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The MAJORANA Collaboration is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the nucleus $^{76}$Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of germanium detectors deployed with the aim of implementing background reduction techniques suitable for a 1-tonne $^{76}$Ge-based search. The ultra low-background conditions require regular calibrations to verify proper function of the detectors. Radioactive line sources can be deployed around the cryostats containing the detectors for regular energy...
Topics: Physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.02466
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J. Gruszko; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y-D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. H. Chu; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; C. Dunagan; Yu. Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Fullmer; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; J. Leon;...
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The Majorana Demonstrator searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $^{76}$Ge using arrays of high-purity germanium detectors. If observed, this process would demonstrate that lepton number is not a conserved quantity in nature, with implications for grand-unification and for explaining the predominance of matter over antimatter in the universe. A problematic background in such large granular detector arrays is posed by alpha particles. In the Majorana Demonstrator, events have been...
Topics: Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.03054
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N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y-D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. -H. Chu; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; C. Dunagan; Yu. Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; C. R. S. Haufe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; A....
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We present new limits on exotic keV-scale physics based on 478 kg d of MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR commissioning data. Constraints at the 90% confidence level are derived on bosonic dark matter (DM) and solar axion couplings, Pauli exclusion principle violating (PEPV) decay, and electron decay using monoenergetic peak signal-limits above our background. Our most stringent DM constraints are set for 11.8 keV mass particles, limiting $g_{Ae}
Topics: Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.00886
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S. R. Elliott; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; T. S. Caldwell; Y-D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; P. -H. Chu; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; C. Dunagan; Yu. Efremenko; H. Ejiri; A. Fullmer; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; J. Leon;...
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Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches seek to determine the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The {\sc Majorana} Collaboration is assembling an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. The {\sc Majorana Demonstrator} is composed of 44.8~kg (29.7 kg enriched in $^{76}$Ge) of Ge detectors in total, split between two modules contained in a low background shield at the...
Topics: Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01210
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I. Guinn; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; C. X. Baldenegro-Barrera; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; A. W. Bradley; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y-D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; Yu. Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; T. Gilliss; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R....
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The MAJORANA Collaboration will seek neutrinoless double beta decay (0nbb) in 76Ge using isotopically enriched p-type point contact (PPC) high purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. A tonne-scale array of HPGe detectors would require background levels below 1 count/ROI-tonne-year in the 4 keV region of interest (ROI) around the 2039 keV Q-value of the decay. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of such an experiment, the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, a 40 kg HPGe detector array, is being constructed...
Topics: Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.04279
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing a system containing 44 kg of high-purity Ge (HPGe) detectors to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of a future tonne-scale experiment capable of probing the neutrino mass scale to ~15 meV. To realize this, a major goal of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is to demonstrate a path forward to achieving a background rate at or below 1 count/(ROI-t-y) in the 4 keV region of interest (ROI) around the Q-value at 2039 keV. This goal is pursued through a...
Topics: Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01146
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C. Cuesta; M. Buuck; J. A. Detwiler; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; J. Leon; R. G. H. Robertson; N. Abgrall; A. W. Bradley; Y-D. Chan; S. Mertens; A. W. P. Poon; K. Vetter; I. J. Arnquist; E. W. Hoppe; R. T. Kouzes; J. L. Orrell; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; S. I. Konovalov; V. Yumatov; F. E. Bertrand; A. Galindo-Uribarri; D. C. Radford; R. L. Varner; C. -H. Yu; V. Brudanin; M. Shirchenko; S. Vasilyev; E. Yakushev; I. Zhitnikov; M. Busch; T. S. Caldwell; T. Gilliss; R. Henning; M. A. Howe; J....
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44.8-kg (29.7 kg enriched >88% in Ge-76) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Ge-76. The next generation of tonnescale Ge-based neutrinoless double beta decay searches will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is envisioned to demonstrate a path forward to achieve a background rate at or...
Topics: Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.07340
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, 40-kg modular HPGe detector array to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. In view of the next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based 0nbb-decay searches that will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region, a major goal of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is to demonstrate a path forward to achieving a background rate at or below 1 count/tonne/year in the 4 keV region of...
Topics: Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03202
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C. Cuesta; N. Abgrall; I. J. Arnquist; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; M. Buuck; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y-D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; J. A. Detwiler; Yu. Efremenko; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; A. Galindo-Uribarri; G. K. Giovanetti; J. Goett; M. P. Greenn; J. Gruszko; I. S. Guinn; V. E. Guiseppe; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; B. R. Jasinski; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. LaFerriere; J. Leon; J....
