Search for exotic physics in double-β decays with GERDA Phase II

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Contributors

  • GERDA collaboration - (Author)
  • Chair of Nuclear Physics
  • University College London
  • University of Zurich
  • Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
  • National Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • RAS - Institute for Nuclear Research
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
  • University of Padua
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
  • University of L'Aquila
  • Gran Sasso Science Institute
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Tübingen
  • European Commission
  • Dubna State University
  • TUD Dresden University of Technology

Abstract

A search for Beyond the Standard Model double-β decay modes of 76Ge has been performed with data collected during the Phase II of the GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN (Italy). Improved limits on the decays involving Majorons have been obtained, compared to previous experiments with 76Ge, with half-life values on the order of 1023 yr. For the first time with 76Ge, limits on Lorentz invariance violation effects in double-β decay have been obtained. The isotropic coefficient å(3) of , which embeds Lorentz violation in double-β decay, has been constrained at the order of 10-6 GeV. We also set the first experimental limits on the search for light exotic fermions in double-β decay, including sterile neutrinos.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number012
JournalJournal of cosmology and astroparticle physics
Volume2022
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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Keywords

  • double beta decay, neutrino properties, particle physics - cosmology connection