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1. Measurement of neutrino oscillation parameters with the first six detection units of KM3NeT/ORCA

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The KM3NeT collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, A. R. Alhebsi, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, H. Atmani, J. Aublin, F. Badaracco, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardačová, B. Baret, A. Bariego-Quintana, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, M. Bennani, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, D. Bonanno, A. B. Bouasla, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, M. Breuhaus, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, A. Condorelli, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, G. De Wasseige, V. Decoene, I. Del Rosso, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, J.-G. Ducoin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, V. Ellajosyula, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, D. Franciotti, L. A. Fusco, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, E. Genton, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, I. Goos, P. Goswami, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, C. Haack, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, D. Joly, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, Y. Y. Kovalev, V. Kueviakoe, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, M. Lamoureux, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, V. Lemaître, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, F. Magnani, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Mańczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, J. Mauro, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, D. Paesani, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, V. Parisi, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, A. Plavin, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, J. Prado, S. Pulvirenti, C. A. Quiroz-Rangel, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, E. Ros, A. Šaina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, S. Sanfilippo, M. Sanguineti, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Štekl, S. M. Stellacci, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, S. Thoudam, I. Tosta e Melo, B. Trocmé, V. Tsourapis, A. Tudorache, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Ukleja, A. Vacheret, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, A. van Vliet, E. de Wolf, I. Lhenry-Yvon, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Neutrino Detectors and Telescopes (experiments), Oscillation, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract KM3NeT/ORCA is a water Cherenkov neutrino detector under construction and anchored at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The detector is designed to study oscillations of atmospheric neutrinos and determine the neutrino mass ordering. This paper focuses on an initial configuration of ORCA, referred to as ORCA6, which comprises six out of the foreseen 115 detection units of photo-sensors. A high-purity neutrino sample was extracted, corresponding to an exposure of 433 kton-years. The sample of 5828 neutrino candidates is analysed following a binned log-likelihood method in the reconstructed energy and cosine of the zenith angle. The atmospheric oscillation parameters are measured to be sin 2 θ 23 = 0.51 − 0.05 + 0.04 $$ {\sin}^2{\theta}_{23}={0.51}_{-0.05}^{+0.04} $$ , and Δ m 31 2 = 2.18 − 0.35 + 0.25 × 10 − 3 eV 2 ∪ − 2.25 − 1.76 × 10 − 3 $$ \Delta {m}_{31}^2={2.18}_{-0.35}^{+0.25}\times {10}^{-3}{\textrm{eV}}^2\cup \left\{-2.25,-1.76\right\}\times {10}^{-3} $$ eV2 at 68% CL. The inverted neutrino mass ordering hypothesis is disfavoured with a p-value of 0.25.

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2024
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2. Searching for beyond the Standard Model physics using the improved description of 100Mo $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral shape with CUPID-Mo

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C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, E. Celi, M. Chapellier, D. Chiesa, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, T. Dixon, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, L. Imbert, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, J. Kotila, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, P. de Marcillac, R. Mariam, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, X. F. Navick, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, A. Rojas, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, J. A. Scarpaci, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, F. Šimkovic, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, B. Ware, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, M. Zarytskyy, and A. S. Zolotarova

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The current experiments searching for neutrinoless double- $$\beta $$ β ( $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β ) decay also collect large statistics of Standard Model allowed two-neutrino double- $$\beta $$ β ( $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β ) decay events. These can be used to search for Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics via $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral distortions. 100Mo has a natural advantage due to its relatively short half-life, allowing higher $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay statistics at equal exposures compared to the other isotopes. We demonstrate the potential of the dual read-out bolometric technique exploiting a 100Mo exposure of 1.47 kg $$\times $$ × years, acquired in the CUPID-Mo experiment at the Modane underground laboratory (France). We set limits on $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decays with the emission of one or more Majorons, on $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay with Lorentz violation, and $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay with a sterile neutrino emission. In this analysis, we investigate the systematic uncertainty induced by modeling the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral shape parameterized through an improved model, an effect never considered before. This work motivates searches for BSM processes in the upcoming CUPID experiment, which will collect the largest amount of $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay events among the next-generation experiments.

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2024
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3. Astronomy potential of KM3NeT/ARCA

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KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, Z. Aly, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, E. Androutsou, M. Anguita, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, H. Atmani, J. Aublin, F. Badaracco, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardačová, B. Baret, A. Bariego-Quintana, A. Baruzzi, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, D. Bonanno, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, M. Breuhaus, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, M. Chadolias, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, I. Del Rosso, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Diaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, J.-G. Ducoin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, D. Franciotti, L. A. Fusco, J. Gabriel, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, I. Goos, P. Goswami, D. Goupilliere, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, V. Kueviakoe, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, M. Lindsey Clark, F. Longhitano, F. Magnani, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Mańczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, J. A. Martínez-Mora, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, M. Morga, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, D. Paesani, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, V. Parisi, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, I. Pelegris, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, J. Prado, S. Pulvirenti, C. A. Quiroz-Rangel, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, R. Randriatoamanana, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, A. Šaina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, S. Sanfilippo, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, N. Sennan, B. Setter, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Štekl, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, I. Tosta e Melo, E. Tragia, B. Trocmé, V. Tsourapis, A. Tudorache, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Vacheret, A. Valer Melchor, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, C. Verilhac, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, G. Zarpapis, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino detector is currently under construction at 3500 m depth offshore Capo Passero, Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea. The main science objectives are the detection of high-energy cosmic neutrinos and the discovery of their sources. Simulations were conducted for the full KM3NeT/ARCA detector, instrumenting a volume of 1 km $$^3$$ 3 , to estimate the sensitivity and discovery potential to point-like neutrino sources. This paper covers the reconstruction of track- and shower-like signatures, as well as the criteria employed for neutrino event selection. With an angular resolution below 0.1 $$^\circ $$ ∘ for tracks and under 2 $$^\circ $$ ∘ for showers, the sensitivity to point-like neutrino sources surpasses existing observed limits across the entire sky.

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2024
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4. Atmospheric muons measured with the KM3NeT detectors in comparison with updated numeric predictions

