Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Double-beta decay of $^{130}$Te to the first 0$^{+}$ excited state of $^{130}$Xe with CUORICINO |
| Authors: |
Andreotti, E., Arnaboldi, C., Avignone III, F. T., Balata, M., Bandac, I., Barucci, M., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Brofferio, C., Bryant, A., Bucci, C., Canonica, L., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Carrettoni, M., Clemenza, M., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Di Domizio, S., Dolinski, M. J., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Farach, H. A., Ferri, E., Fiorini, E., Foggetta, L., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Guardincerri, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Kazkaz, K., Kogler, L., Kraft, S., Maiano, C., Martinez, C., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Newman, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., Orio, F., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Risegari, L., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Salvioni, C., Sangiorgio, S., Schaeffer, D., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Tomei, C., Ventura, G., Vignati, M. |
| Source: |
Phys. Rev. C 85, 045503 (2012) |
| Publication Year: |
2011 |
| Collection: |
Nuclear Experiment |
| Subject Terms: |
Nuclear Experiment |
| More Details: |
The CUORICINO experiment was an array of 62 TeO$_{2}$ single-crystal bolometers with a total $^{130}$Te mass of $11.3\,$kg. The experiment finished in 2008 after more than 3 years of active operating time. Searches for both $0\nu$ and $2\nu$ double-beta decay to the first excited $0^{+}$ state in $^{130}$Xe were performed by studying different coincidence scenarios. The analysis was based on data representing a total exposure of N($^{130}$Te)$\cdot$t=$9.5\times10^{25}\,$y. No evidence for a signal was found. The resulting lower limits on the half lives are $T^{2\nu}_{1/2}(^{130} Te\rightarrow^{130} Xe^{*})>1.3\times10^{23}\,$y (90% C.L.), and $T^{0\nu}_{1/2}(^{130} Te\rightarrow^{130} Xe^{*})>9.4\times10^{23}\,$y (90% C.L.).
Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045503 |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.4313 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.1108.4313 |
| Database: |
arXiv |
