Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay in [superscript 136]Xe with the EXO-200 Detector
| dc.contributor.author | Waldman, Samuel J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-18T18:41:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-05-18T18:41:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-11 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011-08 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1079-7114 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70884 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report the observation of two-neutrino double-beta decay in [superscript 136]Xe with T[subscript 1/2]=2.11±0.04(stat)±0.21(syst)×10[superscript 21] yr. This second-order process, predicted by the standard model, has been observed for several nuclei but not for [superscript 136]Xe. The observed decay rate provides new input to matrix element calculations and to the search for the more interesting neutrinoless double-beta decay, the most sensitive probe for the existence of Majorana particles and the measurement of the neutrino mass scale. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Dept. of Energy | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Swiss National Science Foundation | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Russian Foundation for Basic Research | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.212501 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | APS | en_US |
| dc.title | Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay in [superscript 136]Xe with the EXO-200 Detector | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay in 136Xe with the EXO-200 Detector | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ackerman, N. et al. “Observation of Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay in ^{136}Xe with the EXO-200 Detector.” Physical Review Letters 107.21 (2011): Web. 22 Mar. 2012. © 2011 American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Waldman, Samuel J. | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Waldman, Samuel J. | |
| dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Ackerman, N.; Aharmim, B.; Auger, M.; Auty, D.; Barbeau, P.; Barry, K.; Bartoszek, L.; Beauchamp, E.; Belov, V.; Benitez-Medina, C.; Breidenbach, M.; Burenkov, A.; Cleveland, B.; Conley, R.; Conti, E.; Cook, J.; Cook, S.; Coppens, A.; Counts, I.; Craddock, W.; Daniels, T.; Danilov, M.; Davis, C.; Davis, J.; deVoe, R.; Djurcic, Z.; Dobi, A.; Dolgolenko, A.; Dolinski, M.; Donato, K.; Dunford, M.; Fairbank, W.; Farine, J.; Fierlinger, P.; Franco, D.; Freytag, D.; Giroux, G.; Gornea, R.; Graham, K.; Gratta, G.; Green, M.; Hägemann, C.; Hall, C.; Hall, K.; Haller, G.; Hargrove, C.; Herbst, R.; Herrin, S.; Hodgson, J.; Hughes, M.; Johnson, A.; Karelin, A.; Kaufman, L.; Koffas, T.; Kuchenkov, A.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, K.; Leonard, D.; Leonard, F.; LePort, F.; Mackay, D.; MacLellan, R.; Marino, M.; Martin, Y.; Mong, B.; Montero Díez, M.; Morgan, P.; Müller, A.; Neilson, R.; Nelson, R.; Odian, A.; O’Sullivan, K.; Ouellet, C.; Piepke, A.; Pocar, A.; Prescott, C.; Pushkin, K.; Rivas, A.; Rollin, E.; Rowson, P.; Russell, J.; Sabourov, A.; Sinclair, D.; Skarpaas, K.; Slutsky, S.; Stekhanov, V.; Strickland, V.; Swift, M.; Tosi, D.; Twelker, K.; Vogel, P.; Vuilleumier, J.-L.; Vuilleumier, J.-M.; Waite, A.; Waldman, S.; Walton, T.; Wamba, K.; Weber, M.; Wichoski, U.; Wodin, J.; Wright, J.; Yang, L.; Yen, Y.-R.; Zeldovich, O. | en |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete |
