First results on double beta decay modes of Cd, Te and Zn isotopes with the COBRA experiment

Details First results on double beta decay modes of Cd, Te and Zn isotopes with the COBRA experiment First results on double beta decay modes of Cd, Te and Zn isotopes with the COBRA experiment

2007-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/0707.2756v1

Phys.Rev.C76:025501,2007

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

8 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.76.025501

Four 1cm^3 CdZnTe semiconductor detectors were operated in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory to explore the feasibility of such devices for double beta decay searches as proposed for the COBRA experiment. The research involved background studies accompanied by measurements of energy resolution performed at the surface. Energy resolutions sufficient to reduce the contribution of two-neutrino double beta decay events to a negligible level for a large scale experiment have already been achieved and further improvements are expected. Using activity measurements of contaminants in all construction materials a background model was developed with the help of Monte Carlo simulations and major background sources were identified. A total exposure of 4.34 kg.days of underground data has been accumulated allowing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay modes of seven isotopes found in CdZnTe. Half-life limits (90% C.L.) are presented for decays to ground and excited states. Four improved lower limits have been obtained, including zero neutrino double electron capture transitions of Zn64 and Te120 to the ground state, which are 1.19*10^{17} years and 2.68*10^{15} years respectively.

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