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KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert, M. Alshamsi, S. Alves Garre, A. Ambrosone, F. Ameli, M. Andre, E. Androutsou, M. Anguita, L. Aphecetche, M. Ardid, S. Ardid, A. Arsenic, H. Atmani, J. Aublin, F. Badaracco, L. Bailly-Salins, Z. Bardačová, B. Baret, A. Bariego-Quintana, S. Basegmez du Pree, Y. Becherini, M. Bendahman, F. Benfenati, M. Benhassi, D. M. Benoit, E. Berbee, V. Bertin, S. Biagi, M. Boettcher, D. Bonanno, J. Boumaaza, M. Bouta, M. Bouwhuis, C. Bozza, R. M. Bozza, H. Brânzaş, F. Bretaudeau, M. Breuhaus, R. Bruijn, J. Brunner, R. Bruno, E. Buis, R. Buompane, J. Busto, B. Caiffi, D. Calvo, S. Campion, A. Capone, F. Carenini, V. Carretero, T. Cartraud, P. Castaldi, V. Cecchini, S. Celli, L. Cerisy, M. Chabab, M. Chadolias, A. Chen, S. Cherubini, T. Chiarusi, M. Circella, R. Cocimano, J. A. B. Coelho, A. Coleiro, A. Condorelli, R. Coniglione, P. Coyle, A. Creusot, G. Cuttone, R. Dallier, Y. Darras, A. De Benedittis, B. De Martino, V. Decoene, R. Del Burgo, I. Del Rosso, L. S. Di Mauro, I. Di Palma, A. F. Díaz, C. Diaz, D. Diego-Tortosa, C. Distefano, A. Domi, C. Donzaud, D. Dornic, M. Dörr, E. Drakopoulou, D. Drouhin, J.-G. Ducoin, R. Dvornický, T. Eberl, E. Eckerová, A. Eddymaoui, T. van Eeden, M. Eff, D. van Eijk, I. El Bojaddaini, S. El Hedri, A. Enzenhöfer, G. Ferrara, M. D. Filipović, F. Filippini, D. Franciotti, L. A. Fusco, S. Gagliardini, T. Gal, J. García Méndez, A. Garcia Soto, C. Gatius Oliver, N. Geißelbrecht, H. Ghaddari, L. Gialanella, B. K. Gibson, E. Giorgio, I. Goos, P. Goswami, S. R. Gozzini, R. Gracia, K. Graf, C. Guidi, B. Guillon, M. Gutiérrez, C. Haack, H. van Haren, A. Heijboer, A. Hekalo, L. Hennig, J. J. Hernández-Rey, W. Idrissi Ibnsalih, G. Illuminati, D. Joly, M. de Jong, P. de Jong, B. J. Jung, P. Kalaczyński, O. Kalekin, U. F. Katz, A. Khatun, G. Kistauri, C. Kopper, A. Kouchner, V. Kueviakoe, V. Kulikovskiy, R. Kvatadze, M. Labalme, R. Lahmann, G. Larosa, C. Lastoria, A. Lazo, S. Le Stum, G. Lehaut, E. Leonora, N. Lessing, G. Levi, F. Longhitano, F. Magnani, J. Majumdar, L. Malerba, F. Mamedov, J. Mańczak, A. Manfreda, M. Marconi, A. Margiotta, A. Marinelli, C. Markou, L. Martin, F. Marzaioli, M. Mastrodicasa, S. Mastroianni, S. Miccichè, G. Miele, P. Migliozzi, E. Migneco, M. L. Mitsou, C. M. Mollo, L. Morales-Gallegos, G. Moretti, A. Moussa, I. Mozun Mateo, R. Muller, M. R. Musone, M. Musumeci, S. Navas, A. Nayerhoda, C. A. Nicolau, B. Nkosi, B. Ó. Fearraigh, V. Oliviero, A. Orlando, E. Oukacha, D. Paesani, J. Palacios González, G. Papalashvili, V. Parisi, E. J. Pastor Gomez, A. M. Păun, G. E. Păvălaş, I. Pelegris, S. Peña Martínez, M. Perrin-Terrin, J. Perronnel, V. Pestel, R. Pestes, P. Piattelli, C. Poirè, V. Popa, T. Pradier, J. Prado, S. Pulvirenti, C. A. Quiroz-Rangel, U. Rahaman, N. Randazzo, S. Razzaque, I. C. Rea, D. Real, G. Riccobene, J. Robinson, A. Romanov, A. Šaina, F. Salesa Greus, D. F. E. Samtleben, A. Sánchez Losa, S. Sanfilippo, M. Sanguineti, C. Santonastaso, D. Santonocito, P. Sapienza, J. Schnabel, J. Schumann, H. M. Schutte, J. Seneca, N. Sennan, B. Setter, I. Sgura, R. Shanidze, A. Sharma, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, A. Simonelli, A. Sinopoulou, M. V. Smirnov, B. Spisso, M. Spurio, D. Stavropoulos, I. Štekl, M. Taiuti, Y. Tayalati, H. Thiersen, I. Tosta e Melo, E. Tragia, B. Trocmé, V. Tsourapis, A. Tudorache, E. Tzamariudaki, A. Vacheret, A. Valer Melchor, V. Valsecchi, V. Van Elewyck, G. Vannoye, G. Vasileiadis, F. Vazquez de Sola, A. Veutro, S. Viola, D. Vivolo, J. Wilms, E. de Wolf, H. Yepes-Ramirez, I. Yvon, G. Zarpapis, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zegarelli, D. Zito, J. D. Zornoza, J. Zúñiga, and N. Zywucka

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The measurement of the flux of muons produced in cosmic ray air showers is essential for the study of primary cosmic rays. Such measurements are important in extensive air shower detectors to assess the energy spectrum and the chemical composition of the cosmic ray flux, complementary to the information provided by fluorescence detectors. Detailed simulations of the cosmic ray air showers are carried out, using codes such as CORSIKA, to estimate the muon flux at sea level. These simulations are based on the choice of hadronic interaction models, for which improvements have been implemented in the post-LHC era. In this work, a deficit in simulations that use state-of-the-art QCD models with respect to the measurement deep underwater with the KM3NeT neutrino detectors is reported. The KM3NeT/ARCA and KM3NeT/ORCA neutrino telescopes are sensitive to TeV muons originating mostly from primary cosmic rays with energies around 10 TeV. The predictions of state-of-the-art QCD models show that the deficit with respect to the data is constant in zenith angle; no dependency on the water overburden is observed. The observed deficit at a depth of several kilometres is compatible with the deficit seen in the comparison of the simulations and measurements at sea level.

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2024
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5. Interaction-enhanced nesting in spin-fermion and Fermi-Hubbard models

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R. Rossi, F. Šimkovic IV, M. Ferrero, A. Georges, A. M. Tsvelik, N. V. Prokof'ev, and I. S. Tupitsyn

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The spin-fermion (SF) model postulates that the dominant coupling between low-energy fermions in near critical metals is mediated by collective spin fluctuations (paramagnons) peaked at the Néel wave vector, Q_{N}, connecting hot spots on opposite sides of the Fermi surface. It has been argued that strong correlations at hot spots lead to a Fermi surface deformation (FSD) featuring flat regions and increased nesting. This conjecture was confirmed in the perturbative self-consistent calculations when the paramagnon propagator dependence on momentum deviation from Q_{N} is given by χ^{−1}∝|Δq|. Using diagrammatic Monte Carlo (diagMC) technique we show that such a dependence holds only at temperatures orders of magnitude smaller than any other energy scale in the problem, indicating that a different mechanism may be at play. Instead, we find that a χ^{−1}∝|Δq|^{2} dependence yields a robust finite-T scenario for achieving FSD. To link phenomenological and microscopic descriptions, we applied the connected determinant diagMC method to the (t−t^{′}) Hubbard model and found that at large U/t>5.5 before the formation of electron and hole pockets (i) the FSD defined as a maximum of the spectral function is not very pronounced; instead, it is the lines of zeros of the renormalized dispersion relation that deforms toward nesting, and (ii) the static spin susceptibility is well described by χ^{−1}∝|Δq|^{2}. Flat FS regions yield a nontrivial scenario for realizing a non-Fermi liquid state.

