Radon mitigation applications at the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC)

J Pérez-Pérez, JC Amare, IC Bandac, A Bayo… - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC) is the Spanish national hub for low
radioactivity techniques and the associated scientific and technological applications. The …

Benchmark neutrinoless double- decay matrix elements in a light nucleus

RAM Basili, JM Yao, J Engel, H Hergert, M Lockner… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
We compute nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-β decay mediated by light
Majorana-neutrino exchange in the A= 6 system. The goal is to benchmark two many-body …

Exploring the hidden interior of the Earth with directional neutrino measurements

M Leyton, S Dye, J Monroe - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Roughly 40% of the Earth's total heat flow is powered by radioactive decays in the crust and
mantle. Geo-neutrinos produced by these decays provide important clues about the origin …

Secondary scintillation yield of xenon with sub-percent levels of CO2 additive for rare-event detection

CAO Henriques, EDC Freitas, CDR Azevedo… - Physics Letters B, 2017 - Elsevier
Xe–CO 2 mixtures are important alternatives to pure xenon in Time Projection Chambers
(TPC) based on secondary scintillation (electroluminescence) signal amplification with …

Calibration of the NEXT-White detector using 83mKr decays

G Martínez-Lema, JAH Morata, B Palmeiro… - Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The NEXT-White (NEW) detector is currently the largest radio-pure high-pressure
xenon gas time projection chamber with electroluminescent readout in the world. It has been …

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with Germanium Detectors: 1026 yr and Beyond

V D'Andrea, N Di Marco, MB Junker, M Laubenstein… - Universe, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the global landscape of neutrinoless double beta (0 ν β β) decay search, the use of
semiconductor germanium detectors provides many advantages. The excellent energy …

Possibilities of future double beta decay experiments to investigate inverted and normal ordering region of neutrino mass

AS Barabash - Frontiers in Physics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An overview of modern experiments on the search for neutrinoless double decay is
presented. The obtained limits on the effective mass of the Majorana neutrino〈 m ν〉 are …

Search for neutrinoless double beta decay

I Ostrovskiy, K O'Sullivan - Modern Physics Letters A, 2016 - World Scientific
We review current experimental efforts to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0 ν β
β). A description of the selected leading experiments is given and the strongest recent …

Wavelength-shifting properties of luminescence nanoparticles for high energy particle detection and specific physics process observation

S Sahi, S Magill, L Ma, J Xie, W Chen, B Jones… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ultraviolet (UV) photon detection is becoming increasingly important in the quest to
understand the fundamental building blocks of our universe. Basic properties of neutrinos …

Extracting Majorana properties from strong bounds on neutrinoless double beta decay

SF Ge, M Lindner - Physical Review D, 2017 - APS
Assuming that neutrinos are Majorana particles, we explore what information can be inferred
from future strong limits (ie nonobservation) for neutrinoless double beta decay. Specifically …