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51. Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment

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Barabash, A.S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, Ch., Breton, D., Brudanin, V., Burešovà, H., Busto, J., Caffrey, A.J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J.P., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Claverie, G., De Capua, S., Delalee, F., Duchesneau, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J.J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Holý, K., Huber, A., Hugon, C., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Kauer, M., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S.I., Kovalenko, V., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X.R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Maalmi, J., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Moreau, I., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R.B., Pater, J.R., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y.A., Rebii, A., Remoto, A., Richards, B., Ricol, J.S., Riddle, C.L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Šimkovic, F., Simard, L., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Snow, S., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Špavorová, M., Štekl, I., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl.I., Tretyak, V.I., Umatov, V.I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Žukauskas, A., Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire ( LAL ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille ( CPPM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan ( CENBG ), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules ( LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen ( LPCC ), Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen ( ENSICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane ( LSM - UMR 6417 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])

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SuperNEMO, Technology, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, energy resolution, FOS: Physical sciences, scintillation counter: plastics, Physics, Particles & Fields, 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics, Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Science & Technology, Nuclear Experiment, Instruments & Instrumentation, physics.ins-det, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], activity report, Calorimeter, Science & Technology, photomultiplier, Physics, calorimeter: design, neutrino: Majorana: mass, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), sensitivity, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Double beta decay, Photomultipliers, Physics, Nuclear, Scintillators, Physical Sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

SuperNEMO is a double-$\beta$ decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker-calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will implement 100 kg of double-$\beta$ decay isotope, reaching a sensitivity to the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) half-life of the order of $10^{26}$ yr, corresponding to a Majorana neutrino mass of 50-100 meV. One of the main goals and challenges of the SuperNEMO detector development programme has been to reach a calorimeter energy resolution, $\Delta$E/E, around 3%/$sqrt(E)$(MeV) $\sigma$, or 7%/$sqrt(E)$(MeV) FWHM (full width at half maximum), using a calorimeter composed of large volume plastic scintillator blocks coupled to photomultiplier tubes. We describe the R\&D programme and the final design of the SuperNEMO calorimeter that has met this challenging goal.

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2017
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52. Search for neutrinoless quadruple-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd with the NEMO-3 detector

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Arnold , R., Augier , C., Barabash , A.S., Basharina-Freshville , A., Blondel , S., Blot , S., Bongrand , M., Boursette , D., Brudanin , V., Busto , J., Caffrey , A.J., Calvez , S., Cascella , M., Cerna , C., Cesar , J.P., Chapon , A., Chauveau , E., Chopra , A., Dawson , L., Duchesneau , D., Durand , D., Egorov , V., Eurin , G., Evans , J.J., Fajt , L., Filosofov , D., Flack , R., Garrido , X., Gómez , H., Guillon , B., Guzowski , P., Hodák , R., Huber , A., Hubert , P., Hugon , C., Jullian , S., Klimenko , A., Kochetov , O., Konovalov , S.I., Kovalenko , V., Lalanne , D., Lang , K., Lemière , Y., Le Noblet , T., Liptak , Z., Liu , X.R., Loaiza , P., Lutter , G., Macko , M., Macolino , C., Mamedov , F., Marquet , C., Mauger , F., Morgan , B., Mott , J., Nemchenok , I., Nomachi , M., Nova , F., Nowacki , F., Ohsumi , H., Patrick , C., Pahlka , R.B., Perrot , F., Piquemal , F., Povinec , P., Přidal , P., Ramachers , Y.A., Remoto , A., Reyss , J.L., Riddle , C.L., Rukhadze , E., Saakyan , R., Salazar , R., Sarazin , X., Shitov , Yu., Simard , L., Šimkovic , F., Smetana , A., Smolek , K., Smolnikov , A., Söldner-Rembold , S., Soulé , B., Štefánik , D., Štekl , I., Suhonen , J., Sutton , C.S., Szklarz , G., Thomas , J., Timkin , V., Torre , S., Tretyak , Vl.I., Tretyak , V.I., Umatov , V.I., Vanushin , I., Vilela , C., Vorobel , V., Waters , D., Xie , F., Žukauskas , A., Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (LPCC), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), NEMO-3, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien ( IPHC ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Strasbourg ( UNISTRA ), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire ( LAL ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille ( CPPM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Aix Marseille Université ( AMU ), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan ( CENBG ), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen ( LPCC ), Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Normandie Université ( NU ) -Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen ( ENSICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules ( LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane ( LSM - UMR 6417 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] ( LSCE ), and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ( UVSQ ) -Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )