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2024
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6. Measurement of the double- $$\varvec{\beta }$$ β decay of $$\varvec{^{150}}$$ 150 Nd to the 0 $$\varvec{^+_1}$$ 1 + excited state of $$\varvec{^{150}}$$ 150 Sm in NEMO-3

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X. Aguerre, R. Arnold, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, S. Blondel, S. Blot, M. Bongrand, R. Breier, V. Brudanin, J. Busto, A. Bystryakov, A. J. Caffrey, C. Cerna, J. P. Cesar, M. Ceschia, E. Chauveau, A. Chopra, L. Dawson, D. Duchesneau, D. Durand, J. J. Evans, R. Flack, P. Franchini, X. Garrido, C. Girard-Carillo, B. Guillon, P. Guzowski, M. Hoballah, R. Hodák, P. Hubert, M. H. Hussain, S. Jullian, A. Klimenko, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, F. Koňařík, T. Křižák, D. Lalanne, K. Lang, Y. Lemière, P. Li, P. Loaiza, G. Lutter, M. Macko, F. Mamedov, C. Marquet, F. Mauger, A. Minotti, B. Morgan, I. Nemchenok, M. Nomachi, F. Nowacki, H. Ohsumi, G. Oliviéro, V. Palušová, C. Patrick, F. Perrot, M. Petro, A. Pin, F. Piquemal, P. Povinec, S. Pratt, P. Přidal, W. S. Quinn, Y. A. Ramachers, A. Remoto, J. L. Reyss, C. L. Riddle, E. Rukhadze, R. Saakyan, A. Salamatin, R. Salazar, X. Sarazin, J. Sedgbeer, Yu. Shitov, L. Simard, F. Šimkovic, A. Smetana, A. Smolnikov, S. Söldner-Rembold, I. Štekl, J. Suhonen, G. Szklarz, H. Tedjditi, J. Thomas, V. Timkin, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, I. Vanushin, Y. Vereshchaka, V. Vorobel, D. Waters, and F. Xie

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The NEMO-3 results for the double- $$\beta $$ β decay of $$^{150}$$ 150 Nd to the 0 $$^+_1$$ 1 + and 2 $$^+_1$$ 1 + excited states of $$^{150}$$ 150 Sm are reported. The data recorded during 5.25 year with 36.6 g of the isotope $$^{150}$$ 150 Nd are used in the analysis. The signal of the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β transition to the 0 $$^+_1$$ 1 + excited state is detected with a statistical significance exceeding 5 $$\sigma $$ σ . The half-life is measured to be $$T_{1/2}^{2\nu \beta \beta }(0^+_1) = \left[ 1.11 ^{+0.19}_{-0.14} \,\left( \hbox {stat}\right) ^{+0.17}_{-0.15}\,\left( \hbox {syst}\right) \right] \times 10^{20}$$ T 1 / 2 2 ν β β ( 0 1 + ) = 1 . 11 - 0.14 + 0.19 stat - 0.15 + 0.17 syst × 10 20 year, which is the most precise value that has been measured to date. 90% confidence-level limits are set for the other decay modes. For the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay to the 2 $$^+_1$$ 1 + level the limit is $$T^{2\nu \beta \beta }_{1/2}(2^+_1) > 2.42 \times 10^{20}~\hbox {year}$$ T 1 / 2 2 ν β β ( 2 1 + ) > 2.42 × 10 20 year . The limits on the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decay to the 0 $$^+_1$$ 1 + and 2 $$^+_1$$ 1 + levels of $$^{150}$$ 150 Sm are significantly improved to $$T_{1/2}^{0\nu \beta \beta }(0^+_1) > 1.36 \times 10^{22}~\hbox {year}$$ T 1 / 2 0 ν β β ( 0 1 + ) > 1.36 × 10 22 year and $$T_{1/2}^{0\nu \beta \beta }(2^+_1) > 1.26 \times 10^{22}~\hbox {year}$$ T 1 / 2 0 ν β β ( 2 1 + ) > 1.26 × 10 22 year .

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2023
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7. Measuring muon tracks in Baikal-GVD using a fast reconstruction algorithm

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V. A. Allakhverdyan, A. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, V. B. Brudanin, N. M. Budnev, V. Y. Dik, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S. V. Fialkovski, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, M. S. Katulin, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, K. A. Kopański, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, M. K. Kryukov, V. F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A. P. Stromakov, E. O. Sushenok, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Tarashansky, Y. V. Yablokova, S. A. Yakovlev, and D. N. Zaborov

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The Baikal Gigaton Volume Detector (Baikal-GVD) is a km $$^3$$ 3 -scale neutrino detector currently under construction in Lake Baikal, Russia. The detector consists of several thousand optical sensors arranged on vertical strings, with 36 sensors per string. The strings are grouped into clusters of 8 strings each. Each cluster can operate as a stand-alone neutrino detector. The detector layout is optimized for the measurement of astrophysical neutrinos with energies of $$\sim $$ ∼ 100 TeV and above. Events resulting from charged current interactions of muon (anti-)neutrinos will have a track-like topology in Baikal-GVD. A fast $$\chi ^2$$ χ 2 -based reconstruction algorithm has been developed to reconstruct such track-like events. The algorithm has been applied to data collected in 2019 from the first five operational clusters of Baikal-GVD, resulting in observations of both downgoing atmospheric muons and upgoing atmospheric neutrinos. This serves as an important milestone towards experimental validation of the Baikal-GVD design. The analysis is limited to single-cluster data, favoring nearly-vertical tracks.

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2021
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8. Detailed studies of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo two-neutrino double beta decay in NEMO-3

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

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract The full data set of the NEMO-3 experiment has been used to measure the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo to the ground state of $$^{100}$$ 100 Ru, $$T_{1/2} = \left[ 6.81 \pm 0.01\,\left( \text{ stat }\right) ^{+0.38}_{-0.40}\,\left( \text{ syst }\right) \right] \times 10^{18}$$ T1/2=6.81±0.01stat-0.40+0.38syst×1018 year. The two-electron energy sum, single electron energy spectra and distribution of the angle between the electrons are presented with an unprecedented statistics of $$5\times 10^5$$ 5×105 events and a signal-to-background ratio of $$\sim $$ ∼ 80. Clear evidence for the Single State Dominance model is found for this nuclear transition. Limits on Majoron emitting neutrinoless double beta decay modes with spectral indices of $$\mathrm{n}=2,3,7$$ n=2,3,7 , as well as constraints on Lorentz invariance violation and on the bosonic neutrino contribution to the two-neutrino double beta decay mode are obtained.

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2019
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9. Final results on $${}^\mathbf{82 }{\hbox {Se}}$$ 82Se double beta decay to the ground state of $${}^\mathbf{82 }{\hbox {Kr}}$$ 82Kr from the NEMO-3 experiment

Author

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

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract Using data from the NEMO-3 experiment, we have measured the two-neutrino double beta decay ($$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2νββ ) half-life of $$^{82}$$ 82 Se as $$T_{\smash {1/2}}^{2\nu } \!=\! \left[ 9.39 \pm 0.17\left( \text{ stat }\right) \pm 0.58\left( \text{ syst }\right) \right] \times 10^{19}$$ T1/22ν=9.39±0.17stat±0.58syst×1019 y under the single-state dominance hypothesis for this nuclear transition. The corresponding nuclear matrix element is $$\left| M^{2\nu }\right| = 0.0498 \pm 0.0016$$ M2ν=0.0498±0.0016 . In addition, a search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0νββ ) using 0.93 kg of $$^{82}$$ 82 Se observed for a total of 5.25 y has been conducted and no evidence for a signal has been found. The resulting half-life limit of $$T_{1/2}^{0\nu } > 2.5 \times 10^{23} \,\text{ y } \,(90\%\,\text{ C.L. })$$ T1/20ν>2.5×1023y(90%C.L.) for the light neutrino exchange mechanism leads to a constraint on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of $$\langle m_{\nu } \rangle < \left( 1.2{-}3.0\right) \,\text{ eV }$$ ⟨mν⟩

