The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of 36Ar, a candidate isotope for the two-neutrino double-electron capture (2 nu ECEC) and therefore for the neutrinoless double-electron capture (0 nu ECEC). If detected, this process would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In the radiative 0 nu ECEC of 36Ar, a monochromatic photon is emitted with an energy of 429.88 keV, which may be detected by the Gerda germanium detectors. We searched for the 36Ar 0 nu ECEC with Gerda data, with a total live time of 4.34 year (3.08 year accumulated during Gerda Phase II and 1.26 year during Gerda Phase I). No signal was found and a 90% CL lower limit on the half-life of this process was established T1/2>1.51022 year.
An improved limit on the neutrinoless double-electron capture of $$^{36}$$Ar with GERDA
Macolino, C.;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment operated enriched high-purity germanium detectors in a liquid argon cryostat, which contains 0.33% of 36Ar, a candidate isotope for the two-neutrino double-electron capture (2 nu ECEC) and therefore for the neutrinoless double-electron capture (0 nu ECEC). If detected, this process would give evidence of lepton number violation and the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In the radiative 0 nu ECEC of 36Ar, a monochromatic photon is emitted with an energy of 429.88 keV, which may be detected by the Gerda germanium detectors. We searched for the 36Ar 0 nu ECEC with Gerda data, with a total live time of 4.34 year (3.08 year accumulated during Gerda Phase II and 1.26 year during Gerda Phase I). No signal was found and a 90% CL lower limit on the half-life of this process was established T1/2>1.51022 year.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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