Subjects
lifetime, nucleus, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], High Energy Physics - Experiment, (0neutrino), [ PHYS.HEXP ] Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], kinematics, excited state, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], electron: energy spectrum, ground state, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], samarium, Nuclear Experiment, lepton number: violation, neodymium, experimental results
Abstract

We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd using a total exposure of $0.19$ kg$\cdot$y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM). We find no evidence of this decay and set lower limits on the half-life in the range $T_{1/2}>(1.1-3.2)\times10^{21}$ y at the $90\%$ CL, depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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2017
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53. Final results on $${}^\mathbf{82 }{\hbox {Se}}$$ double beta decay to the ground state of $${}^\mathbf{82 }{\hbox {Kr}}$$ from the NEMO-3 experiment

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Arnold, R., primary, Augier, C., additional, Barabash, A. S., additional, Basharina-Freshville, A., additional, Blondel, S., additional, Blot, S., additional, Bongrand, M., additional, Boursette, D., additional, Brudanin, V., additional, Busto, J., additional, Caffrey, A. J., additional, Calvez, S., additional, Cascella, M., additional, Cerna, C., additional, Cesar, J. P., additional, Chapon, A., additional, Chauveau, E., additional, Chopra, A., additional, Dawson, L., additional, Duchesneau, D., additional, Durand, D., additional, Egorov, V., additional, Eurin, G., additional, Evans, J. J., additional, Fajt, L., additional, Filosofov, D., additional, Flack, R., additional, Garrido, X., additional, Gómez, H., additional, Guillon, B., additional, Guzowski, P., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Huber, A., additional, Hubert, P., additional, Hugon, C., additional, Jullian, S., additional, Klimenko, A., additional, Kochetov, O., additional, Konovalov, S. I., additional, Kovalenko, V., additional, Lalanne, D., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lemière, Y., additional, Le Noblet, T., additional, Liptak, Z., additional, Liu, X. R., additional, Loaiza, P., additional, Lutter, G., additional, Macolino, C., additional, Mamedov, F., additional, Marquet, C., additional, Mauger, F., additional, Morgan, B., additional, Mott, J., additional, Nemchenok, I., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Nova, F., additional, Nowacki, F., additional, Ohsumi, H., additional, Pahlka, R. B., additional, Patrick, C., additional, Perrot, F., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Povinec, P., additional, Přidal, P., additional, Ramachers, Y. A., additional, Remoto, A., additional, Reyss, J. L., additional, Riddle, C. L., additional, Rukhadze, E., additional, Rukhadze, N. I., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Salazar, R., additional, Sarazin, X., additional, Shitov, Yu., additional, Simard, L., additional, Šimkovic, F., additional, Smetana, A., additional, Smolek, K., additional, Smolnikov, A., additional, Söldner-Rembold, S., additional, Soulé, B., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Suhonen, J., additional, Sutton, C. S., additional, Szklarz, G., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Timkin, V., additional, Torre, S., additional, Tretyak, Vl. I., additional, Tretyak, V. I., additional, Umatov, V. I., additional, Vanushin, I., additional, Vilela, C., additional, Vorobel, V., additional, Waters, D., additional, Xie, F., additional, and Žukauskas, A., additional

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2018
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54. Measurement of the 2νββ decay half-life of Nd150 and a search for 0νββ decay processes with the full exposure from the NEMO-3 detector

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Arnold, R., Augier, C., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B. (Ben), Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Žukauskas, A., and HASH(0x5651ca1ddb20)

Subjects
hep-ex, nucl-ex, physics.ins-det, QC
Abstract

We present results from a search for neutrinoless double-$\beta$ ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay using 36.6 g of the isotope $^{150}$Nd with data corresponding to a live time of 5.25 y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector. We construct a complete background model for this isotope, including a measurement of the two-neutrino double-$\beta$ decay half-life of $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}=$[9.34 $\pm$ 0.22 (stat.) $^{+0.62}_{-0.60}$ (syst.)]$\times 10^{18}$ y for the ground state transition, which represents the most precise result to date for this isotope. We perform a multivariate analysis to search for \zeronu decays in order to improve the sensitivity and, in the case of observation, disentangle the possible underlying decay mechanisms. As no evidence for \zeronu decay is observed, we derive lower limits on half-lives for several mechanisms involving physics beyond the Standard Model. The observed lower limit, assuming light Majorana neutrino exchange mediates the decay, is $T^{0\nu}_{1/2} >$ 2.0 $\times 10^{22}$ y at the 90% C.L., corresponding to an upper limit on the effective neutrino mass of $\langle m_{\nu} \rangle$ $

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2016
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55. Measurement of the double-beta decay half-life and search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Ca48 with the NEMO-3 detector

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Arnold, R., Augier, C., Bakalyarov, A. M., Baker, J. D., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Caffrey, A. J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chapon, A., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Egorov, V., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gómez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Huber, A., Hubert, P., Hugon, C., Jullian, S., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lebedev, V. I., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Morgan, B. (Ben), Mott, J., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Pahlka, R. B., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Přidal, P., Ramachers, Y., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Richards, B., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Rukhadze, N. I., Saakyan, R., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Sutton, C. S., Szklarz, G., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., Zhukov, S. V., Žukauskas, A., and HASH(0x5651ca2a1718)

Subjects
QC
Abstract

The NEMO-3 experiment at the Modane Underground Laboratory investigates the double-beta decay of 48Ca. Using 5.25 yr of data recorded with a 6.99 g sample of 48 Ca, approximately 150 double-beta decay candidate events are selected with a signal-to-background ratio greater than 3. The half-life for the two-neutrino double-beta decay of 48Ca is measured to be T2ν1/2=[6.4+0.7−0.6(stat)+1.2 −0.9(syst)]×1019 yr. A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 48Ca yields a null result, and a corresponding lower limit on the half-life is found to be T0ν1/2 >2.0×1022 yr at 90% confidence level, translating into an upper limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of ⟨mββ⟩

Published
2016

56. The BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of ultra low natural radioactivities of thin materials

Author

Barabash, A.S., primary, Basharina-Freshville, A., additional, Birdsall, E., additional, Blondel, S., additional, Blot, S., additional, Bongrand, M., additional, Boursette, D., additional, Brudanin, V., additional, Busto, J., additional, Caffrey, A.J., additional, Calvez, S., additional, Cascella, M., additional, Cebrián, S., additional, Cerna, C., additional, Cesar, J.P, additional, Chauveau, E., additional, Chopra, A., additional, Dafní, T., additional, Capua, S. De, additional, Duchesneau, D., additional, Durand, D., additional, Egorov, V., additional, Eurin, G., additional, Evans, J.J., additional, Fajt, L., additional, Filosofov, D., additional, Flack, R., additional, Garrido, X., additional, Gómez, H., additional, Guillon, B., additional, Guzowski, P., additional, Holý, K., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Huber, A., additional, Hugon, C., additional, Iguaz, F.J., additional, Irastorza, I.G., additional, Jeremie, A., additional, Jullian, S., additional, Kauer, M., additional, Klimenko, A., additional, Kochetov, O., additional, Konovalov, S.I., additional, Kovalenko, V., additional, Lang, K., additional, Lemière, Y., additional, Noblet, T. Le, additional, Liptak, Z., additional, Liu, X.R., additional, Loaiza, P., additional, Lutter, G., additional, Luzón, G., additional, Macko, M., additional, Mamedov, F., additional, Marquet, C., additional, Mauger, F., additional, Morgan, B., additional, Mott, J., additional, Nemchenok, I., additional, Nomachi, M., additional, Nova, F., additional, Ohsumi, H., additional, Oliviéro, G., additional, de Solórzano, A. Ortiz, additional, Pahlka, R.B., additional, Pater, J., additional, Perrot, F., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Povinec, P., additional, Přidal, P., additional, Ramachers, Y.A., additional, Remoto, A., additional, Richards, B., additional, Riddle, C.L., additional, Rukhadze, E., additional, Saakyan, R., additional, Salazar, R., additional, Sarazin, X., additional, Shitov, Yu., additional, Simard, L., additional, Šimkovic, F., additional, Smetana, A., additional, Smolek, K., additional, Smolnikov, A., additional, Söldner-Rembold, S., additional, Soulé, B., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Thomas, J., additional, Timkin, V., additional, Torre, S., additional, Tretyak, Vl.I., additional, Tretyak, V.I., additional, Umatov, V.I., additional, Vilela, C., additional, Vorobel, V., additional, Waters, D., additional, and Žukauskas, A., additional

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2017
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57. Development of the ultra-low background HPGe spectrometer OBELIX at Modane underground laboratory

Author

Brudanin, V.B., primary, Egorov, V.G., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Klimenko, A.A., additional, Loaiza, P., additional, Mamedov, F., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Rukhadze, E., additional, Rukhadze, N., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Shitov, Yu.A., additional, Warot, G., additional, Yakushev, E.A., additional, and Zampaolo, M., additional

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2017
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58. The Low-Background HPGE Γ-Spectrometer OBELIX for the Investigation of the Double Beta Decay to Excited States

Author

Brudanin, V.B., primary, Egorov, V.G., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Klimenko, A.A., additional, Loaiza, P., additional, Mamedov, F., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Rukhadze, E., additional, Rukhadze, N.I., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Shitov, Yu.A., additional, Warot, G., additional, Yakushev, E.A., additional, and Zampaolo, M., additional

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2017
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59. Development of methods for the preparation of radiopure 82Se sources for the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

Author

Rakhimov, Alimardon V., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Bourgeois, Ch., Breton, D., Breier, R., Birdsall, E., Brudanin, V. B., Burešova, H., Busto, J., Calvez, S., Cascella, M., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Claverie, G., De Capua, S., Delalee, F., Duchesneau, D., Egorov, V. G., Eurin, G., Evans, J. J., Fajt, L., Filosofov, D. V., Flack, R., Garrido, X., Gomez, H., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hodák, R., Holý, K., Huber, A., Hugon, C., Jeremie, A., Jullian, S., Karaivanov, D. V., Kauer, M., Klimenko, A. A., Kochetov, O. I., Konovalov, S. I., Kovalenko, V., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Le Noblet, T., Liptak, Z., Liu, X. R., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Maalmi, J., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Mirsagatova, A. A., Mirzayev, N. A., Moreau, I., Morgan, B., Mott, J., Nemchenok, I. B., Nomachi, M., Nova, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviero, G., Pahlka, R. B., Pater, J. R., Palušová, V., Perrot, F., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pridal, P., Ramachers, Y. A., Rebii, A., Remoto, A., Richards, B., Ricol, J. S., Rukhadze, E., Rukhadze, N. I., Saakyan, R., Sadikov, I. I., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu. A., Šimkovic, F., Simard, L., Smetana, A., Smolek, K., Smolnikov, A. A., Snow, S., Söldner-Rembold, S., Soulé, B., Špavorova, M., Štekl, I., Tashimova, F. A., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Torre, S., Tretyak, Vl. I., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vilela, C., Vorobel, V., Warot, G., Waters, D., Zampaolo, M., and Žukauskas, A.

Abstract

A radiochemical method for producing 82Se sources with an ultra-low level of contamination of natural radionuclides (40K, decay products of 232Th and 238U) has been developed based on cation-exchange chromatographic purification with reverse removal of impurities. It includes chromatographic separation (purification), reduction, conditioning (which includes decantation, centrifugation, washing, grinding, and drying), and 82Se foil production. The conditioning stage, during which highly dispersed elemental selenium is obtained by the reduction of purified selenious acid (H2SeO3) with sulfur dioxide (SO2) represents the crucial step in the preparation of radiopure 82Se samples. The natural selenium (600 g) was first produced in this procedure in order to refine the method. The technique developed was then used to produce 2.5 kg of radiopure enriched selenium (82Se). The produced 82Se samples were wrapped in polyethylene (12 μm thick) and radionuclides present in the sample were analyzed with the BiPo-3 detector. The radiopurity of the plastic materials (chromatographic column material and polypropylene chemical vessels), which were used at all stages, was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The radiopurity of the 82Se foils was checked by measurements with the BiPo-3 spectrometer, which confirmed the high purity of the final product. The measured contamination level for 208Tl was 8–54 μBq/kg, and for 214Bi the detection limit of 600 μBq/kg has been reached.