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2018
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10. Deep-Underwater Cherenkov Detector in Lake Baikal

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A.V. Avrorin, A. D. Avrorin, V. M. Ayinutdinov, V. A. Allakhverdyan, P. Banash, Z. Bardachova, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, V. B. Brudanin, N. M. Budnev, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gres’, R. Dwornitski, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, V. Ya. Dik, G. V. Domogatskii, A. A. Doroshenko, A. N. Dyachok, T. V. Elzhov, D. N. Zaborov, M. S. Katulin, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, V. A. Kozhin, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konishchev, K. A. Kopanski, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, M. V. Kruglov, M. K. Kryukov, V. F. Kulepov, P. Maletski, Yu. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, V. Nazari, D. V. Naumov, V. Noga, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovskii, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, A. P. Stromakov, O. V. Suvorova, E. O. Sushenok, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Tarashchanskii, L. Fait, S. V. Fialkovskii, E. V. Khramov, B. A. Shaibonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, I. Stekl, E. Etskerova, Yu. V. Yablokova, and S. A. Yakovlev

Subjects
General Physics and Astronomy
Published
2022

11. Development of the Double Cascade Reconstruction Technique in the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Author

Eliška Eckerová, V. A. Allakhverdyan, А. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, Zuzana Bardačová, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, N. M. Budnev, V. Y. Dik, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, A. Khatun, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, V. F. Kulepov, Y. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, D. Seitova, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A. P. Stromakov, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Tabolenko, Y. V. Yablokova, and D. N. Zaborov

Published
2023

12. The Baikal-GVD telescope follow-up analysis of the IceCube neutrino alerts

Author

Viktoriya Dik, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Allakhverdyan, А. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, Z. Bardаčová, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, N. M. Budnev, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, Eliška Eckerová, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, K. G. Kebkal, V. K. Kebkal, A. Khatun, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, V. F. Kulepov, Y. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, D. Seitova, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A. P. Stromakov, V. A. Tabolenko, Y. V. Yablokova, and D. N. Zaborov

Published
2023

13. Selection techniques of neutrino-induced cascades in the Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope

Author

Zuzana Bardačová, V. A. Allakhverdyan, А. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, N. M. Budnev, V. Y. Dik, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, A. N. Dyachok, Ratislav Dvornický, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, Eliška Eckerová, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, A. Khatun, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, V. F. Kulepov, Y. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, D. Seitova, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A. P. Stromakov, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Tabolenko, Y. V. Yablokova, and D. N. Zaborov

Published
2023

14. Deep-Water Neutrino Telescope in Lake Baikal

Author

V. A. Allakhverdyan, A. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I. A. Belolaptikov, I. V. Borina, V. B. Brudanin, N. M. Budnev, V. Y. Dik, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S. V. Fialkovsky, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, M. S. Katulin, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, K. A. Kopański, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, M. K. Kryukov, V. F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y. M. Malyshkin, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. E. Sirenko, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A. P. Stromakov, E. O. Sushenok, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Taraschansky, Y. V. Yablokova, S. A. Yakovlev, and D. N. Zaborov

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published
2021

15. High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy and the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Author

A. D. Avrorin, A. V. Avrorin, V. M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardáčová, I. A. Belolaptikov, V. Dik, V. B. Brudanin, N. M. Budnev, G. V. Domogatsky, A. A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A. N. Dyachok, Zh.-A. M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T. V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S. V. Fialkovski, A. R. Gafarov, K. V. Golubkov, N. S. Gorshkov, T. I. Gress, R. A. Ivanov, M. S. Katulin, K. G. Kebkal, O. G. Kebkal, E. V. Khramov, M. M. Kolbin, K. V. Konischev, K. A. Kopański, A. V. Korobchenko, A. P. Koshechkin, V. A. Kozhin, M. V. Kruglov, M. K. Kryukov, V. F. Kulepov, M. B. Milenin, R. R. Mirgazov, D. V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D. P. Petukhov, E. N. Pliskovsky, M. I. Rozanov, V. D. Rushay, E. V. Ryabov, G. B. Safronov, B. A. Shaybonov, M. D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A. V. Skurikhin, A. G. Solovjev, M. N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, E. O. Sushenok, O. V. Suvorova, V. A. Tabolenko, B. A. Tarashansky, Y. V. Yablokova, S. Yakovlev, and D. N. Zaborov

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, High energy, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Neutrino telescope, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Northern Hemisphere, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Construction plan, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Universe, Neutrino, Neutrino astronomy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Effective volume, media_common
Abstract

Neutrino astronomy offers a novel view of the non-thermal Universe and is complementary to other astronomical disciplines. The field has seen rapid progress in recent years, including the first detection of astrophysical neutrinos in the TeV-PeV energy range by IceCube and the first identified extragalactic neutrino source (TXS 0506+056). Further discoveries are aimed for with new cubic-kilometer telescopes in the Northern Hemisphere: Baikal-GVD, in Lake Baikal, and KM3NeT-ARCA, in the Mediterranean sea. The construction of Baikal-GVD proceeds as planned; the detector currently includes over 2000 optical modules arranged on 56 strings, providing an effective volume of 0.35 km$^3$. We review the scientific case for Baikal-GVD, the construction plan, and first results from the partially built array., 9 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 5-th International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (ICPPA-2020), October 5-9, 2020

Published
2021

17. Follow up of the IceCube alerts with the Baikal-GVD telescope

Author

V.Y. Dik, V.A. Allakhverdyan, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Avrorin, V.M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I.A. Belolaptikov, I.V. Borina, V.B. Brudanin, N.M. Budnev, G.V. Domogatsky, A.A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A.N. Dyachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T.V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S.V. Fialkovski, A.R. Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, N.S. Gorshkov, T.I. Gress, M.S. Katulin, K.G. Kebkal, O.G. Kebkal, E.V. Khramov, M.M. Kolbin, K.V. Konischev, K.A. Kopański, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, V.A. Kozhin, M.V. Kruglov, M.K. Kryukov, V.F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y.M. Malyshkin, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, D.V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, E.V. Ryabov, G.B. Safronov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A.E. Sirenko, A.V. Skurikhin, A.G. Solovjev, M.N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A.P. Stromakov, E.O. Sushenok, O.V. Suvorova, V.A. Tabolenko, B.A. Tarashansky, Y.V. Yablokova, S.A. Yakovlev, and D.N. Zaborov

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

The high-energy muon neutrino events of the IceCube telescope, that are triggered as neutrino alerts in one of two probability ranks of astrophysical origin, "gold" and "bronze", have been followed up by the Baikal-GVD in a fast quasi-online mode since September 2020. Search for correlations between alerts and GVD events reconstructed in two modes, muon-track and cascades (electromagnetic or hadronic showers), for the time windows $ \pm $ 1 h and $ \pm $ 12 h does not indicate statistically significant excess of the measured events over the expected number of background events. Upper limits on the neutrino fluence will be presented for each alert., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings for the VLVnT 2021 conference, submitted to JINST

Published
2021
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18. Baikal-GVD: status and first results

