Search for Double Beta Decay in 106Cd in the DAMA/CRYS setup.

Authors :: Belli, P.
Bernabei, R.
Brudanin, V. B.
Cappella, F.
Caracciolo, V.
Cerulli, R.
Danevich, F. A.
Incicchitti, A.
Kasperovych, D. V.
V.V. Kobychev
Mokina, V. M.
Polischuk, O. G.
Tretyak, V. I.
Zarytskyy, M. M.
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2017, Vol. 1894 Issue 1, p1-4, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: An experiment to search for double beta decay in <superscript>106</superscript>Cd is running in the DAMA/CRYS set-up at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the INFN (Italy). In this experiment a <superscript>106</superscript>CdWO<subscript>4</subscript> crystal scintillator (215 g) enriched in <superscript>106</superscript>Cd to 66%, used in previous measurements in different configurations, is now in measurement in coincidence with two large volume low background CdWO4 crystal scintillators in close geometry. This further measurement will allow us to reach a sensitivity at the level of the most sensitive double β+ experiments (T<subscript>1/2</subscript> 10<superscript>20</superscript>-10<subscript>22</subscript> yr) and to explore the region of the theoretical expectations for some decay modes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]