Journal of High Energy Physics (Aug 2021)
Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches
- The NEXT collaboration,
- C. Adams,
- V. Álvarez,
- L. Arazi,
- I. J. Arnquist,
- C. D. R Azevedo,
- K. Bailey,
- F. Ballester,
- J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez,
- F. I. G. M. Borges,
- N. Byrnes,
- S. Cárcel,
- J. V. Carrión,
- S. Cebrián,
- E. Church,
- C. A. N. Conde,
- T. Contreras,
- A. A. Denisenko,
- G. Díaz,
- J. Díaz,
- J. Escada,
- R. Esteve,
- R. Felkai,
- L. M. P. Fernandes,
- P. Ferrario,
- A. L. Ferreira,
- F. Foss,
- E. D. C. Freitas,
- Z. Freixa,
- J. Generowicz,
- A. Goldschmidt,
- J. J. Gómez-Cadenas,
- R. González,
- D. González-Díaz,
- S. Gosh,
- R. Guenette,
- R. M. Gutiérrez,
- J. Haefner,
- K. Hafidi,
- J. Hauptman,
- C. A. O. Henriques,
- J. A. Hernando Morata,
- P. Herrero,
- V. Herrero,
- J. Ho,
- Y. Ifergan,
- B. J. P. Jones,
- M. Kekic,
- L. Labarga,
- A. Laing,
- P. Lebrun,
- N. López-March,
- M. Losada,
- R. D. P. Mano,
- J. Martín-Albo,
- A. Martínez,
- M. Martínez-Vara,
- G. Martínez-Lema,
- A. D. McDonald,
- Z. E. Meziani,
- F. Monrabal,
- C. M. B. Monteiro,
- F. J. Mora,
- J. Muñoz Vidal,
- C. Newhouse,
- P. Novella,
- D. R. Nygren,
- E. Oblak,
- B. Palmeiro,
- A. Para,
- J. Pérez,
- M. Querol,
- A. Redwine,
- J. Renner,
- L. Ripoll,
- I. Rivilla,
- Y. Rodríguez García,
- J. Rodríguez,
- C. Rogero,
- L. Rogers,
- B. Romeo,
- C. Romo-Luque,
- F. P. Santos,
- J. M. F. dos Santos,
- A. