1. Measurement of double-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd to the 0$^+_1$ excited state of $^{150}$Sm in NEMO-3
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Collaboration, NEMO-3, Aguerre, X., Arnold, R., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S., Basharina-Freshville, A., Blondel, S., Blot, S., Bongrand, M., Breier, R., Brudanin, V., Busto, J., Bystryakov, A., Caffrey, A. J., Cerna, C., Cesar, J. P., Ceschia, M., Chauveau, E., Chopra, A., Dawson, L., Duchesneau, D., Durand, D., Evans, J. J., Flack, R., Franchini, P., Garrido, X., Girard-Carillo, C., Guillon, B., Guzowski, P., Hoballah, M., Hodák, R., Hubert, P., Hussain, M. H., Jullian, S., Klimentko, A., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Koňařík, F., Křižák, T., Lalanne, D., Lang, K., Lemière, Y., Li, P., Loaiza, P., Lutter, G., Macko, M., Mamedov, F., Marquet, C., Mauger, F., Minotti, A., Morgan, B., Nemchenok, I., Nomachi, M., Nowacki, F., Ohsumi, H., Oliviéro, G., Palušová, V., Patrick, C., Perrot, F., Petro, M., Pin, A., Piquemal, F., Povinec, P., Pratt, S., Přidal, P., Quinn, W. S., Ramachers, Y. A., Remoto, A., Reyss, J. L., Riddle, C. L., Rukhadze, E., Saakyan, R., Salamatin, A., Salazar, R., Sarazin, X., Sedgbeer, J., Shitov, Yu., Simard, L., Šimkovic, F., Smetana, A., Smolnikov, A., Söldner-Rembold, S., Štekl, I., Suhonen, J., Szklarz, G., Tedjditi, H., Thomas, J., Timkin, V., Tretyak, V. I., Umatov, V. I., Vanushin, I., Vereshchaka, Y., Vorobel, V., Waters, D., and Xie, F.
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Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
The NEMO-3 results for the double-$\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd to the 0$^+_1$ and 2$^+_1$ excited states of $^{150}$Sm are reported. The data recorded during 5.25 yr with 36.6 g of the isotope $^{150}$Nd are used in the analysis. For the first time, the signal of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ transition to the 0$^+_1$ excited state is detected with a statistical significance exceeding 5$\sigma$. The half-life is measured to be $T_{1/2}^{2\nu\beta\beta}(0^+_1) = \left[ 1.11 ^{+0.19}_{-0.14} \,\left(\mbox{stat}\right) ^{+0.17}_{-0.15}\, \left(\mbox{syst}\right) \right] \times10^{20}\,\mbox{yr}$. The limits are set on the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay to the 2$^+_1$ level and on the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay to the 0$^+_1$ and 2$^+_1$ levels of $^{150}$Sm., Comment: Minor corrections
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- 2022