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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-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…

nucl-ex2019★ 119 cited

A Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Ge with 26 kg-yr of Exposure from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

S. I. Alvis, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +61

The MAJORANA Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of Ge. The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR consists of 44…

nucl-ex2018★ 1 cited

The Majorana Demonstrator Status and Preliminary Results

C. -H. Yu, S. I. Alvis, I. J. Arnquist +63

The Majorana Collaboration is using an array of high-purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge. Searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay are under…

nucl-ex2017★ 184 cited

Search for Zero-Neutrino Double Beta Decay in 76Ge with the Majorana Demonstrator

C. E. Aalseth, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo +126

The \MJ\ Collaboration is operating an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge. The \MJ\ \DEM\ comprises 44.1~kg of Ge detectors…

nucl-ex2016★ 88 cited

New limits on Bosonic Dark Matter, Solar Axions, Pauli Exclusion Principle Violation, and Electron Decay from the Majorana Demonstrator

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +64

We present new limits on exotic keV-scale physics based on 478 kg d of MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR commissioning data. Constraints at the 90% confidence level are derived on bosonic dark…

nucl-ex2016★ 16 cited

Search for Pauli Exclusion Principle Violating Atomic Transitions and Electron Decay with a P-type Point Contact Germanium Detector

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +66

A search for Pauli-exclusion-principle-violating K-alpha electron transitions was performed using 89.5 kg-d of data collected with a p-type point contact high-purity germanium dete…

nucl-ex2016★ 27 cited

Initial Results from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

S. R. Elliott, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +64

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches seek to determine the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The {\sc M…

nucl-ex2016★ 33 cited

Muon Flux Measurements at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility with the Majorana Demonstrator Veto System

N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone +71

We report the first measurement of the total MUON flux underground at the Davis Campus of the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the 4850 ft level. Measurements were done wit…

nucl-ex2015★ 7 cited

The Majorana Demonstrator: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of 76Ge

Majorana Collaboration, W. Xu, N. Abgrall +63

Neutrinoless double-beta decay is a hypothesized process where in some even-even nuclei it might be possible for two neutrons to simultaneously decay into two protons and two elect…

nucl-ex2014★ 3 cited

A Dark Matter Search with MALBEK

G. K. Giovanetti, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo +84

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of natural and enriched high purity germanium detectors that will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76-Ge and perform a search…

nucl-ex2012★ 1 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: Progress towards showing the feasibility of a tonne-scale 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment

P. Finnerty, E. Aguayo, M. Amman +80

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of the 76Ge isotope with a mixed array of enriched and natural germanium detectors. The observation of…

nucl-ex2011★ 17 cited

The Majorana experiment: an ultra-low background search for neutrinoless double-beta decay

D. G. Phillips, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone +86

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would resolve the Majorana nature of the neutrino and could provide information on the absolute scale of the neutrino mass. The in…

nucl-ex2011★ 10 cited

The Majorana Demonstrator

E. Aguayo, J. E. Fast, E. W. Hoppe +90

A brief review of the history and neutrino physics of double beta decay is given. A description of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR research and development program including background r…

nucl-ex2011

The MAJORANA Experiment

The MAJORANA Collaboration

The MAJORANA collaboration is actively pursuing research and development aimed at a tonne-scale 76Ge neutrinoless double-beta decay) experiment. The current, primary focus is the c…

nucl-ex2011★ 21 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: A Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay of Germanium-76

MAJORANA Collaboration, A. G. Schubert, E. Aguayo +90

The observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay would determine whether the neutrino is a Majorana particle and provide information on the absolute scale of neutrino mass. The MA…

nucl-ex2011★ 1 cited

Depth Requirements for a Tonne-scale 76Ge Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay Experiment

The MAJORANA Collaboration, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone +90

Neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments can potentially determine the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino, and aid in understanding the neutrino absolute mass scale and hie…

nucl-ex2010★ 39 cited

The Majorana Experiment

V. E. Guiseppe

The Majorana Collaboration is assembling an array of HPGe detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Ge-76. Initially, Majorana aims to construct a prototype module…

nucl-ex2010★ 17 cited

Astroparticle Physics with a Customized Low-Background Broad Energy Germanium Detector

MAJORANA Collaboration, C. E. Aalseth, M. Amman +100

The MAJORANA Collaboration is building the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, a 60 kg array of high purity germanium detectors housed in an ultra-low background shield at the Sanford Undergrou…

nucl-ex2009★ 13 cited

TThe {\sc Majorana} Project

The MAJORANA collaboration

The {\sc Majorana} Project, a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment is described with an emphasis on the choice of Ge-detector configuration.

nucl-ex2009★ 17 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search

Reyco Henning

The MAJORANA collaboration is pursuing the development of the so-called MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. The DEMONSTRATOR is intended to perform research and development towards a tonne-scal…

nucl-ex2008★ 32 cited

The Majorana Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

V. E. Guiseppe

Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches play a major role in determining the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino m…

nucl-ex2008★ 18 cited

The Majorana Project

S. R. Elliott

Building a \BBz experiment with the ability to probe neutrino mass in the inverted hierarchy region requires the combination of a large detector mass sensitive to \BBz, on the orde…