Author

Grigory Safronov, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Avrorin, V.M. Aynutdinov, Z. Bardáčová, R. Bannasch, I.A. Belolaptikov, V.B. Brudanin, N.M. Budnev, G.V. Domogatsky, E. Eckerová, T.V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S.V. Fialkovski, A.R. Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, N.S. Gorshkov, T.I. Gress, R.A. Ivanov, M.S. Katulin, K.G. Kebkal, O.G. Kebkal, E.V. Khramov, M.M. Kolbin, K.V. Konischev, K.A. Kopański, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, V.A. Kozhin, M.K. Kryukov, M.V. Kruglov, V.F. Kulepov, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, D.V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, E.V. Ryabov, G.B. Safronov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A.V. Skurikhin, A.G. Solovjev, M.N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, E.O. Sushenok, O.V. Suvorova, V.A. Tabolenko, B.A. Tarashansky, Y.V. Yablokova, S. Yakovlev, and D.N. Zaborov𝑎

Published
2020

19. Technique for suppression of background cascades produced by atmospheric muon bundles in the Baikal-GVD

Author

V.A. Allakhverdyan, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Avrorin, V.M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I.A. Belolaptikov, I.V. Borina, V.B. Brudanin, N.M. Budnev, V.Y. Dik, G.V. Domogatsky, A.A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A.N. Dyachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T.V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S.V. Fialkovski, A.R. Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, N.S. Gorshkov, T.I. Gress, M.S. Katulin, K.G. Kebkal, O.G. Kebkal, E.V. Khramov, M.M. Kolbin, K.V. Konischev, K.A. Kopański, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, V.A. Kozhin, M.V. Kruglov, M.K. Kryukov, V.F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y.M. Malyshkin, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, D.V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, E.V. Ryabov, G.B. Safronov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A.E. Sirenko, A.V. Skurikhin, A.G. Solovjev, M.N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A.P. Stromakov, E.O. Sushenok, O.V. Suvorova, V.A. Tabolenko, B.A. Tarashansky, Y.V. Yablokova, S.A. Yakovlev, and D.N. Zaborov

Subjects
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Detector) is a neutrino telescope located in pure water of Lake Baikal. At the current stage (season 2021), detector is composed of 2304 optical modules arranged in 8 clusters. In searching for neutrino cascade events, light patterns produced via discrete stochastic energy losses along muon tracks create the most abundant background. Methods to separate cascade-like events from tracks and neutrino cascades in a single cluster have been developed and optimized. One of the method tries to find the maximum number of track hits amongst cascade hits, which are present in the muon bundle event. Other ones rely on the distributions of charges and positions of hits on optical modules associated with cascade events. All suppression methods were optimized by the Monte Carlo simulation datasets.

Published
2022

20. Method and portable bench for tests of the laser optical calibration system components for the Baikal-GVD underwater neutrino Cherenkov telescope

Author

V.A. Allakhverdyan, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Avrorin, V.M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I.A. Belolaptikov, I.V. Borina, V.B. Brudanin, N.M. Budnev, V.Y. Dik, G.V. Domogatsky, A.A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A.N. Dyachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T.V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S.V. Fialkovski, A.R. Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, N.S. Gorshkov, T.I. Gress, M.S. Katulin, K.G. Kebkal, O.G. Kebkal, E.V. Khramov, M.M. Kolbin, K.V. Konischev, K.A. Kopański, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, V.A. Kozhin, M.V. Kruglov, M.K. Kryukov, V.F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y.M. Malyshkin, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, D.V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, E.V. Ryabov, G.B. Safronov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A.E. Sirenko, A.V. Skurikhin, A.G. Solovjev, M.N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A.P. Stromakov, E.O. Sushenok, O.V. Suvorova, V.A. Tabolenko, B.A. Tarashansky, Y.V. Yablokova, S.A. Yakovlev, and D.N. Zaborov

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

The large-scale deep underwater Cherenkov neutrino telescopes like Baikal-GVD, ANTARES or KM3NeT, require calibration and testing methods of their optical modules. These methods usually include laser-based systems which allow to check the telescope responses to the light and for real-time monitoring of the optical parameters of water such as absorption and scattering lengths, which show seasonal changes in natural reservoirs of water. We will present a testing method of a laser calibration system and a set of dedicated tools developed for Baikal- GVD, which includes a specially designed and built, compact, portable, and reconfigurable scanning station. This station is adapted to perform fast quality tests of the underwater laser sets just before their deployment in the telescope structure, even on ice, without darkroom. The testing procedure includes the energy stability test of the laser device, 3D scan of the light emission from the diffuser and attenuation test of the optical elements of the laser calibration system. The test bench consists primarily of an automatic mechanical scanner with a movable Si detector, beam splitter with a reference Si detector and, optionally, Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state laser used for laboratory scans of the diffusers. The presented test bench enables a three-dimensional scan of the light emission from diffusers, which are designed to obtain the isotropic distribution of photons around the point of emission. The results of the measurement can be easily shown on a 3D plot immediately after the test and may be also implemented to a dedicated program simulating photons propagation in water, which allows to check the quality of the diffuser in the scale of the Baikal-GVD telescope geometry., Comment: Presented at the VLVnT - Very Large Volume Neutrino Telescope Workshop, Valencia, 18-21 May 2021

Published
2021

21. Luminescence of Baikal water as a dynamic background of the Baikal-GVD Neutrino Telescope

Author

V.A. Allakhverdyan, A.D. Avrorin, A.V. Avrorin, V.M. Aynutdinov, R. Bannasch, Z. Bardačová, I.A. Belolaptikov, I.V. Borina, V.B. Brudanin, N.M. Budnev, V.Y. Dik, G.V. Domogatsky, A.A. Doroshenko, R. Dvornický, A.N. Dyachok, Zh.-A.M. Dzhilkibaev, E. Eckerová, T.V. Elzhov, L. Fajt, S.V. Fialkovski, A.R. Gafarov, K.V. Golubkov, N.S. Gorshkov, T.I. Gress, M.S. Katulin, K.G. Kebkal, O.G. Kebkal, E.V. Khramov, M.M. Kolbin, K.V. Konischev, K.A. Kopański, A.V. Korobchenko, A.P. Koshechkin, V.A. Kozhin, M.V. Kruglov, M.K. Kryukov, V.F. Kulepov, Pa. Malecki, Y.M. Malyshkin, M.B. Milenin, R.R. Mirgazov, D.V. Naumov, V. Nazari, W. Noga, D.P. Petukhov, E.N. Pliskovsky, M.I. Rozanov, V.D. Rushay, E.V. Ryabov, G.B. Safronov, B.A. Shaybonov, M.D. Shelepov, F. Šimkovic, A.E. Sirenko, A.V. Skurikhin, A.G. Solovjev, M.N. Sorokovikov, I. Štekl, A.P. Stromakov, E.O. Sushenok, O.V. Suvorova, V.A. Tabolenko, B.A. Tarashansky, Y.V. Yablokova, S.A. Yakovlev, and D.N. Zaborov

Subjects
Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

The Baikal-GVD is a neutrino telescope situated in the deepest freshwater lake in the world — Lake Baikal. The design of the Baikal-GVD trigger system allows also to study the ambient light of the lake. The analysis of the optical light activity of Baikal water, particularly, time and spatial variations of the luminescence activity for data collected in years 2018, 2019, and 2020 is presented. For the first time we observed highly luminescent layer moving upwards with maximal speed of 28 m/day in January 2021.