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 40-kg modular high purity Ge detector array to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge. In view of the next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double-beta decay searches that will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region, a major goal of the Demonstrator is to demonstrate a path forward to achieving a background rate at or below 1 count/tonne/year in the 4...
Topics: Physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5682
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C. Amole; M. Ardid; I. J. Arnquist; D. M. Asner; D. Baxter; E. Behnke; P. Bhattacharjee; H. Borsodi; M. Bou-Cabo; S. J. Brice; D. Broemmelsiek; K. Clark; J. I. Collar; P. S. Cooper; M. Crisler; C. E. Dahl; M. Das; F. Debris; S. Fallows; J. Farine; I. Felis; R. Filgas; M. Fines-Neuschild; F. Girard; G. Giroux; J. Hall; O. Harris; E. W. Hoppe; C. M. Jackson; M. Jin; C. B. Krauss; M. Lafrenière; M. Laurin; I. Lawson; A. Leblanc; I. Levine; W. H. Lippincott; E. Mann; J. P. Martin; D. Maurya; P....
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New data are reported from a second run of the 2-liter PICO-2L C$_3$F$_8$ bubble chamber with a total exposure of 129$\,$kg-days at a thermodynamic threshold energy of 3.3$\,$keV. These data show that measures taken to control particulate contamination in the superheated fluid resulted in the absence of the anomalous background events observed in the first run of this bubble chamber. One single nuclear-recoil event was observed in the data, consistent both with the predicted background rate...
Topics: Astrophysics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03729
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D. S. Akerib; C. W. Akerlof; D. Yu. Akimov; S. K. Alsum; H. M. Araújo; I. J. Arnquist; M. Arthurs; X. Bai; A. J. Bailey; J. Balajthy; S. Balashov; R. E. Linehan; W. H. Lippincott; X. Liu; M. I. Lopes; B. Lopez Paredes; W. Lorenzon; S. Luitz; P. Majewski; A. Manalaysay; L. Manenti; M. J. Barry; R. L. Mannino; D. J. Markley; T. J. Martin; M. F. Marzioni; C. T. McConnell; D. N. McKinsey; D. -M. Mei; Y. Meng; E. H. Miller; E. Mizrachi; J. Belle; J. Mock; M. E. Monzani; J. A. Morad; B. J. Mount; A....
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The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment will search for dark matter particle interactions with a detector containing a total of 10 tonnes of liquid xenon within a double-vessel cryostat. The large mass and proximity of the cryostat to the active detector volume demand the use of material with extremely low intrinsic radioactivity. We report on the radioassay campaign conducted to identify suitable metals, the determination of factors limiting radiopure production, and the selection of titanium for...
Topics: Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1702.02646
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 44-kg modular high-purity Ge (HPGe) detector array to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge-76. The phenomenon of surface micro-discharge induced by high-voltage has been studied in the context of the MAJORANA Demonstrator. This effect can damage the front-end electronics or mimic detector signals. To ensure the correct performance, every high-voltage cable and feedthrough must be capable of...
Topics: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08483
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The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTATOR at the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the Homestake gold mine, in Lead, SD. The apparatus will use Ge detectors, enriched in isotope \nuc{76}{Ge}, to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale Ge detector experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. The long half-life of this postulated process requires that the apparatus be extremely low in radioactive isotopes whose decays may produce backgrounds to...
Topics: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03779
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The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44-kg (29 kg 76Ge and 15 kg natGe) to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Ge-76. The next generation of tonne-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double beta decay searches will probe the neutrino mass scale in the inverted-hierarchy region. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is envisioned to demonstrate a path forward to achieve a background rate at or below 1...
Topics: Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.07612
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A search for Pauli-exclusion-principle-violating K-alpha electron transitions was performed using 89.5 kg-d of data collected with a p-type point contact high-purity germanium detector operated at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility. A lower limit on the transition lifetime of 5.8x10^30 seconds at 90% C.L. was set by looking for a peak at 10.6 keV resulting from the x-ray and Auger electrons present following the transition. A similar analysis was done to look for the decay of atomic...
Topics: Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Instrumentation and Detectors
Source: http://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06141
