Background-free search for neutrinoless double-β decay of 76Ge with GERDA
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Background-free search for neutrinoless double-β decay of 76Ge with GERDA

The GERDA Collaboration,Matteo Agostini,M. Allardt,A. M. Bakalyarov,M. Balata,I. Barabanov,Laura Baudis,C. Bauer,E. Bellotti,S. Belogurov,S. T. Belyaev,Giovanni Benato,A. Bettini,Leonid Bezrukov,T. Bode,D. Borowicz,V. Brudanin,R. Brugnera,A. Caldwell,C. Cattadori,A. Chernogorov,Valerio D'Andrea,E. V. Demidova,N. Di Marco,A. Di Vacri,A. Domula,E. Doroshkevich,V. Egorov,R. Falkenstein,O. Fedorova,K. Freund,N. Frodyma,A. Gangapshev,A. Garfagnini,C. Gooch,P. Grabmayr,V. Gurentsov,Konstantin Gusev,J. Hakenmüller,A. Hegai,M. Heisel,S. Hemmer,W. Hofmann,M. Hult,L. V. Inzhechik,J. Janicskó Csáthy,J. Jochum,Matthias Bernhard Junker,V. Kazalov,T. Kihm,I. V. Kirpichnikov,A. Kirsch,Alexander Kish,A. Klimenko,R. Kneißl,K. T. Knöpfle,O. Kochetov,V. N. Kornoukhov,V. V. Kuzminov,Matthias Laubenstein,A. Lazzaro,V. I. Lebedev,Bjoern Lehnert,H. Y. Liao,M. Lindner,Ivano Lippi,A. Lubashevskiy,B. Lubsandorzhiev,Guillaume Lutter,C. Macolino,B. Majorovits,W. Maneschg,E. Medinaceli,M. Miloradovic,R. Mingazheva,M. Misiaszek,P. Moseev,I. Nemchenok,D. Palioselitis,Krzysztof Panas,Luciano Pandola,K. Pelczar,Alberto Pullia,S. Riboldi,N. Rumyantseva,C. Sada,Francesco Salamida,M. Salathe,C. Schmitt,B. Schneider,Stefan Schönert,J. Schreiner,O. Schulz,A.-K. Schütz,B. Schwingenheuer,O. Selivanenko,Egor Shevchik,M. Shirchenko,H. Simgen,A. Smolnikov,L. Stanco,L. Vanhoefer,A. A. Vasenko,A. Veresnikova,K. Von Sturm,V. Wagner,M. Walter,A. Wegmann,T. Wester,C. Wiesinger,M. Wojcik,E. Yanovich,I. Zhitnikov,S. V. Zhukov,D. Zinatulina,K. Zuber,G. Zuzel;The GERDA Collaboration;Matteo Agostini;M. Allardt;A. M. Bakalyarov;M. Balata;I. Barabanov;Laura Baudis;C. Bauer;E. Bellotti;S. Belogurov;S. T. Belyaev;Giovanni Benato;A. Bettini;Leonid Bezrukov;T. Bode;D. Borowicz;V. Brudanin;R. Brugnera;A. Caldwell;C. Cattadori;A. Chernogorov;Valerio D'Andrea;E. V. Demidova;N. Di Marco;A. Di Vacri;A. Domula;E. Doroshkevich;V. Egorov;R. Falkenstein;O. Fedorova;K. Freund;N. Frodyma;A. Gangapshev;A. Garfagnini;C. Gooch;P. Grabmayr;V. Gurentsov;Konstantin Gusev;J. Hakenmüller;A. Hegai;M. Heisel;S. Hemmer;W. Hofmann;M. Hult;L. V. Inzhechik;J. Janicskó Csáthy;J. Jochum;Matthias Bernhard Junker;V. Kazalov;T. Kihm;I. V. Kirpichnikov;A. Kirsch;Alexander Kish;A. Klimenko;R. Kneißl;K. T. Knöpfle;O. Kochetov;V. N. Kornoukhov;V. V. Kuzminov;Matthias Laubenstein;A. Lazzaro;V. I. Lebedev;Bjoern Lehnert;H. Y. Liao;M. Lindner;Ivano Lippi;A. Lubashevskiy;B. Lubsandorzhiev;Guillaume Lutter;C. Macolino;B. Majorovits;W. Maneschg;E. Medinaceli;M. Miloradovic;R. Mingazheva;M. Misiaszek;P. Moseev;I. Nemchenok;D. Palioselitis;Krzysztof Panas;Luciano Pandola;K. Pelczar;Alberto Pullia;S. Riboldi;N. Rumyantseva;C. Sada;Francesco Salamida;M. Salathe;C. Schmitt;B. Schneider;Stefan Schönert;J. Schreiner;O. Schulz;A.-K. Schütz;B. Schwingenheuer;O. Selivanenko;Egor Shevchik;M. Shirchenko;H. Simgen;A. Smolnikov;L. Stanco;L. Vanhoefer;A. A. Vasenko;A. Veresnikova;K. Von Sturm;V. Wagner;M. Walter;A. Wegmann;T. Wester;C. Wiesinger;M. Wojcik;E. Yanovich;I. Zhitnikov;S. V. Zhukov;D. Zinatulina;K. Zuber;G. Zuzel;
Nature 2017 Vol. 544 pp. 47-52
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Abstract

Many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics explain the dominance of matter over antimatter in our Universe by neutrinos being their own antiparticles. This would imply the existence of neutrinoless double-β decay, which is an extremely rare lepton-number-violating radioactive decay process whose detection requires the utmost background suppression. Among the programmes that aim to detect this decay, the GERDA Collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double-β decay of 76Ge by operating bare detectors, made of germanium with an enriched 76Ge fraction, in liquid argon. After having completed Phase I of data taking, we have recently launched Phase II. Here we report that in GERDA Phase II we have achieved a background level of approximately 10−3 counts keV−1 kg−1 yr−1. This implies that the experiment is background-free, even when increasing the exposure up to design level. This is achieved by use of an active veto system, superior germanium detector energy resolution and improved background recognition of our new detectors. No signal of neutrinoless double-β decay was found when Phase I and Phase II data were combined, and we deduce a lower-limit half-life of 5.3 × 1025 years at the 90 per cent confidence level. Our half-life sensitivity of 4.0 × 1025 years is competitive with the best experiments that use a substantially larger isotope mass. The potential of an essentially background-free search for neutrinoless double-β decay will facilitate a larger germanium experiment with sensitivity levels that will bring us closer to clarifying whether neutrinos are their own antiparticles.

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