Published
2021

22. On the generation of Majorana neutrino mass via quark condensate

Author

M. I. Krivoruchenko, A. Babič, F. Šimkovic, and S. Kovalenko

Subjects
Quark, Physics, Coupling constant, MAJORANA, Particle physics, Chiral symmetry, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (mathematics), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Mass matrix
Abstract

We study a possibility of generation of the neutrino masses by a quark condensate resulting from a spontaneous break-down of the chiral symmetry. The existence of exotic scalar interactions between Majorana neutrinos and quarks in vacuum as well as in nuclear medium gives rise to a Majorana mass matrix. We construct the Majorana mass matrix and set limits on coupling constants of the exotic scalar interactions based on experiments searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay.We study a possibility of generation of the neutrino masses by a quark condensate resulting from a spontaneous break-down of the chiral symmetry. The existence of exotic scalar interactions between Majorana neutrinos and quarks in vacuum as well as in nuclear medium gives rise to a Majorana mass matrix. We construct the Majorana mass matrix and set limits on coupling constants of the exotic scalar interactions based on experiments searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay.

Published
2019

23. Neutrinoless double beta decay theory

Author

F. Šimkovic

Subjects
Physics, History, Particle physics, Double beta decay, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

Within left-right symmetric model a generalization of the Majorana neutrino mass for the case of light and and heavy neutrinos is introduced and analyzed. Further, current status of calculation of the neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements is shortly reviewed. An important connection between them and matrix element of double Gamow-Teller operator is established. A new way of fixing quenching of axial-vector coupling constant gA is presented.

Published
2020

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

Author

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

Subjects
Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Canfranc Underground Laboratory, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry, 01 natural sciences, 3. Good health, 0104 chemical sciences, Nuclear physics, Activity measurements, 0103 physical sciences, Sensitivity (control systems), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract

The BiPo-3 detector, running in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc, LSC, Spain) since 2013, is a low-radioactivity detector dedicated to measuring ultra low natural radionuclide contaminations of $^{208}$Tl ($^{232}$Th chain) and $^{214}$Bi ($^{238}$U chain) in thin materials. The total sensitive surface area of the detector is 3.6 m$^2$. The detector has been developed to measure radiopurity of the selenium double $\beta$-decay source foils of the SuperNEMO experiment. In this paper the design and performance of the detector, and results of the background measurements in $^{208}$Tl and $^{214}$Bi, are presented, and validation of the BiPo-3 measurement with a calibrated aluminium foil is discussed. Results of the $^{208}$Tl and $^{214}$Bi activity measurements of the first enriched $^{82}$Se foils of the double $\beta$-decay SuperNEMO experiment are reported. The sensitivity of the BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of the SuperNEMO $^{82}$Se foils is $\mathcal{A}$($^{208}$Tl) $, Comment: 37 pages, 29 figures

Published
2017

25. Double-beta decay with emission of single free electron

Author

A. Babič, Dušan Štefánik, F. Šimkovic, and M. I. Krivoruchenko

Subjects
Physics, Decay scheme, Internal conversion, Electron capture, Double beta decay, Atom, Physics::Atomic Physics, Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory, Electron, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Ion
Abstract

We study a new mode of the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-beta decays in which one of the electrons is emitted from the atom, while the other is directly produced in one of the available s1/2 or p1/2 subshells of the daughter ion. We calculate the phase-space factors, estimate the half-lives and derive the single-electron spectra for 0+ → 0+ ground-state nuclear transitions of the most relevant double-beta-decay isotopes: 48Ca, 76Ge, 82Se, 100Mo, 136Xe and 150Nd. The relativistic electron wave functions are evaluated at the nuclear radius by means of the multiconfiguration Dirac–Hartree–Fock package Grasp2K. We discuss the prospects for detecting these new modes in the tracking-and-calorimetry experiments NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO.

Published
2017

26. Search for Neutrinoless Quadruple- β Decay of Nd 150 with the NEMO-3 Detector

Author

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

Abstract

We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-β decay of ^{150}Nd using a total exposure of 0.19 kg yr recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory. 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)×10^{21} yr at the 90% C.L., depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons.

Published
2017

27. Neutrinoless double-beta decay and related topics

Author

F. Šimkovic

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, MAJORANA, Double beta decay, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Context (language use), Fermion, Supersymmetry, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, Lepton number
Abstract

The fundamental importance of searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ-decay) is widely recognized. Observation of the decay would tell us that the total lepton number is not conserved and that, consequently, neutrinos are massive Majorana fermions. A brief history of the double-beta decay is presented. The 0νββ-decay is discussed in context of neutrino oscillation data. The perspectives of the experimental 0νββ-decay searches are analyzed. The importance of reliable determination of the 0νββ-decay nuclear matrix elements is pointed out. The problem of distinguishing of the light-neutrino exchange, heavy-neutrino exchange and the trilinear R-parity breaking supersymmetric (\(\not R_p \) SUSY) mechanisms of the 0νββ-decay is addressed. Further, the process of resonant neutrinoless double-electron capture (0νɛɛ) is revisited. Arguments are presented that an experimental search for the 0νɛɛ might be feasible.

Published
2011

28. Search for double beta decay of 106Cd

Author

V. B. Brudanin, F. Šimkovic, Yu. Shitov, V. G. Egorov, A. A. Klimenko, N. I. Rukhadze, P. Čhermák, I. Štekl, V. V. Timkin, A. Kovalík, and Ch. Briançon

Subjects
Physics, chemistry, Spectrometer, Double beta decay, Excited state, Hadron, Underground laboratory, Analytical chemistry, General Physics and Astronomy, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, Atomic physics, Ground state
Abstract

A search for the β+β+, β+/EC, and EC/EC decays of 106Cd was performed at the Modane Underground Laboratory (France) located at a depth of 4800 m w.e. using a TGV-2 multidetector germanium spectrometer. A preliminary evaluation is performed of the experimental data accumulated during the measurements (12 900 h) of ∼13.6 g of 106Cd (with an enrichment of 75%) and the spectrometer background without samples and with samples of natural Cd. New limits (at a 90% confidence level) of half-lives are obtained: T 1/2 ⩾ 1.7 × 1020 yr and T 1/2 ⩾ 1.6 × 1020 yr for the 0νEC/EC resonant decay of 106Cd to the 2741 keV and 2718 keV excited states of the daughter nucleus 106Pd and T 1/2 ⩾ 4.2 × 1020 yr for the 2νEC/EC decay to the ground state of 106Pd (0+ → 0+, g.s.). The limits for other branches of the double beta decay of 106Cd with transitions to the ground and excited states of 106Pd are improved.

