Publications (34)
Combined sensitivity of JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA to the neutrino mass ordering
KM3NeT Collaboration, S. Aiello, A. Albert +275
This article presents the potential of a combined analysis of the JUNO and KM3NeT/ORCA experiments to determine the neutrino mass ordering. This combination is particularly interes…
Search for Periodic Modulations of the Rate of Double-Beta Decay of Mo in the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +105
Double-beta decays of Mo from the 6.0195-year exposure of a 6.914 kg high-purity sample were recorded by the NEMO-3 experiment that searched for neutrinoless double-beta de…
Search for neutrinoless quadruple- decay of Nd with the NEMO-3 detector
R. Arnold, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +96
We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple- decay of Nd using a total exposure of $0.1…
Reference material for natural radionuclides in glass designed for underground experiments
P. P. Povinec, M. K. Pham, J. Busto +23
A reference material designed for the determination of natural radionuclides in solid samples (glass pellets) is described and the results of certification are presented. The mater…
Spectral modeling of scintillator for the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO detectors
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +90
We have constructed a GEANT4-based detailed software model of photon transport in plastic scintillator blocks and have used it to study the NEMO-3 and SuperNEMO calorimeters employ…
Measurement of double- decay of Nd to the 0 excited state of Sm in NEMO-3
3 Collaboration, X. Aguerre, R. Arnold +92
The NEMO-3 results for the double- decay of Nd to the 0 and 2 excited states of Sm are reported. The data recorded during 5.25 yr with 36.6 g of the…
Probing New Physics Models of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with SuperNEMO
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. Baker +79
The possibility to probe new physics scenarios of light Majorana neutrino exchange and right-handed currents at the planned next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experimen…
The BiPo-3 detector for the measurement of ultra low natural radioactivities of thin materials
A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, E. Birdsall +93
The BiPo-3 detector, running in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, LSC, Spain) since 2013, is a low-radioactivity detector dedicated to meas…
Measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment
NEMO Collaboration, J. Argyriades, R. Arnold +62
In the double beta decay experiment NEMO~3 a precise knowledge of the background in the signal region is of outstanding importance. This article presents the methods used in NEMO~3…
Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Mo with the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +81
We report the results of a search for the neutrinoless double- decay (0) of Mo, using the NEMO-3 detector to reconstruct the full topology of the final state ev…
Simultaneous scintillation light and charge readout of a pure argon filled Spherical Proportional Counter
R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20
The possible use of a Spherical Proportional Counter for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay is investigated in the R2D2 R&D project. Dual charge and scintillation light r…
Measurement of double beta decay of 100Mo to excited states in the NEMO 3 experiment
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. Baker +51
The double beta decay of 100Mo to the 0^+_1 and 2^+_1 excited states of 100Ru is studied using the NEMO 3 data. After the analysis of 8024 h of data the half-life for the two-neutr…
Study of beta-delayed 3-body and 5-body breakup channels observed in the decay of ^11Li
M. Madurga, M. J. G. Borge, J. C. Angelique +19
The beta-delayed charged particle emission from ^11Li has been studied with emphasis on the three-body n+alpha+^6He and five-body 2alpha+3n channels from the 10.59 and 18.15 MeV st…
Measurement of the 2 decay half-life of Nd and a search for 0 decay processes with the full exposure from the NEMO-3 detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +92
We present results from a search for neutrinoless double- () decay using 36.6 g of the isotope Nd with data corresponding to a live time of 5.25 y recorded wit…
Search for the double-beta decay of 82Se to the excited states of 82Kr with NEMO-3
3 collaboration, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +104
The double-beta decay of 82Se to the 0+1 excited state of 82Kr has been studied with the NEMO-3 detector using 0.93 kg of enriched 82Se measured for 4.75 y, corresponding to an exp…
Final results on Se double beta decay to the ground state of Kr from the NEMO-3 experiment
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +96
Using data from the NEMO-3 experiment, we have measured the two-neutrino double beta decay () half-life of Se as $T_{1/2}^{2ν} = \left[ 9.39 \pm 0.17\,\left(\mbox{…
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +66
Using 9.4 g of Zr-96 and 1221 days of data from the NEMO-3 detector corresponding to 0.031 kg yr, the obtained 2vbb decay half-life measurement is [2.35 +/- 0.14(stat) +/- 0.16(sys…
