Download or read book Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Cd 116 with the NEMO 3 Experiment written by Raymond Benton Pahlka and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation describes the approach taken in measuring two neutrino double beta decay of Cd-116 to the ground state of Sn-116 and in searching for the effective Majorana neutrino mass by placing a lower limit on the half-life for neutrinoless double beta decay of Cd-116 using the powerful technique of a combined tracking chamber and calorimeter with the NEMO-3 detector. The description of the detector, its natural background contamination, and the tools used to perform the analysis are discussed. The single electron channel was used to identify source foil contamination from [beta]-emitters and the electron-gamma channel was used to confirm the previous measurements of Tl-208 and Bi-214 contaminations in the source foil. Using these backgrounds, the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Cd-116 was measured for the single states dominance hypothesis and the higher states dominance hypothesis. The final data set was defined to be data from Phrase One and Phase Two for the medium and low activity regions. Using 1471 days of data, the values of the half-life for the single data dominance hypothesis and the higher states dominance hypothesis were found.
Download or read book Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 116Cd and 82Se and Calorimeter Simulations for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by Zachary John Liptak and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the NEMO-3 detector, 410.4 g of 116Cd with a total exposure of 1.65 kg· y and 932 g of 82Se with a total exposure of 3.75 kg· y were used to measure the half-life of two-neutrino double beta decay (2[nu][beta][beta]) to the ground states of 116Sn and 82Kr and to place a lower limit on the neutrinoless double becay decay (0[nu][beta][beta]) to the same ground states. Under the single-states dominance hypothesis, the 2[nu][beta][beta] half-lives are found to be T 1/2(116Cd) = (2.90 ± 0.03(stat) ± 0.15(syst)×1019 yr and T 1/2(82Se) = [10.62±0.11(stat)±0.56(syst)]×1019 yr. 0[nu][beta][beta] is excluded to 90% confidence level at T 1/2 ≥ 1.12 × 1023 yr for 116Cd and T 1/2 ≥ 3.90 × 1023 yr for 82Se. These half-lives correspond to effective Majorana neutrino masses of m ≤ (4.33 - 5.54) eV and m ≤ (2.28 - 2.82) eV, respectively, in the light Majorana exchange mechanism.
Download or read book Seventy Years Of Double Beta Decay From Nuclear Physics To Beyond standard model Particle Physics written by Hans Volker Klapdor-kleingrothaus and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 1559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last 20 years the disciplines of particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics and cosmology have grown together in an unprecedented way. A brilliant example is nuclear double beta decay, an extremely rare radioactive decay mode, which is one of the most exciting and important fields of research in particle physics at present and the flagship of non-accelerator particle physics.While already discussed in the 1930s, only in the 1980s was it understood that neutrinoless double beta decay can yield information on the Majorana mass of the neutrino, which has an impact on the structure of space-time. Today, double beta decay is indispensable for solving the problem of the neutrino mass spectrum and the structure of the neutrino mass matrix. The potential of double beta decay has also been extended such that it is now one of the most promising tools for probing beyond-the-standard-model particle physics, and gives access to energy scales beyond the potential of future accelerators.This book presents the breathtaking manner in which achievements in particle physics have been made from a nuclear physics process. Consisting of a 150-page highly factual overview of the field of double beta decay and a 1200-page collection of the most important original articles, the book outlines the development of double beta decay research — theoretical and experimental — from its humble beginnings until its most recent achievements, with its revolutionary consequences for the theory of particle physics. It further presents an outlook on the exciting future of the field.
Download or read book Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 100Mo with the NEMO3 Detector and Calorimeter Research and Development for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by Anastasia Basharina-Freshville and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Search for the Double Beta Decay of Zr 96 with NEMO 3 and Calorimeter Development for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by M. B. Kauer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using 9.4 g of Zr-96 and 1221 days of data from the NEMO-3 detector corresponding to 0.031 kgy, the obtained 2vbb decay half-life measurement is [2.35 \pm 0.14(stat) \pm 0.16(syst)] \times 10_{19}yr. Different characteristics of the final state electrons have been studied, such as the energy sum, individual electron energy, and angular distribution. The 2v nuclear matrix element is extracted using the measured 2vbb half-life and is 0.049 \pm 0.002. The 0vbb decay half-life is excluded at the 90% CL to > 9.2 \times 10_ {21}yr corresponding to a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass of
Download or read book Measurement of the Double Beta Decay Half life of 150Nd and Search for Neutrinoless Decay Modes with the Nemo 3 Detector written by Nasim Fatemi-Ghomi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of 100Mo with the NEMO3 Detector and Calorimeter Research and Development for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by A. Basharina-Freshville and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most precise half-life measurement of T 2nu_1/2 = [7.02 ± 0.01(stat) ± 0.46(syst)] × 10 18 years has been made for the 2\nu\beta\beta decay of 100Mo using data from 6.9kg collected with the NEMO3 detector over 1471 days. The 2\nu nuclear matrix element has been extracted using T 2nu_1/2 and is M 2\nu = 0.126 ± 0.004. The 0\nu\beta\beta search yielded a limit on the half-life of T 0\nu_1/2 1/1 > 1.1 × 10 24 years at the 90% CL, corresponding to a limit on the effective Majorona mass of \langle M\nu e\rangle
Download or read book Search for the Double Beta Decay of Zr 96 with NEMO 3 and Calorimeter Development for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by Matthew B. Kauer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cryogenic Particle Detection written by Hans-Christian Stahl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of cryogenic devices for particle detection has reached a stage at which many interesting applications are conceivable and already have been demonstrated. The book provides a comprehensive review of the field of cryogenic particle detection. It introduces the different detection techniques and gives an overview of the important areas in which these detectors are successfully applied.
