Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with the Complete EXO-200 Dataset

Abstract

A search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu \beta \beta$) in ${}^{136}$Xe is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset using a deep neural network to discriminate between $0\nu \beta \beta$ and background events. Relative to previous analyses, the signal detection efficiency has been raised from 80.8% to 96.4$\pm$3.0% and the energy resolution of the detector at the Q-value of ${}^{136}$Xe $0\nu \beta \beta$ has been improved from $\sigma /E=1.23\%$ to $1.15\pm 0.02\%$ with the upgraded detector. Accounting for the new data, the median 90% confidence level $0\nu \beta \beta$ half-life sensitivity for this analysis is $5.0\cdot 10^{25}$ yr with a total ${}^{136}$Xe exposure of 234.1 kg$\cdot$yr. No statistically significant evidence for $0\nu \beta \beta$ is observed, leading to a lower limit on the $0\nu \beta \beta$ half-life of $3.5\cdot 10^{25}$ yr at the 90% confidence level.

arXiv commentv1, 7 pages, 5 figures; v2, fix references; v3, update to accepted version

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