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An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of Ar with GERDA
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +110
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of Ar, a candidate isotope…
Final Results of GERDA on the Two-Neutrino Double- Decay Half-Life of Ge
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +116
We present the measurement of the two-neutrino double- decay rate of Ge performed with the GERDA Phase II experiment. With a subset of the entire GERDA exposure, 11.8 kg$…
Search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in GERDA
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111
We search for tri-nucleon decays of Ge in the dataset from the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment. Decays that populate excited levels of the daughter nucleus above…
Liquid argon light collection and veto modeling in GERDA Phase II
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +115
The ability to detect liquid argon scintillation light from within a densely packed high-purity germanium detector array allowed the GERDA experiment to reach an exceptionally low…
Temperature Dependence of the Electron-Drift Anisotropy and Implications for the Electron-Drift Model
Iris Abt, Chris Gooch, Felix Hagemann +6
The electron drift in germanium detectors is modeled making many assumptions. Confronted with data, these assumptions have to be revisited. The temperature dependence of the drift…
Search for exotic physics in double- decays with GERDA Phase II
The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111
A search for Beyond the Standard Model double- decay modes of Ge has been performed with data collected during the Phase II of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experi…
Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation
Iris Abt, Christopher Gooch, Felix Hagemann +5
Events from alpha interactions on the surfaces of germanium detectors are a major contribution to the background in germanium-based searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Sur…
Pulse shape analysis in GERDA Phase II
The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. Araujo +113
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- decay in Ge using isotopically enriched high purity germanium detectors at the Labora…
A novel wide-angle Compton Scanner setup to study bulk events in germanium detectors
I. Abt, C. Gooch, F. Hagemann +6
A novel Compton Scanner setup has been built, commissioned and operated at the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics in Munich to collect pulses from bulk events in high-purity germaniu…
LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report
LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261
We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one o…
Simulation of semiconductor detectors in 3D with SolidStateDetectors.jl
I. Abt, F. Fischer, F. Hagemann +4
The open-source software package SolidStateDetectorsjl to calculate the fields and simulate the drifts of charge carriers in solid state detectors, together with the correspondi…
Characterization of inverted coaxial Ge detectors in GERDA for future double- decay experiments
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +108
Neutrinoless double- decay of Ge is searched for with germanium detectors where source and detector of the decay are identical. For the success of future experiments it i…
Calibration of the GERDA experiment
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +109
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) collaboration searched for neutrinoless double- decay in Ge with an array of about 40 high-purity isotopically-enriched germanium det…
Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double- Decay
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +112
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment searched for the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless double- () decay of Ge, whose discovery would have far-reachin…
Modeling of GERDA Phase II data
GERDA collaboration, Matteo Agostini, Alexander M. Bakalyarov +107
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) of INFN is searching for neutrinoless double-beta () decay of Ge. The t…
Probing Majorana neutrinos with double- decay
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +111
A discovery that neutrinos are not the usual Dirac but Majorana fermions, i.e. identical to their antiparticles, would be a manifestation of new physics with profound implications…
Deep learning based pulse shape discrimination for germanium detectors
P. Holl, L. Hauertmann, B. Majorovits +3
Experiments searching for rare processes like neutrinoless double beta decay heavily rely on the identification of background events to reduce their background level and increase t…
Characterization of 30 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +112
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double beta decay o…
Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge from GERDA Phase II
M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata +105
The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge (Ge Se + 2e) operating bare Ge diodes with…
Direct measurement of neutrons induced in lead by cosmic muons at a shallow underground site
Qiang Du, Iris Abt, Anton Empl +9
Neutron production in lead by cosmic muons has been studied with a Gadolinium doped liquid scintillator detector. The detector was installed next to the Muon-Induced Neutron Indire…
Upgrade for Phase II of the GERDA Experiment
M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata +111
The GERDA collaboration is performing a sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The upgrade of the…
Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay with GERDA
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov +103
The GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experiment located at the INFN Gran Sasso Laboratory (Italy), is looking for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge76, by using high-purity g…
The Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)
LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, A. Abramov +230
The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0) would show that lepton number is violated, reveal that neutrinos are Majorana particles, and provide information on neutr…
Inelastic proton-proton cross section measurements in CMS at sqrt(s)=7 TeV
Anna Julia Zsigmond
We present measurements of the total inelastic pp cross section at 7 TeV obtained with the CMS detector. Two different methods are used. In runs with low event pile-up, we exploit…