Journal of High Energy Physics (Sep 2023)
Demonstration of neutrinoless double beta decay searches in gaseous xenon with NEXT
- The NEXT collaboration,
- P. Novella,
- M. Sorel,
- A. Usón,
- C. Adams,
- H. Almazán,
- V. Álvarez,
- B. Aparicio,
- A. I. Aranburu,
- L. Arazi,
- I. J. Arnquist,
- F. Auria-Luna,
- S. Ayet,
- C. D. R. Azevedo,
- K. Bailey,
- F. Ballester,
- M. del Barrio-Torregrosa,
- A. Bayo,
- J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,
- F. I. G. M. Borges,
- S. Bounasser,
- N. Byrnes,
- S. Cárcel,
- J. V. Carrión,
- S. Cebrián,
- E. Church,
- L. Cid,
- C. A. N. Conde,
- T. Contreras,
- F. P. Cossío,
- E. Dey,
- G. Díaz,
- T. Dickel,
- M. Elorza,
- J. Escada,
- R. Esteve,
- A. Fahs,
- R. Felkai,
- L. M. P. Fernandes,
- P. Ferrario,
- A. L. Ferreira,
- F. W. Foss,
- E. D. C. Freitas,
- Z. Freixa,
- J. Generowicz,
- A. Goldschmidt,
- J. J. Gómez-Cadenas,
- R. González,
- J. Grocott,
- R. Guenette,
- J. Haefner,
- K. Hafidi,
- J. Hauptman,
- C. A. O. Henriques,
- J. A. Hernando Morata,
- P. Herrero-Gómez,
- V. Herrero,
- C. Hervés Carrete,
- J. Ho,
- P. Ho,
- Y. Ifergan,
- B. J. P. Jones,
- L. Labarga,
- L. Larizgoitia,
- A. Larumbe,
- P. Lebrun,
- F. Lopez,
- D. Lopez Gutierrez,
- N. López-March,
- R. Madigan,
- R. D. P. Mano,
- A. P. Marques,
- J. Martín-Albo,
- G. Martínez-Lema,
- M. Martínez-Vara,
- Z. E. Meziani,
- R. L. Miller,
- K. Mistry,
- J. Molina-Canteras,
- F. Monrabal,
- C. M. B. Monteiro,
- F. J. Mora,
- J. Muñoz Vidal,
- K. Navarro,
- A. Nuñez,
- D. R. Nygren,
- E. Oblak,
- M. Odriozola-Gimeno,
- J. Palacio,
- B. Palmeiro,
- A. Para,
- I. Parmaksiz,
- J. Pelegrin,
- M. Pérez Maneiro,
- M. Querol,
- A. B. Redwine,
- J. Renner,
- I. Rivilla,
- J. Rodríguez,
- C. Rogero,
- L. Rogers,
- B. Romeo,
- C. Romo-Luque,
- F. P. Santos,
- J. M. F. dos Santos,
- A. Simón,
- S. R. Soleti,
- C. Stanford,
- J. M. R. Teixeira,
- J. F. Toledo,
- J. Torrent,
- J. F. C. A. Veloso,
- T. T. Vuong,
- J. Waiton,
- J. T. White
Affiliations
- The NEXT collaboration
- P. Novella
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- M. Sorel
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- A. Usón
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- C. Adams
- Argonne National Laboratory
- H. Almazán
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- V. Álvarez
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- B. Aparicio
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)
- A. I. Aranburu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)
- L. Arazi
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- I. J. Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- F. Auria-Luna
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)
- S. Ayet
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
- C. D. R. Azevedo
- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
- K. Bailey
- Argonne National Laboratory
- F. Ballester
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- M. del Barrio-Torregrosa
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- A. Bayo
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- F. I. G. M. Borges
- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
- S. Bounasser
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- N. Byrnes
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- S. Cárcel
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- J. V. Carrión
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- S. Cebrián
- Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías (CAPA), Universidad de Zaragoza
- E. Church
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- L. Cid
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- C. A. N. Conde
- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
- T. Contreras
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- F. P. Cossío
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- E. Dey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- G. Díaz
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
- T. Dickel
- II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
- M. Elorza
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- J. Escada
- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
- R. Esteve
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- A. Fahs
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- R. Felkai
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- L. M. P. Fernandes
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- P. Ferrario
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- A. L. Ferreira
- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
- F. W. Foss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- E. D. C. Freitas
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- Z. Freixa
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)
- J. Generowicz
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- A. Goldschmidt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
- J. J. Gómez-Cadenas
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- R. González
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- J. Grocott
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- R. Guenette
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- J. Haefner
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- K. Hafidi
- Argonne National Laboratory
- J. Hauptman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
- C. A. O. Henriques
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- J. A. Hernando Morata
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
- P. Herrero-Gómez
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- V. Herrero
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- C. Hervés Carrete
