei DM, Miley HS, Myers AW, Nomachi M, Odom B, Orrell J, Poon AWP, Prior G, Radford DC, Reeves JH, Rielage K, Riley N, Robertson RGH, Rodriguez L, Rykaczewski KP, Schubert AG, Shima T, Shirchenko M, Timkin V, Thompson R, Tornow W, Tull C, Van Wechel TD, Vanyushin I, Varner RL, Vetter K, Warner R, Wilkerson JF, Wouters JM, Yakushev E, Young AR, Yu CH, Yumatov V, Yin ZB. The Majorana project. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2009.
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Published In

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

DOI

EISSN

1742-6596

ISSN

1742-6588

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Volume

173

Issue

1

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0204 Condensed Matter Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics