Measurement of double beta decay of 100Mo to excited states in the NEMO 3 experiment

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作者
Arnold, R. [1 ]
Augier, C.
Baker, J.
Barabash, A. S.
Bongrand, M.
Broudin, G.
Brudanin, V.
Caffrey, A. J.
Egorov, V.
Etienvre, A. I.
Fatemi-Ghomi, N.
Hubert, F.
Hubert, Ph.
Jerie, J.
Jollet, C.
Jullian, S.
King, S.
Kochetov, O.
Konovalov, S. I.
Kovalenko, V.
Lalanne, D.
Lamhamdi, T.
Leccia, F.
Lemiere, Y.
Longuemare, C.
Lutter, G.
Marquete, Ch.
Mauger, F.
Nachab, A.
Ohsumi, H.
Perrot, F.
Piquemal, F.
Reyss, J. L.
Ricol, J. S.
Saakyan, R.
Sarazin, X.
Simard, L.
Simkovic, F.
Shitov, Yu.
Smolnikov, A.
Soldner-Rembold, S.
Stekl, I.
Suhonen, J.
Sutton, C. S.
Szklarz, G.
Thomas, J.
Timkin, V.
Tretyak, V.
Umatov, V.
Vala, L.
机构
[1] CNRS, IPHC, IN2P3, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
[2] CNRS, IN2P3, LAL, F-91405 Orsay, France
[3] Univ Paris 11, F-91405 Orsay, France
[4] INEEL, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 USA
[5] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia
[6] CNRS, CENBG, IN2P3, F-33170 Gradignan, France
[7] Univ Bordeaux 1, F-33170 Gradignan, France
[8] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[9] Univ Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England
[10] Czech Tech Univ, IEAP, CZ-12800 Prague, Czech Republic
[11] UCL, London WC1E 6BT, England
[12] USMBA, Fes, Morocco
[13] Univ Caen, F-14032 Caen, France
[14] CNRS, IN2P3, LPC, F-14032 Caen, France
[15] Saga Univ, Saga 8408502, Japan
[16] CENS, LSCE, F-91190 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[17] Comenius Univ, FMFI, SK-84248 Bratislava, Slovakia
[18] Univ Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla 40351, Finland
[19] Mt Holyoke Coll, S Hadley, MA 01075 USA
[20] Charles Univ Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
double beta decays neutrino; Mo-100; excited state;
D O I
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2006.09.021
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
The double beta decay of Mo-100 to the 0(1)(+) and 2(1)(+) excited states of Ru-100 is studied using the NEMO 3 data. After the analysis of 8024 h of data the half-life for the two-neutrino double beta decay of Mo-100 to the excited 0(1)(+) state is measured to be T-1/2((2v))=[5.7(-0.9)(+1.3)(stat.) +/- 0.8(syst.)] x 10(20) y. The signal -to-background ratio is equal to 3. Information about energy and angular distributions of emitted electrons is also obtained. No evidence for neutrinoless double beta decay to the excited 0(1)(+) state has been found. The corresponding half-life limit is T-1/2((Ov)) (0(+)-> 0(1)(+)) > 8.9 X 10(22) y (at 90% C.L.). The search for the double, beta decay to the 2(1)(+) excited state has allowed the determination of limits on the half-life for the two neutrino mode T-1/2((2v)) (0(+)-> 2(1)(+)) > 1.1 x 10(21) y (at 90% C.L.) and for the neutrinoless mode T-1/2((OV)) (0(+)-> 2(1)(+)) > 1.6 x 10(23) y (at 90% C.L.). (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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