Download or read book Measurements of Neutrino Mass written by F. Ferroni and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a valuable insight into various aspects of the ongoing work directed at measuring neutrino mass. It took twenty years to refute the assertions of Bethe and Peierls that neutrinos were not observable, but it has since been realised that much can be learnt from these particles. The moral is, as Fiorini argues here, that the study of neutrinos was and remains demanding but rewarding. Subjects addressed in this volume include; clarifying the meaning of the Klapdor-Kleingrothaus results, probing the Majorana nature of neutrinos, observing lepton number violating effects for the first time, studying the end point of the spectrum in the search for neutrino masses and speculating whether it is possible to measure neutrino masses in cosmology. Lectures are enriched with rich historical overviews and valuable introductory material. Attention is also given to theoretical topics such as the evolution of the concept of mass in particle physics, a status report on neutrino oscillations and current discussion on neutrino masses. The reader is further reminded that neutrino masses may also have some bearing on the very origin of the matter among us, and have many deep links with other important lines of current physics research.
Download or read book Search for the Double beta Decay of 96Zr with the NEMO 3 Detector and Ultra low Radioactivity Measurements for the SuperNEMO Experiment Using the BiPo 3 Detector written by Guillaume Eurin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Neutrino nuclear responses for astro particle physics by nuclear reactions and nuclear decays written by Hiroyasu Ejiri and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Search for Double beta Decay of Ca 48 in NEMO 3 and Commissioning of the Tracker for the SuperNEMO Experiment written by C. Vilela and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to the Physics of Massive and Mixed Neutrinos written by Samoil Bilenky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years neutrino was considered a massless particle. The theory of a two-componentneutrino,whichplayedacrucialroleinthecreationofthetheoryof theweakinteraction,isbasedontheassumptionthattheneutrinomassisequalto zero. We now know that neutrinos have nonzero, small masses. In numerous exp- iments with solar, atmospheric, reactor and accelerator neutrinos a new p- nomenon, neutrino oscillations, was observed. Neutrino oscillations (periodic transitionsbetweendifferent?avorneutrinos? ,? ,? )arepossibleonlyifneutrino e ? ? mass-squareddifferencesaredifferentfromzeroandsmalland?avorneutrinosare “mixed”. The discovery of neutrino oscillations opened a new era in neutrino physics: an era of investigation of neutrino masses, mixing, magnetic moments and other neutrino properties. After the establishment of the Standard Model of the el- troweak interaction at the end of the seventies, the discovery of neutrino masses was the most important discovery in particle physics. Small neutrino masses cannot be explained by the standard Higgs mechanism of mass generation. For their explanation a new mechanism is needed. Thus, small neutrino masses is the ?rst signature in particle physics of a new beyond the Standard Model physics. It took many years of heroic efforts by many physicists to discover n- trino oscillations. After the ?rst period of investigation of neutrino oscillations, manychallengingproblemsremainedunsolved.Oneofthemostimportantisthe problem of the nature of neutrinos with de?nite masses. Are they Dirac n- trinos possessing a conserved lepton number which distinguish neutrinos and antineutrinos or Majorana neutrinos with identical neutrinos and antineutrinos? Many experiments of the next generation and new neutrino facilities are now under preparation and investigation. There is no doubt that exciting results are ahead.
Download or read book Search for the Double beta Decay of 96Zr with the NEMO 3 Detector and Ultra low Radioactivity Measurements for the SuperNEMO Experiment Using the BiPo 3 Detector written by G. Eurin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From the Fermi Scale to Cosmology written by Alberto Salvio and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
