Status and prospects of the NEXT experiment for neutrinoless double beta decay searches
arXiv:1906.01743
Abstract
NEXT (Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC) is an experimental program whose goals are to discover neutrinoless double beta decay using Xe in high pressure xenon TPCs with electroluminescent readout. In this paper, results from the NEXT-White detector, which is currently taking data at Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc (LSC) will be reported. The prospects for the NEXT-100 apparatus, scheduled to start operations in 2020, as well as the plans to extend the technology to large and ultra-low background detectors needed to fully explore the inverse hierarchy of neutrino masses, will also be briefly discussed.
arXiv commentThis article is an expanded version of my contribution to the 2019 EW/QCD/Gravitation session of the 54th "Rencontres de Moriond"
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