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nucl-ex2025

The measurement of the Tc -decay spectrum and its implications for the effective value of weak axial coupling

J. W. Song, M. Ramalho, M. K. Lee +9

Measurements of -spectral shapes is an important way to examine the effective value of the weak axial coupling . These stu\ dies focus specifically on forbidden non-u…

nucl-ex2024★ 3 cited

Final Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Double-Beta Decay of Ge to Excited States of Se

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +45

Ge can decay into three possible excited states of Se, with the emission of two or, if the neutrino is Majorana, zero neutrinos. None of these six transitions ha…

nucl-ex2024

An assay-based background projection for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR using Monte Carlo Uncertainty Propagation

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +53

The background index is an important quantity which is used in projecting and calculating the half-life sensitivity of neutrinoless double-beta decay () experiments. A novel…

nucl-ex2023★ 21 cited

Constraints on the decay of Ta

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +56

Ta is a rare nuclear isomer whose decay has never been observed. Its remarkably long lifetime surpasses the half-lives of all other known and electron capture decays d…

nucl-ex2022

Modeling Backgrounds for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

C. R. Haufe, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +55

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a neutrinoless double-beta decay () experiment containing 30 kg of p-type point contact germanium detectors enriched to 88% in 76Ge and $\s…

nucl-ex2022★ 91 cited

Final Result of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Neutrinoless Double- Decay in Ge

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +57

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR searched for neutrinoless double- decay () of Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-ba…

nucl-ex2022★ 14 cited

Search for solar axions via axion-photon coupling with the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +55

Axions were originally proposed to explain the strong-CP problem in QCD. Through the axion-photon coupling, the Sun could be a major source of axions, which could be measured in so…

nucl-ex2022★ 3 cited

Experimental study of 13C(α,n)16O reactions in the Majorana Demonstrator calibration data

MAJORANA Collaboration, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +55

Neutron captures and delayed decays of reaction products are common sources of backgrounds in ultra-rare event searches. In this work, we studied C(O reactions in…

nucl-ex2022★ 6 cited

Search for charge nonconservation and Pauli exclusion principle violation with the Majorana Demonstrator

MAJORANA Collaboration, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +55

Charge conservation and the Pauli exclusion principle result from fundamental symmetries in the standard model of particle physics, and are typically taken as axiomatic. High-preci…

nucl-ex2022

Search for Spontaneous Radiation from Wavefunction Collapse in the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +51

The Majorana Demonstrator neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment comprises a 44 kg (30 kg enriched in ) array of -type, point-contact germanium detectors. W…

nucl-ex2022★ 93 cited

A Search for Electron Neutrino Transitions to Sterile States in the BEST Experiment

V. V. Barinov, B. T. Cleveland, S. N. Danshin +27

The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) probes the gallium anomaly and its possible connections to oscillations between active and sterile neutrinos. Based on the Galli…

nucl-ex2021★ 5 cited

Signatures of muonic activation in the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +55

Experiments searching for very rare processes such as neutrinoless double-beta decay require a detailed understanding of all sources of background. Signals from radioactive impurit…

nucl-ex2021★ 167 cited

Results from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST)

V. V. Barinov, B. T. Cleveland, S. N. Danshin +27

The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) was designed to investigate the deficit of electron neutrinos, , observed in previous gallium-based radiochemical measure…

nucl-ex2019★ 4 cited

Results of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR's Search for Double-Beta Decay of Ge to Excited States of Se

I. S. Guinn, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +57

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is searching for double-beta decay of Ge to excited states (E.S.) in Se using a modular array of high purity Germanium detectors. Ge…