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Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector.

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Ackerman, N; Aharmim, B; Auger, M; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Barry, K; Bartoszek, L; Beauchamp, E; Belov, V; Benitez-Medina, C; Breidenbach, M ...
Published in: Physical review letters
November 2011

We report the observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in (136)Xe with T(1/2) = 2.11 ± 0.04(stat) ± 0.21(syst) × 10(21) yr. This second-order process, predicted by the standard model, has been observed for several nuclei but not for (136)Xe. The observed decay rate provides new input to matrix element calculations and to the search for the more interesting neutrinoless double-beta decay, the most sensitive probe for the existence of Majorana particles and the measurement of the neutrino mass scale.

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Physical review letters

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1079-7114

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0031-9007

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

107

Issue

21

Start / End Page

212501

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences
 

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Ackerman, N., Aharmim, B., Auger, M., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Barry, K., … EXO Collaboration, . (2011). Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review Letters, 107(21), 212501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.212501
Ackerman, N., B. Aharmim, M. Auger, D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, K. Barry, L. Bartoszek, et al. “Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector.Physical Review Letters 107, no. 21 (November 2011): 212501. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.107.212501.
Ackerman N, Aharmim B, Auger M, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Barry K, et al. Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical review letters. 2011 Nov;107(21):212501.
Ackerman, N., et al. “Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector.Physical Review Letters, vol. 107, no. 21, Nov. 2011, p. 212501. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physrevlett.107.212501.
Ackerman N, Aharmim B, Auger M, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Barry K, Bartoszek L, Beauchamp E, Belov V, Benitez-Medina C, Breidenbach M, Burenkov A, Cleveland B, Conley R, Conti E, Cook J, Cook S, Coppens A, Counts I, Craddock W, Daniels T, Danilov MV, Davis CG, Davis J, deVoe R, Djurcic Z, Dobi A, Dolgolenko AG, Dolinski MJ, Donato K, Dunford M, Fairbank W, Farine J, Fierlinger P, Franco D, Freytag D, Giroux G, Gornea R, Graham K, Gratta G, Green MP, Hägemann C, Hall C, Hall K, Haller G, Hargrove C, Herbst R, Herrin S, Hodgson J, Hughes M, Johnson A, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Koffas T, Kuchenkov A, Kumar A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Leonard F, LePort F, Mackay D, MacLellan R, Marino M, Martin Y, Mong B, Díez MM, Morgan P, Müller AR, Neilson R, Nelson R, Odian A, O’Sullivan K, Ouellet C, Piepke A, Pocar A, Prescott CY, Pushkin K, Rivas A, Rollin E, Rowson PC, Russell JJ, Sabourov A, Sinclair D, Skarpaas K, Slutsky S, Stekhanov V, Strickland V, Swift M, Tosi D, Twelker K, Vogel P, Vuilleumier J-L, Vuilleumier J-M, Waite A, Waldman S, Walton T, Wamba K, Weber M, Wichoski U, Wodin J, Wright JD, Yang L, Yen Y-R, Zeldovich OY, EXO Collaboration. Observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 detector. Physical review letters. 2011 Nov;107(21):212501.

Published In

Physical review letters

DOI

EISSN

1079-7114

ISSN

0031-9007

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

107

Issue

21

Start / End Page

212501

Related Subject Headings

  • General Physics
  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
  • 02 Physical Sciences
  • 01 Mathematical Sciences