Published
2011

29. Bound-state double-beta decay

Author

F. Šimkovic, M. I. Krivoruchenko, Dušan Štefánik, and A. Babič

Subjects
Physics, History, Atom (order theory), Computer Science Applications, Education, Ion, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, symbols.namesake, Dirac equation, Double beta decay, Phase space, Bound state, symbols, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory, Atomic physics, Wave function
Abstract

We consider new modes of two-neutrino and neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decays in which one $\beta$ electron goes over to a continuous spectrum and the other occupies a vacant bound level of the daughter ion. We calculate the corresponding phase-space factors of the final states, estimate the partial decay rates, and derive the one- and two-electron energy spectra using relativistic many-electron wave functions of atoms provided by the multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock package GRASP2K. While the bound-state neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decays are strongly suppressed, their two-neutrino counterparts can be observed in the next-generation double-$\beta$-decay experiments, most notably SuperNEMO., Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, 1 table; minor style corrections, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C

Published
2018

31. New search for double electron capture in Cd-106 decay with the TGV-2 spectrometer

Author

Lukas Fajt, V. B. Brudanin, V. G. Egorov, E. Rukhadze, A.V. Salamatin, J. M. Jose, R. Hodák, S. V. Rosov, Yu. Shitov, A. A. Klimenko, N. I. Rukhadze, A. Kovalík, Ch. Briançon, V. V. Timkin, M. Špavorova, E. A. Yakushev, F. Šimkovic, I. Stekl, CSNSM SNO, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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 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 Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Isotope, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Stable isotope ratio, Electron capture, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear physics, Double beta decay, Isotopes of cadmium, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma spectroscopy, DOUBLE-BETA DECAY, 010306 general physics, Radioactive decay
Abstract

International audience; A new experiment devoted to searches for double electron capture in Cd-106 decay is being performed at the Modane underground laboratory (4800 mwe) with the 32-detector TGV-2 spectrometer. The limit T (1/2)(2 nu EC/EC) > 2.0x10(20) yr at a 90%confidence level (C.L.) was obtained from a preliminary analysis of data obtained over 2250 h of measurements with about 23.2 g sample enriched in the isotope Cd-106 to 99.57%. The limits T (1/2)(KL, 2741 keV) > 0.9 x 10(20) yr and T (1/2)(KK, 2718 keV) a parts per thousand << 1.4 x 10(20) yr at a 90% C.L. on the neutrinoless decay of Cd-106 were obtained from measurements performed with the Obelix low-background spectrometer from high-purity germanium (HPGe spectrometer) for a sample of mass about 23.2 g enriched in the isotope Cd-106.

Published
2015

32. Neutrino Mass and Forbidden beta Decays

Author

R. Dvornický, D. Štefánik, and F. Šimkovic

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, General Physics and Astronomy, Beta (velocity), Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation
Published
2016

33. Second unique forbidden β decay of [sup 115]In and neutrino mass

Author

R. Dvornický, F. Šimkovic, Osvaldo Civitarese, Ivan Stekl, and Jouni Suhonen

Subjects
Physics, Q value, chemistry.chemical_element, Parity (physics), Electron, Rhenium, Beta decay, Nuclear physics, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Excited state, medicine, Neutrino, Atomic physics, Nucleus
Abstract

The measurement of the electron spectrum in β decays close to the end point provides a robust direct determination of the values of neutrino masses. The most sensitive experiments use tritium and rhenium β decays because these transitions have low Q value. Recent measurement with Penning traps established that the β decay of 115In(9/2+) to the first excited state of 115Sn(3/2+) is a transition with the smallest Q value among β decays. The decay is associated with a change of spin and parity ΔJπ = 3+ (ΔL = 2, ΔS = 1) of nucleus, i.e., classified as unique second forbidden β decay. Our investigation shows that in this transition electrons are predominantly emitted in d5/2 partial waves. In addition, it is found that the Kurie function associated with this transition near the end point within a good accuracy reflects a behavior the Kurie function of superallowed β transitions.

Published
2011

34. Summary of the TGV experiment and future plans

Author

V. B. Brudanin, V. G. Egorov, A. A. Klimenko, A. Kovalík, N. I. Rukhadze, V. V. Timkin, P. Čermák, J. Čermák, J. M. Jose, F. Mamedov, E. Rukhadze, I. Štekl, Ch. Briançon, F. Šimkovic, Yu. Shitov, A. M. Bakalyarov, V. I. Lebedev, S. V. Zhukov, T. M. Bolotskaya, Osvaldo Civitarese, Ivan Stekl, and Jouni Suhonen

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Spectrometer, Isotope, Electron capture, Double beta decay, Phase (matter), Analytical chemistry, Half-life, Neutrino, Beta decay
Abstract

The collaboration TGV has finished measurement of 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd with 10 g (Phase I) and 13.6 g (Phase II) samples (with enrichment of 75%), respectively. The times of measurements were 8687h (Phase I) and 12900h (Phase II). The half‐life limits (at 90% CL) were obtained for 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd to the ground state of 106Pd as T1/2>3.0×1020 y (Phase I) and T1/2>4.2×1020 y (Phase II). The collaboration decided to continue with the study of 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd using 23 g of an isotope enriched to 98.4%. We plan to use the TGV II spectrometer for this measurement and also Si pixel detectors for further study of double beta decay (ββ) processes.

Published
2011

35. 2β0v-decay mediated by heavy Majorana neutrinos and nucleon weak magnetism and pseudoscalar coupling

Author

G. V. Efimov, Mikhail A. Ivanov, F. Šimkovic, and Valery E. Lyubovitskij

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Nuclear Theory, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Charge (physics), Pseudoscalar, Nuclear physics, Matrix (mathematics), MAJORANA, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Color confinement, Nucleon, Lepton
Abstract

The role of the nucleon weak magnetism and pseudoscalar coupling interactions in the calculation of the 2β0v-decay of48Ca mediated by heavy Majorana neutrinos has been examined. The effect of a finite nucleon size has been taken into account by employing the phenomenological form factors and form factors calculated in the framework of the quark confinement model. By using the PCAC predictions it has been found that by taking into account these interactions the absolute values of the 2β0v-decay matrix elements of48Ca reduces considerably, which provides us with less stringent limits on the parameter of the non-conservation of the lepton charge.

Published
1992

36. Experiment TGV II - results of Phases I and II

Author

Ch. Briançon, V. B. Brudanin, P. Čermák, V. G. Egorov, A. A. Klimenko, A. Kovalík, F. Mamedov, N. I. Rukhadze, V. G. Sandukovski, Yu. A. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, I. Stekl, V. V. Timkin, Ts. Vylov, D. R. Zinatulina, Osvaldo Civitarese, Ivan Stekl, Jouni Suhonen, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Electron capture, DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY, Nuclear structure, double beta decay, CD-106, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Neutrino scattering, Nuclear physics, neutrino, double electron capture, (106)Cd, Double beta decay, SEARCH, 0103 physical sciences, Underground laboratory, Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Ground state
Abstract

International audience; Currently, the TGV collaboration is investigating the two-neutrino double electron capture (2 nu EC/EC) of (106)Cd at the Modane underground laboratory. The study is performed with low-background multi-HPGe detector TGV II, which has been constructed for measurements of the rare processes. The half-life limits of T(1/2) > 2.6 x 10(20) years (for Phase I, 8687 hours) and T(1/2) > 3.6 x 10(20) years (for Phase II, 9003 hours) were obtained for the ground state to ground state 2 nu EC/EC of (106)Cd. The results already allow to rule out some of the previous nuclear structure calculations.

Published
2009

37. Measuring mass of neutrinos with β-decays of tritium and rhenium

Author

R. Dvornický, F. Šimkovic, Osvaldo Civitarese, Ivan Stekl, and Jouni Suhonen

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Helium-3, Double beta decay, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Elementary particle, Invariant mass, Electron, Neutrino, Particle identification, KATRIN
Abstract

Already long time ago the shape of the electron spectrum in β‐decays of 3H and 187Re has been recognized as an important tool for understanding of neutrino masses. The sensitivity of KATRIN (in preparation, tritium β‐decay) and the MARE (under consideration, 187Re β‐decay) experiments to neutrino mass will reach the sub eV domain. In view of this experimental progress there is a request for a highly accurate theoretical description of the electron endpoint spectra. By taking the advantage of the elementary particle treatment of 3H and 3He the relativistic form for β‐decay endpoint spectrum of tritium is obtained by taking into account also the effect of nuclear recoil. Further, the currently unknown shape of the electron spectrum for the β‐decay of 187Re is presented. It is found that the first forbidden 187Re(5/2+)→187Os(1/2−)β‐decay transition is accompanied with emission of mostly p3/2‐state electrons.