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2020
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60. Investigations of 2β decay of 106Cd and 58Ni with HPGe spectrometer OBELIX

Author

Rukhadze, E., primary, Brudanin, V., additional, Fajt, L., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Klimenko, A., additional, Kochetov, O., additional, Loaiza, P., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Rozov, S., additional, Rukhadze, N., additional, Shitov, Yu., additional, Špavorová, M., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Yakushev, E., additional, and Zampaolo, M., additional

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2015
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61. Double electron capture of 106Cd in the TGV-2 experiment

Author

Rukhadze, N. I., primary, Briancon, Ch., additional, Brudanin, V. B., additional, Egorov, V. G., additional, Fajt, L., additional, Hodák, R., additional, Klimenko, A. A., additional, Kovalik, A., additional, Kouba, P., additional, Piquemal, F., additional, Rozov, S. V., additional, Rukhadze, E., additional, Rychnovský, F., additional, Salamatin, A. V., additional, Šimkovic, F., additional, Shitov, Yu. A., additional, Štekl, I., additional, Timkin, V. V., additional, and Yakushev, E. A., additional

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2015
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63. The 71Ga(3He, t) reaction and the low-energy neutrino response

Author

Frekers, D., Ejiri, H., Akimune, H., Adachi, T., Bilgier, B., Brown, B.A., Cleveland, B.T., Fujita, H., Fujita, Y., Fujiwara, M., Ganioğlu, E., Gavrin, V.N., Grewe, E.-W., Guess, C.J., Harakeh, M.N., Hatanaka, K., Hodak, R., Holl, M., Iwamoto, C., Khai, N.T., Kozer, H.C., Lennarz, A., Okamoto, A., Okamura, H., Povinec, P.P., Puppe, P., Šimkovic, F., Susoy, G., Suzuki, T., Tamii, A., Thies, J.H., Van de Walle, J., and Zegers, R.G.T.

Published
2011
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64. Status of the SuperNEMO demonstrator.

Author

Hodák, R.

Subjects
*NEUTRINO mass, *STANDARD model (Nuclear physics), *SENSITIVITY analysis, *NUCLEAR physics, *CALORIMETERS
Abstract

The hunt for the neutrino mass in the process of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νβ β) belongs to a crucial task in the field of physics beyond the Standard model. The next generation experiment SuperNEMO, based on the NEMO-3 calo-tracko detection technique is devoted to measure this extremely rare nuclear process within the half-life sensitivity T1/20v of 1 × 1026 years, which correspond to the sensitivity on the effective neutrino mass mν〉 of 40 – 110 meV. In this contribution, a progress in the construction and commissioning of the first SuperNEMO module - demonstrator, is reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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65. Double electron capture of 106Cd in the TGV-2 experiment.

Author

Rukhadze, N. I., Briancon, Ch., Brudanin, V. B., Egorov, V. G., Fajt, L., Hodák, R., Klimenko, A. A., Kovalik, A., Kouba, P., Piquemal, F., Rozov, S. V., Rukhadze, E., Rychnovský, F., Salamatin, A. V., Šimkovic, F., Shitov, Yu. A., Štekl, I., Timkin, V. V., and Yakushev, E. A.

Subjects
NUCLEAR electron capture, RESONANCE neutrons, NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, GERMANIUM radiation detectors, SPECTROMETERS, NUCLEAR physics
Abstract

A new experimental run of searching for EC/EC decay of 106Cd was performed at the Modane underground laboratory (4800 m w.e.) using the TGV-2 spectrometer and ~23.2 g 106Cd with enrichment of 99.57%. The limit on 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd - T1/2(2νEC/EC) > 3.1×1020 y, at 90% C.L was obtained from the preliminary calculation of experimental data accumulated for 7018 h of measurement. The limits on the resonance neutrino-less double electron capture decay of 106Cd were obtained from the measurement of ~23.2 g of 106Cd with the low-background HPGe spectrometer OBELIX lasted 395 h - T1/2(KL, 2741 keV) > 0.9×1020 y and T1/2(KK, 2718 keV) > 1.4×1020 y at 90% C.L. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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66. Investigations of 2β decay of 106Cd and 58Ni with HPGe spectrometer OBELIX.

Author

Rukhadze, E., Brudanin, V., Fajt, L., Hodák, R., Klimenko, A., Kochetov, O., Loaiza, P., Piquemal, F., Rozov, S., Rukhadze, N., Shitov, Yu., Špavorová, M., Štekl, I., Yakushev, E., and Zampaolo, M.

