Ultra-low gamma-ray measurement system for neutrinoless double beta decay

An experiment for the detection of 0νβ+/EC and 0νEC/EC in 92Mo nuclei has been carried out with a scintillating crystal, CaMoO4, in coincidence with the HPGe detector. We study the background events inside the event selection window for 0ν β+/EC decays of CaMoO4 detector. For 51.2 days of data taking period, we didn't observe any event in the neutrinoless EC/EC decay event window. The 92Mo 0νβ+/EC decay half-life limit was set to 0.61×1020 years with a 90% confidence by method of Feldman and Cousins. This ultra-low gamma ray measurement utilizing coincidence technique can be used for the resonant EC/EC decay process of some nuclei which is potentially important for neutrinoless double beta decay process. - Highlights: • 0νββ experiment is the only practical way to study the nature of neutrino mass. • We performed a 0νββ experiment with a HPGe detector and a CaMoO4 crystal. • The limit of the half-life of the 0νβ+/EC is 0.61×1020 years at 90% CL