Published January 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Searching for leptonic number non-conservation with NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO

  • 1. LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Universite de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen (France)

Description

The NEMO 3 experiment is devoted to the search for the neutrinoless double beta decay, a leptonic number violating second order weak process which is still to be discovered. The detector has been taking data in the LSM laboratory since 2003. Latest NEMO 3 results for several double beta decay emitters are presented here. The next generation SuperNEMO project, which aims to improve sensitivity to double beta decay by two orders of magnitude using NEMO 3 technique is also briefly described.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012065

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
203
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[3 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
11. TAUP workshop on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
Acronym
TAUP 2009
Dates
1-5 Jul 2009
Place
Rome (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42061884
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOUBLE BETA DECAY; LEPTON NUMBER; NEUTRINOS; SENSITIVITY; UNDERGROUND
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; LEVELS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; NUCLEAR DECAY

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