| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 95, 2015
3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics
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| Article Number | 04049 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Parallel | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159504049 | |
| Published online | 29 May 2015 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159504049
Results on neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge from the GERDA experiment
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany
a e-mail: dimitris@mpp.mpg.de
Published online: 29 May 2015
The Germanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay of 76Ge, a lepton number violating nuclear process predicted by extensions of the Standard Model. GERDA is an array of bare germanium diodes immersed in liquid argon located at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. The results of the GERDA Phase I data taking with a total exposure of 21.6 kg yr and a background index of 0.01 cts/(keV kg yr) are presented in this paper. No signal was observed and a lower limit of T1/20ν > 2.1×1025 yr (90% C.L.) was derived for the half-life of the 0νββ decay of 76Ge. Phase II of the experiment aims to reduce the background around the region of interest by a factor of ten.
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