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
- J. Ho
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- P. Ho
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- Y. Ifergan
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- B. J. P. Jones
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- L. Labarga
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- L. Larizgoitia
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- A. Larumbe
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)
- P. Lebrun
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- F. Lopez
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- D. Lopez Gutierrez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- N. López-March
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- R. Madigan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- R. D. P. Mano
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- A. P. Marques
- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
- J. Martín-Albo
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- G. Martínez-Lema
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- M. Martínez-Vara
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- Z. E. Meziani
- Argonne National Laboratory
- R. L. Miller
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- K. Mistry
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- J. Molina-Canteras
- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)
- F. Monrabal
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- C. M. B. Monteiro
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- F. J. Mora
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- J. Muñoz Vidal
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- K. Navarro
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- A. Nuñez
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- D. R. Nygren
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- E. Oblak
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- M. Odriozola-Gimeno
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- J. Palacio
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- B. Palmeiro
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- A. Para
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- I. Parmaksiz
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- J. Pelegrin
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- M. Pérez Maneiro
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
- M. Querol
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- A. B. Redwine
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- J. Renner
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela
- I. Rivilla
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- J. Rodríguez
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- C. Rogero
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM), CSIC & Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)
- L. Rogers
- Argonne National Laboratory
- B. Romeo
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- C. Romo-Luque
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- F. P. Santos
- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra
- J. M. F. dos Santos
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- A. Simón
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- S. R. Soleti
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- C. Stanford
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- J. M. R. Teixeira
- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra
- J. F. Toledo
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC — Universitat Politècnica de València
- J. Torrent
- Donostia International Physics Center, BERC Basque Excellence Research Centre
- J. F. C. A. Veloso
- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
- T. T. Vuong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- J. Waiton
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester University
- J. T. White
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2023)190
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2023,
no. 9
pp. 1 – 35
Abstract
Abstract The NEXT experiment aims at the sensitive search of the neutrinoless double beta decay in 136Xe, using high-pressure gas electroluminescent time projection chambers. The NEXT-White detector is the first radiopure demonstrator of this technology, operated in the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc. Achieving an energy resolution of 1% FWHM at 2.6 MeV and further background rejection by means of the topology of the reconstructed tracks, NEXT-White has been exploited beyond its original goals in order to perform a neu- trinoless double beta decay search. The analysis considers the combination of 271.6 days of 136Xe-enriched data and 208.9 days of 136Xe-depleted data. A detailed background modeling and measurement has been developed, ensuring the time stability of the radiogenic and cosmogenic contributions across both data samples. Limits to the neutrinoless mode are obtained in two alternative analyses: a background-model-dependent approach and a novel direct background-subtraction technique, offering results with small dependence on the background model assumptions. With a fiducial mass of only 3.50 ± 0.01 kg of 136Xe-enriched xenon, 90% C.L. lower limits to the neutrinoless double beta decay are found in the T 1 / 2 0 ν $$ {T}_{1/2}^{0\nu } $$ > 5.5 × 1023 − 1.3 × 1024 yr range, depending on the method. The presented techniques stand as a proof-of-concept for the searches to be implemented with larger NEXT detectors.
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