The IGEX experiment reexamined: A response to the critique of Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Dietz, and Krivosheina

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Aalseth, CE [1 ]
Avignone, FT
Brodzinski, RL
Cebrian, S
Garcia, E
Gonzales, D
Hensley, WK
Irastorza, IG
Kirpichnikov, IV
Klimenko, AA
Miley, HS
Morales, A
Morales, J
de Solorzano, AO
Osetrov, SB
Pogosov, VS
Puimedon, J
Reeves, JH
Sarsa, ML
Smolnikov, AA
Starostin, AS
Tamanyan, AG
Vasenko, AA
Vasiliev, SI
Villar, JA
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[1] Pacific NW Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA
[2] Univ S Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
[3] Univ Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
[4] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
[5] Baksan Neutrino Observ, Nucl Res Inst, Neutrino 361309, Russia
[6] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2004年 / 70卷 / 07期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.70.078302
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This paper is a response to the preceding Comment by Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, Dietz, and Krivosheina. The criticisms are confronted, and the questions raised are answered. We demonstrate that the lower limit quoted by IGEX, T-1/2(0nu)(Ge-76)greater than or equal to1.57x10(25) yr, is correct and that there was no "arithmetical error" as claimed in the "Critical View" article.
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