Published 1985
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A new limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay lifetime
- 1. Physics Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Description
A lower limit of 5 x 10/sup 22/y (68% CL) has been obtained for the half life of the neutrinoless double beta decay of /sup 76/Ge. This process would require lepton number non-conservation and that the electron neutrino have a mass and/or the weak interaction have right-handed currents. For this first data from a multidetector system, two Ge detectors were used for 1618 h inside a NaI active shield, giving a background at the expected 2.041-MeV peak considerably lower than in any other above-ground experiment
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific Pub. Co.
- Imprint Place
- Teaneck, NJ (USA)
- ISBN
- 9971-978-46-6
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the Santa Fe meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society
- Journal Page Range
- p. 249-251.
Conference
- Title
- American Physical Society meeting.
- Dates
- 31 Oct - 3 Nov 1984.
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 19021365
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CONSERVATION LAWS; DATA PROCESSING; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; GERMANIUM 76; HALF-LIFE; LEPTON NUMBER; LIFETIME; LIMITING VALUES; MASS; NAI DETECTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FERMIONS; GERMANIUM ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; STABLE ISOTOPES