Search for exotic physics in double-β decays with GERDA Phase II
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Contributors
- Chair of Nuclear Physics
- University College London
- University of Zurich
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- University of Padua
- Technical University of Munich
- University of L'Aquila
- Gran Sasso Science Institute
- University of Tübingen
- 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 language | English |
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| Article number | 012 |
| Journal | Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics |
| Volume | 2022 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
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- double beta decay, neutrino properties, particle physics - cosmology connection