A separation method of 0ν- and 2ν-events in double beta decay experiments with DCBA

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作者
Ishihara, N [1 ]
Inagaki, T
Ohama, T
Omata, K
Takeda, S
Yamada, Y
Emura, T
Itoh, R
Kato, Y
Sakamoto, Y
Shimada, K
Tamura, N
Kitamura, S
机构
[1] KEK, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[2] Tokyo Univ Agr & Technol, Koganei, Tokyo 1848588, Japan
[3] Niigata Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, Niigata 9502181, Japan
[4] Tokyo Metropolitan Univ Hlth Sci, Tokyo 1168551, Japan
关键词
momentum analyzer; drift chamber; vertex detection;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01003-7
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A detector called Drift Chamber Beta-ray Analyzer (DCBA) will provide momentum information of each beta-ray in double beta decay. The DCBA is expected to have good capabilities for particle identification, detection efficiency, background elimination and decay-source integration. Under the assumption of mass mechanism dominance in neutrinoless double beta decay, a simulation study shows that a combination method using both sum and single-energy distributions of double beta decay events can separate 0 nu- and 2 nu-events down to 0.05 eV of the effective neutrino mass with the help of a calculated nuclear matrix element, even though the DCBA has relatively poor energy resolution. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:101 / 107
页数:7
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