THE HEIDELBERG-MOSCOW DOUBLE BETA-DECAY EXPERIMENT WITH ENRICHED GE-76 - 1ST RESULTS

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BALYSH, A
BECK, M
BELYAEV, ST
BOCKHOLT, J
DEMEHIN, A
ECHTERNACH, J
GUROV, A
HEUSSER, G
HIRSCH, M
KLAPDORKLEINGROTHAUS, HV
KONDRATENKO, I
LEBEDEV, VI
MAIER, B
MULLER, A
PETRY, F
PIEPKE, A
SCHMIDT-ROHR, U
STRECKER, H
ZUBER, K
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[1] IV KURCHATOV INST, MOSCOW 123182, USSR
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL, I-67010 ASSERGI, ITALY
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)91421-5
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The status of the Heidelberg-Moscow beta-beta-experiment using isotopically enriched Ge-76 is reported. The results of 14.8 mol yr (or 1.29 kg yr) of operation are presented. From these data a new half life time for the beta-beta-0-nu-decay of Ge-76 to the ground state of Se-76 of T1/2 > 1.4(2.5) X 10(24) yr with 90% (68%) CL can be deduced. For a possible neutrinoless decay to the first excited state a half life of 4.3(8.2) X 10(23) yr can be excluded with 90% (68%) CL.
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