Scholars@Duke publication: Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

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Kharusi, SA; Anton, G; Badhrees, I; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Bhatta, T; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T; Cao, GF; Cen, WR; Chambers, C ...

Published in: Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

September 3, 2021

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A search for Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{136}$Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. This dataset consists of a total $^{136}$Xe exposure of 234.1 kg$\cdot$yr, and includes data with detector upgrades that have improved the energy threshold relative to previous searches. A lower limit of T$_{1/2}^{\rm{^{136}Xe}}>$4.3$\cdot$10$^{24}$ yr at 90\% C.L. on the half-life of the spectral index $n=1$ Majoron decay was obtained, a factor of 3.6 more stringent than the previous limit from EXO-200, corresponding to a constraint on the Majoron-neutrino coupling constant of $|\langle g_{ee}^{M}\rangle|$$<(0.4$-$0.9)\cdot10^{-5}$. The lower threshold and the additional data taken resulted in a factor 8.4 improvement for the $n=7$ mode compared to the previous EXO search. This search provides the most stringent limits to-date on the Majoron-emitting decays of $^{136}$Xe with spectral indices $n=1,2,3,$ and 7.

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Author Phillip S. Barbeau Physics

Author Jens Dilling Physics

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Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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1550-2368

Publication Date

September 3, 2021

Volume

104

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American Physical Society

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences

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Kharusi, S. A., Anton, G., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., … Ziegler, T. (2021). Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 104(11).

Kharusi, S Al, G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, et al. “Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset.” Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 104, no. 11 (September 3, 2021).

Kharusi SA, Anton G, Badhrees I, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, et al. Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2021 Sep 3;104(11).

Kharusi, S. Al, et al. “Search for Majoron-emitting modes of $^{136}$Xe double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset.” Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 104, no. 11, American Physical Society, Sept. 2021.

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Published In

Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

ISSN

1550-2368

Publication Date

September 3, 2021

Volume

104

Issue

Publisher

American Physical Society

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
0206 Quantum Physics
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences