Double beta decays into excited states in 110Pd and 102Pd

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Contributors

  • B. Lehnert - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
  • E. Andreotti - , European Commission (Author)
  • D. Degering - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • M. Hult - , European Commission (Author)
  • M. Laubenstein - , National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Author)
  • T. Wester - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)
  • K. Zuber - , Chair of Nuclear Physics (Author)

Abstract

A search for double beta decays of 110Pd and 102Pd into excited states of the daughter nuclides has been performed using three ultra-low background gamma-spectrometry measurements in the Felsenkeller laboratory, Germany, the HADES laboratory, Belgium and at the LNGS, Italy. The combined Bayesian analysis of the three measurements sets improved half-life limits for the 2vββ and 0vββ decay modes of the 21+, 01+ and 2+2 transitions in 110Pd to 2.9 - 1020 yr, 4.0 - 1020 yr and 3.0 - 1020 yr, respectively, and in 102Pd to 7.6 - 1018 yr, 8.8 - 1018 yr and 1.4 - 1019 yr, respectively, with 90% credibility.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number115201
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume43
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 17 Oct 2016
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-6705-7138/work/176344583

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Keywords

  • double beta decay, gamma spectroscopy, rare event search