Published
2009

38. Where do we stand with calculations of the two-neutrino double beta decay rates?

Author

F. Šimkovic and M. Gmitro

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Particle physics, medicine.anatomical_structure, Amplitude, Branching fraction, Double beta decay, medicine, General Physics and Astronomy, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Nucleus, Beta-decay stable isobars
Abstract

Alternative approaches to the calculation of two-neutrino double beta decay amplitudes are suggested which include neither the evaluation of the intermediate nucleus spectrum nor the closure approximation.

Published
1991

39. Ordinary and radiative muon capture on 12C

Author

F. Šimkovic, A.A. Ovchinnikova, S.S. Kamalov, and M. Gmitro

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Coupling constant, Physics, Pseudoscalar, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Quantum electrodynamics, Radiative transfer, Wave function, Muon capture
Abstract

Rates of the ordinary and radiative muon capture on 12 C have been calculated with shell-model wave functions (0 h ω and 1 h ω) of the nuclear initial and final states. Compa experimental data suggests an upward renormalisation of the induced pseudoscalar weak coupling constant, g P g A ≈ 16 .

Published
1990

40. The TGV II Experiment (Phase I Results)

Author

P. Beneš, Ch. Briançon, V. B. Brudanin, P. Čermák, V. G. Egorov, K. N. Gusev, A. A. Klimenko, V. E. Kovalenko, A. Kovalik, N. I. Rukhadze, A. V. Salamatin, F. Šimkovic, I. Štekl, V. V. Timkin, Ts. Vylov, Osvaldo Civitarese, Ivan Stekl, Jouni Suhonen, CSNSM SNO, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), 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 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 Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), and 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)

Subjects
Physics, Spectrometer, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Orders of magnitude (temperature), Electron capture, Phase (waves), chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Semiconductor detector, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Telescope, chemistry, law, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics
Abstract

International audience; The TGV II (Telescope Germanium Vertical) facility is a low background spectrometer operated in Modane Underground Laboratory. It aims at the study of double electron capture of 106Cd. The spectrometer is composed of 32 HPGe planar detectors interleaved with thin‐foil samples made of Cd‐106 enriched to 75% (total mass about 10 g). In 2006, the main run of phase I (1 year duration) was terminated yielding a new limit on half‐life for two‐neutrino double electron capture (g.s.→g.s.) in 106Cd as 2.0×1020 years. This limit is significantly higher (by almost three orders of magnitude) than those already published. © 2007 American Institute of Physics

Published
2007

43. Experiment TGV-2 – Search for double beta decay of 106Cd

Author

Ch. Briançon, V. V. Timkin, V. G. Egorov, Yu. Shitov, A. A. Klimenko, P. Čermák, A. Kovalík, F. Šimkovic, E.N. Rukhadze, V. B. Brudanin, I. Stekl, and N. I. Rukhadze

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Spectrometer, Double beta decay, Neutrino, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

New limits (at 90% C.L.) on double beta decay of Cd 106 − T 1 / 2 ( 0 ν EC / EC ) > 1.7 × 10 20 yr and T 1 / 2 ( 2 ν EC / EC ) > 4.2 × 10 20 yr were obtained in a preliminary calculation of data accumulated for 12900 h on the TGV-2 spectrometer.

Published
2012

44. Experiment TGV-2. Search for double beta decay of106Cd

Author

E.N. Rukhadze, V. B. Brudanin, F. Mamedov, P. Čermák, N. I. Rukhadze, V. V. Timkin, F. Šimkovic, S. V. Zhukov, Ch. Briançon, A. M. Bakalyarov, V. I. Lebedev, A. Kovalík, A. A. Klimenko, V. G. Egorov, Yu. Shitov, and I. Stekl

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, History, Isotopes of palladium, Double beta decay, Isotopes of cadmium, Excited state, Half-life, Beta decay, Radioactive decay, Particle detector, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The search for double beta decay of 106Cd was performed at the Modane underground laboratory (France, 4800 m.w.e.) using the multi-detector spectrometer TGV-2. 16 samples (~13.6 g) of 106Cd with an enrichment of 75% were installed between neighbouring HPGe detectors and measured during 12900 h. New half-life limits (at 90% CL) were obtained for 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd to the ground state of 106Pd - T1/2 > 4.2 × 1020 y, and for OνEC/EC resonant decay of 106Cd to 2741 keV and 2718 keV excited states of 106Pd - T1/2 > 1.8 × 1020y and T1/2 > 1.6 × 1020y respectively.

Published
2012

45. Experiment TGV II: results on double electron capture in106Cd

Author

A.V. Salamatin, V. E. Kovalenko, A. Kovalík, K. N. Gusev, Petr Beneš, P. Čermák, I Stekl, V. G. Egorov, Ch. Briançon, V. B. Brudanin, Ts. Vylov, F. Šimkovic, V. V. Timkin, A. A. Klimenko, and N. I. Rukhadze

Subjects
Physics, History, Spectrometer, Orders of magnitude (temperature), Electron capture, Analytical chemistry, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, Particle detector, Computer Science Applications, Education, Semiconductor detector, Nuclear physics, chemistry, Isotopes of cadmium, Measuring instrument
Abstract

The TGV II (Telescope Germanium Vertical) facility is a low background spectrometer operated in Modane Underground Laboratory. It aims at the study of double electron capture of 106Cd. The spectrometer is composed of 32 HPGe planar detectors interleaved with thin-foil samples made of 106Cd enriched to 75%. In 2006, the main run of phase I (1 year duration) was terminated yielding a new limit on half-life for two-neutrino double electron capture in 106Cd as 2.0x1020y. The new limit is significantly higher (by almost three orders of magnitude) than those already published.

Published
2008

46. First results for the measurement of double-electron capture of 106Cd in the experiment TGV II.

Author

I. Štekl, P. Čermák, P. Beneš, V. Brudanin, K. Gusev, V. Egorov, A. Klimenko, V. Kovalenko, A. Kovalík, N. Rukhadze, A. Salamatin, V. Timkin, Ts. Vylov, Ch. Briançon, and F. Šimkovic

Subjects
ELECTRON capture, PARTICLES (Nuclear physics), RADIOACTIVE decay, SPECTROMETERS
Abstract

Present status of the experiment TGV II which is devoted to the measurement of double-beta decay of 106Cd is given. The low background spectrometer TGV II is installed in the Modane Underground Laboratory and has been running from February 2005 with approx 10 grams of 106Cd enriched at 75%. After an analysis of 3736 hours of experimental data the new improved half-life limit for 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd (0g.s.+ → 0g.s.+) is given as T12/2ν > 4.8 × 1019 years (90% CL). The search for 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd to the excited states of 106Pd allows to determine the limits of the half-lives T12/2ν(0g.s.+ → 21+) > 3.9 × 1019 years (90% CL) and T12/2ν(0g.s.+ → 01+) > 5.8 × 1019 years (90% CL). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006

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