European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (May 2018)
Upgrade for Phase II of the Gerda experiment
- GERDA Collaboration,
- M. Agostini,
- A. M. Bakalyarov,
- M. Balata,
- I. Barabanov,
- L. Baudis,
- C. Bauer,
- E. Bellotti,
- S. Belogurov,
- S. T. Belyaev,
- G. Benato,
- A. Bettini,
- L. Bezrukov,
- T. Bode,
- D. Borowicz,
- V. Brudanin,
- R. Brugnera,
- A. Caldwell,
- C. Cattadori,
- A. Chernogorov,
- V. D’Andrea,
- E. V. Demidova,
- N. Di Marco,
- A. Domula,
- E. Doroshkevich,
- V. Egorov,
- R. Falkenstein,
- N. Frodyma,
- A. Gangapshev,
- A. Garfagnini,
- P. Grabmayr,
- V. Gurentsov,
- K. Gusev,
- J. Hakenmüller,
- A. Hegai,
- M. Heisel,
- S. Hemmer,
- R. Hiller,
- W. Hofmann,
- M. Hult,
- L. V. Inzhechik,
- L. Ioannucci,
- J. Janicskó Csáthy,
- J. Jochum,
- M. Junker,
- V. Kazalov,
- Y. Kermaïdic,
- T. Kihm,
- I. V. Kirpichnikov,
- A. Kirsch,
- A. Kish,
- A. Klimenko,
- R. Kneißl,
- K. T. Knöpfle,
- O. Kochetov,
- V. N. Kornoukhov,
- V. V. Kuzminov,
- M. Laubenstein,
- A. Lazzaro,
- V. I. Lebedev,
- B. Lehnert,
- M. Lindner,
- I. Lippi,
- A. Lubashevskiy,
- B. Lubsandorzhiev,
- G. Lutter,
- C. Macolino,
- B. Majorovits,
- W. Maneschg,
- E. Medinaceli,
- M. Miloradovic,
- R. Mingazheva,
- M. Misiaszek,
- P. Moseev,
- I. Nemchenok,
- S. Nisi,
- K. Panas,
- L. Pandola,
- K. Pelczar,
- A. Pullia,
- C. Ransom,
- S. Riboldi,
- N. Rumyantseva,
- C. Sada,
- F. Salamida,
- M. Salathe,
- C. Schmitt,
- B. Schneider,
- S. Schönert,
- J. Schreiner,
- A-K. Schütz,
- O. Schulz,
- B. Schwingenheuer,
- O. Selivanenko,
- E. Shevchik,
- M. Shirchenko,
- H. Simgen,
- A. Smolnikov,
- L. Stanco,
- L. Vanhoefer,
- A. A. Vasenko,
- A. Veresnikova,
- K. von Sturm,
- V. Wagner,
- A. Wegmann,
- T. Wester,
- C. Wiesinger,
- M. Wojcik,
- E. Yanovich,
- I. Zhitnikov,
- S. V. Zhukov,
- D. Zinatulina,
- A. J. Zsigmond,
- K. Zuber,
- G. Zuzel
Affiliations
- GERDA Collaboration
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- M. Agostini
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- A. M. Bakalyarov
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- M. Balata
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- I. Barabanov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- L. Baudis
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- C. Bauer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- E. Bellotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca
- S. Belogurov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- S. T. Belyaev
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- G. Benato
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- A. Bettini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- L. Bezrukov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- T. Bode
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- D. Borowicz
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- V. Brudanin
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Brugnera
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- A. Caldwell
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- C. Cattadori
- INFN Milano Bicocca
- A. Chernogorov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- V. D’Andrea
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- E. V. Demidova
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- N. Di Marco
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- A. Domula
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- E. Doroshkevich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- V. Egorov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Falkenstein
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- N. Frodyma
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- A. Gangapshev
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Garfagnini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- P. Grabmayr
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- V. Gurentsov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- K. Gusev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- J. Hakenmüller
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Hegai
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- M. Heisel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- S. Hemmer
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- R. Hiller
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- W. Hofmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- M. Hult
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- L. V. Inzhechik
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- L. Ioannucci
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- J. Janicskó Csáthy
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- J. Jochum
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- M. Junker
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- V. Kazalov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Y. Kermaïdic
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- T. Kihm
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- I. V. Kirpichnikov
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- A. Kirsch
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Kish
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- A. Klimenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. Kneißl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- K. T. Knöpfle
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- O. Kochetov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- V. N. Kornoukhov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- V. V. Kuzminov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- M. Laubenstein
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- A. Lazzaro
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- V. I. Lebedev
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- B. Lehnert
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- M. Lindner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- I. Lippi
- INFN Padova
- A. Lubashevskiy
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- B. Lubsandorzhiev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- G. Lutter
- European Commission, JRC-Geel
- C. Macolino
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- B. Majorovits
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- W. Maneschg
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- E. Medinaceli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- M. Miloradovic
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- R. Mingazheva
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- M. Misiaszek
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- P. Moseev
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- I. Nemchenok
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- S. Nisi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- K. Panas
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- L. Pandola
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
- K. Pelczar
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- A. Pullia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano
- C. Ransom
- Physik Institut der Universität Zürich
- S. Riboldi
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano
- N. Rumyantseva
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- C. Sada
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- F. Salamida
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and Gran Sasso Science Institute
- M. Salathe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- C. Schmitt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- B. Schneider
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- S. Schönert
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- J. Schreiner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A-K. Schütz
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- O. Schulz
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- B. Schwingenheuer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- O. Selivanenko
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- E. Shevchik
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- M. Shirchenko
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- H. Simgen
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Smolnikov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- L. Stanco
- INFN Padova
- L. Vanhoefer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- A. A. Vasenko
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”
- A. Veresnikova
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- K. von Sturm
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova
- V. Wagner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- A. Wegmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
- T. Wester
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- C. Wiesinger
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München
- M. Wojcik
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- E. Yanovich
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- I. Zhitnikov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- S. V. Zhukov
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”
- D. Zinatulina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- A. J. Zsigmond
- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
- K. Zuber
- Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden
- G. Zuzel
- Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5812-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 78,
no. 5
pp. 1 – 30
Abstract
Abstract The Gerda collaboration is performing a sensitive search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $$^{76}\hbox {Ge}$$ 76Ge at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The upgrade of the Gerda experiment from Phase I to Phase II has been concluded in December 2015. The first Phase II data release shows that the goal to suppress the background by one order of magnitude compared to Phase I has been achieved. Gerda is thus the first experiment that will remain “background-free” up to its design exposure ($$\hbox {100 kg}~\hbox {year}$$ 100 kgyear ). It will reach thereby a half-life sensitivity of more than $$10^{26}$$ 1026 year within 3 years of data collection. This paper describes in detail the modifications and improvements of the experimental setup for Phase II and discusses the performance of individual detector components.
