activity
20112026
most citedThe Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (LEGEND)

216 citations · 863 across the 41 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators
Showing nucl-exShow all

18 papers · 1 filter

nucl-ex2024★ 1 cited

Rare multi-nucleon decays with the full data sets of the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash +39

The Majorana Demonstrator was an ultra-low-background experiment designed for neutrinoless double-beta decay () investigation in Ge. Located at the Sanford Underground…

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-ex2023★ 19 cited

Measurement of the Electron-Neutrino Charged-Current Cross Sections on I with the COHERENT NaIE detector

P. An, C. Awe, P. S. Barbeau +86

Using an 185-kg NaI[Tl] array, COHERENT has measured the inclusive electron-neutrino charged-current cross section on I with pion decay-at-rest neutrinos produced by the…

nucl-ex2022★ 7 cited

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

C. Adams, K. Alfonso, C. Andreoiu +229

This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta…

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-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-ex2018★ 60 cited

COHERENT Collaboration data release from the first observation of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, J. B. Albert +91

This release includes data and information necessary to perform independent analyses of the COHERENT result presented in Akimov et al., arXiv:1708.01294 [nucl-ex]. Data is shared i…

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-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-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★ 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…