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[en] NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is a neutrinoless double-beta (ββ 0v) decay experiment at Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC). It is an electroluminescent Time Projection Chamber filled with high pressure 136Xe gas with separated function capabilities for calorimetry and tracking. Energy resolution and background suppression are the two key features of any neutrinoless double beta decay experiment. NEXT has both good energy resolution (< 1% FWHM) and an extra handle for background identification provided by track reconstruction. We expect a background rate of 4 × 10-4 counts keV-1 kg-1 yr-1, and a sensitivity to the Majorana neutrino mass of between 80-160 meV (depending on NME) after a run of 3 effective years of the 100 kg scale NEXT-100 detector. The initial phase of NEXT-100, called NEW, is currently being commissioned at LSC. It will validate the NEXT background rate expectations and will make first measurements of the two neutrino ββ2 v mode of 136Xe. Furthermore, the NEXT technique can be extrapolated to the tonne scale, thus allowing the full exploration of the inverted hierarchy of neutrino masses. These proceedings review NEXT R and D results, the status of detector commissioning at LSC and the NEXT physics case. (paper)
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TAUP 2015: 14. international conference on topics in astroparticle and underground physics; Torino (Italy); 7-11 Sep 2015; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062033; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online); ISSN 1742-6596;
; v. 718(6); [5 p.]

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BETA DECAY, BETA-MINUS DECAY, DECAY, DETECTION, DOUBLE BETA DECAY, DRIFT CHAMBERS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, EMISSION, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, FERMIONS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, LEPTONS, LUMINESCENCE, MASSLESS PARTICLES, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS, NUCLEAR DECAY, NUCLEI, PHOTON EMISSION, PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS, RADIATION DETECTION, RADIATION DETECTORS, RESOLUTION, SPINORS, STABLE ISOTOPES, XENON ISOTOPES
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