Subjects
CADMIUM isotopes, NICKEL isotopes, GERMANIUM radiation detectors, EXCITED states, NUCLEAR physics experiments, RADIOACTIVE decay
Abstract

Investigations of double beta decay processes to excited states of daughter nuclei were performed at the Modane underground laboratory (LSM, France, 4800 m w.e.) using the high sensitivity spectrometer OBELIX [1], which is a common activity of JINR Dubna, IEAP CTU in Prague and LSM. The spectrometer is based on the HPGe detector with the sensitive volume of 600 cm³ and relative efficiency of 160%. Investigation of resonant neutrino-less double electron capture of 106Cd was performed with ~23.2 g of 106Cd (enrichment of 99.57%) during ~17 days. The experiment with natural Ni (~21.7 kg of mass) was also carried out during ~47 days. The preliminary experimental limits for 0νEC/EC resonant decay to the excited states of 106Pd and different modes of β β decay 58Ni are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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68. Liquid Argon Instrumentation and Monitoring in LEGEND-200

Author

Schwarz, Mario, Krause, Patrick, Leonhardt, Andreas, Papp, Laszlo, Schönert, Stefan, Wiesinger, Christoph, Fomina, Maria, Gusev, Konstantin, Rumyantseva, Nadezda, Shevchik, Egor, Zinatulina, Daniya, Araujo, Gabriela R, University of Zurich, Lyoussi, A, Carette, M, Hodák, R, Jenčič, I, Le Dû, P, Pospíšil, S, Reynard-Carette, C, Snoj, L, Stekl, I, and Vermeeren, L

Subjects
optical monitoring, 530 Physics, Physics, QC1-999, General Engineering, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10192 Physics Institute, silicon photomultiplier, General Environmental Science, liquid argon
Abstract

LEGEND is the next-generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge. The first stage, LEGEND-200, takes over the cryogenic infrastructure of GERDA at LNGS: an instrumented water tank surrounding a 64 m3 liquid argon cryostat. Around 200 kg of Ge detectors will be deployed in the cryostat, with the liquid argon acting as cooling medium, high-purity passive shielding and secondary detection medium. For the latter purpose, a liquid argon instrumentation is developed, based on the system used in GERDA Phase II. Wavelength shifting fibers coated with TPB are arranged in two concentric barrels. Both ends are read out by SiPM arrays. A wavelength shifting reflector surrounds the array in order to enhance the light collection far from the array. The LLAMA is installed in the cryostat to permanently monitor the optical parameters and to provide in-situ inputs for modeling purposes. The design of all parts of the LEGEND-200 LAr instrumentation is presented. An overview of the geometry, operation principle, and off-line data analysis of the LLAMA is shown.

Published
2021

69. Low Radon Cleanroom for Underground Laboratories.

Author

Štekl I, Hůlka J, Mamedov F, Fojtík P, Čermáková E, Jílek K, Havelka M, Hodák R, and Hýža M

Subjects
Humans, Laboratories, Radon Daughters analysis, Air Pollutants, Radioactive analysis, Radiation Monitoring, Radon analysis
Abstract

Aim of a low radon cleanroom technology is to minimize at the same time radon, radon decay products concentration and aerosol concentration and to minimize deposition of radon decay products on the surfaces. The technology placed in a deep underground laboratory such as LSM Modane with suppressed muon flux and shielded against external gamma radiation and neutrons provides "Zero dose" space for basic research in radiobiology (validity of the LNT hypothesis for very low doses) and for the fabrication of nanoelectronic circuits to avoid undesirable "single event effects." Two prototypes of a low radon cleanroom were built with the aim to achieve radon concentration lower than 100 mBq·m 3 in an interior space where only radon-free air is delivered into the cleanroom technology from a radon trapping facility. The first prototype, built in the laboratory of SÚRO Prague, is equipped with a standard filter-ventilation system on the top of the cleanroom with improved leakproofness. In an experiment, radon concentration of some 50 mBq·m -3 was achieved with the filter-ventilation system switched out. However, it was not possible to seal the system of pipes and fans against negative-pressure air leakage into the cleanroom during a high volume ventilation with the rate of 3,500 m 3 ·h -1 . From that reason more sophisticated second prototype of the cleanroom designed in the LSM Modane uses the filter-ventilation system which is completely covered in a further improved leakproof sealed metal box placed on the top of the cleanroom. Preliminary experiments carried out in the SÚRO cleanroom with a high radon activity injection and intensive filter-ventilation (corresponding to room filtration rate every 13 s) showed extremely low radon decay products equilibrium factor of 0.002, the majority of activity being in the form of an "unattached fraction" (nanoparticles) of 218 Po and a surface deposition rate of some 0.05 mBq·m -2 ·s -1 per Bq·m -3 . Radon exhalation from persons may affect the radon concentration in a low radon interior space. Balance and time course of the radon exhalation from the human body is therefore discussed for persons that are about to enter the cleanroom., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Štekl, Hůlka, Mamedov, Fojtík, Čermáková, Jílek, Havelka, Hodák and Hýža.)

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2021
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