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New limits on the Pauli forbidden transitions in 12C nuclei obtained with the complete Borexino dataset
Borexino collaboration, D. Basilico, G. Bellini +70
The Pauli exclusion principle (PEP) was tested for nucleons in nuclei using the Borexino dataset from 2007 to 2021. %the complete Borexino detector data. The approach…
Search for the in-situ production of Ge in the GERDA neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment
M. Agostini, A. Alexander, G. Araujo +108
The beta decay of Ge and Ge, both produced by neutron capture on Ge, is a potential background for Germanium based neutrinoless double-beta decay sea…
Improved sensitivity in the search for rare decays of Gd isotopes
B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny, M. Thiesse +5
Gadolinium is widely used in multiple low-background experiments, making its isotopes accessible for rare decay searches both in-situ and through radiopurity screening data. This s…
Double-beta decay of Nd to excited levels of Sm
A. S. Barabash, P. Belli, R. Bernabei +23
The decay of Nd to the first excited 740.5 keV level of Sm was measured over 5.845 yr with the help of a four-crystal low-background HPGe s…
Final results of the measurement to search for rare decays of naturally occurring osmium isotopes with ultra-low background gamma-ray spectrometry
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +15
A long-term measurement was conducted to search for , double- and double- decays with quanta emission in naturally occurring osmium isotopes. This study took advantage…
Searches for new physics below twice the electron mass with GERDA
GERDA Collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +108
A search for full energy depositions from bosonic keV-scale dark matter candidates of masses between 65 keV and 1021 keV has been performed with data collected during Phase II of t…
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…
Deep-underground search for the decay of 180m-Ta with an ultra-low-background HPGe detector
R. Cerroni, S. Dell'Oro, A. Formicola +7
Ta is the longest-lived metastable state presently known. Its decay has not been observed yet. In this work, we report a new result on the decay of \mTa obtained with a $2…
Search for resonant neutrinoless double electron capture in Gd-152 and other rare decays in Gd isotopes
M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny +1
A search for rare decays of gadolinium isotopes was performed with an ultra-low background high-purity germanium detector at Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (Italy). A 198 g Gd$_…
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…
Updated and novel limits on double beta decay and dark matter-induced processes in platinum
B. Broerman, M. Laubenstein, S. Nagorny +3
A 510 day long-term measurement of a 45.3 g platinum foil acting as the sample and high voltage contact in an ultra-low-background high purity germanium detector was performed at L…
Development of cryogenic calorimeters to measure the spectral shape of In-115 beta decay
E. Celi, Z. Galazka, M. Laubenstein +4
The spectral shape of forbidden beta-decays is a crucial benchmark for nuclear physics calculations and has important implications also for astroparticle physics experiments. Among…
Search for rare alpha and double beta decays of Yb isotopes to excited levels of daughter nuclei
M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny +1
A search for alpha and double beta decays of ytterbium isotopes was performed with an ultra-low background high purity germanium detector at Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (Ital…
New experimental limits on double-beta decay of osmium
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +15
Double-beta processes in Os and Os were searched for over 15851 h at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the I.N.F.N. by using a 118 g ultra-pure osmium sa…
A search for rare and induced nuclear decays in hafnium
B. Broerman, M. Laubenstein, S. Nagorny +2
A measurement of hafnium foil using a modified ultra-low-background high purity detector with optimized sample-to-detector geometry was performed at Laboratori Nazionale del Gran S…
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…
Search for alpha decay of naturally occurring osmium nuclides accompanied by gamma quanta
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +14
A search for decay of naturally occurring osmium isotopes to the lowest excited levels of daughter nuclei has been performed by using an ultra-low-background Broad-Energy Germa…
Search for decay of naturally occurring Hf-nuclides using a CsHfCl scintillator
V. Caracciolo, S. Nagorny, P. Belli +8
Residual radioactive contaminants of a caesium hafnium chloride (CsHfCl) crystal scintillator have been measured in a low background setup at the Gran Sasso National Labora…
First limits on double beta decays in Th
M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny
As one of the primordial radioactive isotopes, Th mainly undergoes -decay with a half-life of yr. However, it is also one of 35 double beta decay…
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…
First direct search for and decay of Sm and decay of Sm
P. Belli, R. Bernabei, R. S. Boiko +12
The first direct search for the double electron capture () and the electron capture with positron emission () in Sm to the ground state and to the excited levels…
A new investigation of half-lives for the decay modes of V
M. Laubenstein, B. Lehnert, S. S. Nagorny +2
A new search for the decay modes of the 4-fold forbidden non-unique decay of V has been performed at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS). In total an exposure of 19…