R2D2 spherical TPC: first energy resolution results
R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20
Spherical time projection chambers (TPC), also known as spherical proportional counters, are employed in the search for rare phenomena, such as light Dark Matter candidates. The sp…
Fabrication of thin planar radiopure foils with 82Se for the SuperNEMO Demonstrator
X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +72
The SuperNEMO Demonstrator, designed to search for double beta decay using enriched 82Se, has been assembled in the Modane Underground Laboratory under the French Alps. Thin foils…
Calorimeter commissioning of the SuperNEMO Demonstrator
X. Aguerre, A. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville +77
The SuperNEMO experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of \textsuperscript{82}Se, with the unique combination of a tracking detector and a segmented calorimeter.…
Measurement of the double-beta decay half-life and search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of with the NEMO-3 detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +96
The NEMO-3 experiment at the Modane Underground Laboratory has investigated the double- decay of . Using yr of data recorded with a sample…
Optimization of the JUNO liquid scintillator composition using a Daya Bay antineutrino detector
Daya Bay, JUNO collaborations, : +646
To maximize the light yield of the liquid scintillator (LS) for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), a 20 t LS sample was produced in a pilot plant at Daya Bay. Th…
Results of the BiPo-1 prototype for radiopurity measurements for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier +86
The development of BiPo detectors is dedicated to the measurement of extremely high radiopurity in Tl and Bi for the SuperNEMO double beta decay source foils. A mod…
Measurement of the Decay Half-Life and Search for the Decay of Cd with the NEMO-3 Detector
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +94
The NEMO-3 experiment measured the half-life of the decay and searched for the decay of Cd. Using g of Cd installed in the detector with a…
Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment
A. S. Barabash, A. Basharina-Freshville, S. Blot +95
SuperNEMO is a double- decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker-calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will impleme…
The Impact of Helium Exposure on the PMTs of the SuperNEMO Experiment
SuperNEMO Collaboration, X. Aguerre, A. S. Barabash +76
The performance of Hamamatsu 8" photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) of the type used in the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment (R5912-MOD), is investigated as a function…
Performance of a spherical high pressure gas TPC for neutrino magnetic moment measurement
R. Bouet, J. Busto, V. Cecchini +20
The measurement of neutrino magnetic moment larger than would be a clear signature of physics beyond the standard model other than the existence of massive Dirac neu…
Result of the search for neutrinoless double- decay in Mo with the NEMO-3 experiment
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. D. Baker +87
The NEMO-3 detector, which had been operating in the Modane Underground Laboratory from 2003 to 2010, was designed to search for neutrinoless double () decay. We repo…
Measurement of the distribution of Bi depositions on calibration sources for SuperNEMO
R. Arnold, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +97
The SuperNEMO experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (), and study the Standard-Model double-beta decay process (). The SuperNEMO technology ca…
Measurement of the Double Beta Decay Half-life of 130Te with the NEMO-3 Detector
R. Arnold, C. Augier, J. Baker +67
This Letter reports results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661g of 130Te in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The double beta dec…
Idealized Slab Plasma approach for the study of Warm Dense Matter
A. Ng, T. Ao, F. Perrot +2
Recently, warm dense matter (WDM) has emerged as an interdisciplinary field that draws increasing interest in plasma physics, condensed matter physics, high pressure science, astro…
A simple classical mapping of the spin-polarized quantum electron gas: distribution functions and local field corrections
M. W. C. Dharma-wardana, F. Perrot
We use the now well known spin-unpolarized exchange-correlation energy E_{xc} of the uniform electron gas as the basic ``many-body'' input to determine the temperature T_q of a cla…
Detailed studies of Mo two-neutrino double beta decay in NEMO-3
3 Collaboration, R. Arnold, C. Augier +103
The full data set of the NEMO-3 experiment has been used to measure the half-life of the two-neutrino double beta decay of Mo to the ground state of Ru, $T_{1/2} =…
Study of a spherical Xenon gas TPC for neutrinoless double beta detection
A. Meregaglia, J. Busto, C. Cerna +14
Several efforts are ongoing for the development of spherical gaseous time projection chamber detectors for the observation of rare phenomena such as weakly interacting massive part…