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most citedThe Majorana Demonstrator Radioassay Program

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physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR experiment's construction, commissioning, and performance

N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, I. J. Arnquist +108

Background: The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR , a modular array of isotopically enriched high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, was constructed to demonstrate backgrounds low enough to ju…

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…

physics.ins-det2016★ 8 cited

High voltage testing for the MAJORANA Demonstrator

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +70

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 44-kg modular high-purity Ge (HPGe) detector array to search for neutrinoless double-…

physics.ins-det2016★ 10 cited

Development of a low-level Ar-37 calibration standard

R. M. Williams, C. E. Aalseth, T. W. Bowyer +16

Argon-37 is an environmental signature of an underground nuclear explosion. Producing and quantifying low-level Ar-37 standards is an important step in the development of sensitive…

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…

physics.ins-det2016★ 117 cited

The Majorana Demonstrator Radioassay Program

N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone +82

The MAJORANA collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTATOR at the Sanford Underground Research Facility at the Homestake gold mine, in Lead, SD. The apparatus will use Ge…

physics.ins-det2015

Status Update of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment

Julieta Gruszko, Nicolas Abgrall, Isaac Arnquist +67

Neutrinoless double beta decay searches play a major role in determining neutrino properties, in particular the Majorana or Dirac nature of the neutrino and the absolute scale of t…

physics.ins-det2015★ 1 cited

Status of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +67

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, an ultra-low background, modular, HPGe detector array with a mass of 44-kg (29 kg 76Ge and 15 kg natGe) to sea…

physics.ins-det2015★ 4 cited

Low Background Signal Readout Electronics for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

I. Guinn, N. Abgrall, F. T. Avignone +62

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is a planned 40 kg array of Germanium detectors intended to demonstrate the feasibility of constructing a tonne-scale experiment that will seek neutrinole…

physics.ins-det2015★ 5 cited

MAJORANA Collaboration's Experience with Germanium Detectors

S. Mertens, N. Abgrall, F. T. Avignone +62

The goal of the \textsc{Majorana} \textsc{Demonstrator} project is to search for 0 decay in . Of all candidate isotopes for 0, has so…

physics.ins-det2015★ 2 cited

Status of the MAJORANA Demonstrator

C. Cuesta, N. Abgrall, I. J. Arnquist +64

The MAJORANA Collaboration is constructing the MAJORANA Demonstrator, an ultra-low background, 40-kg modular high purity Ge detector array to search for neutrinoless double-beta de…

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…

physics.ins-det2014

Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

W. Xu, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo +84

High purity germanium (HPGe) crystals will be used for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, where they serve as both the source and the detector for neutrinoless double beta decay. It is cru…

physics.ins-det2013★ 1 cited

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

MAJORANA Collaboration, S. R. Elliott, N. Abgrall +80

The {\sc Majorana} collaboration is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay using Ge, which has been shown to have a number of advantages in terms of sensitivities and…

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…

physics.ins-det2012★ 2 cited

Characteristics of Signals Originating Near the Lithium-Diffused N+ Contact of High Purity Germanium P-Type Point Contact Detectors

The MAJORANA Collaboration, E. Aguayo, M. Amman +83

A study of signals originating near the lithium-diffused n+ contact of p-type point contact (PPC) high purity germanium detectors (HPGe) is presented. The transition region between…

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…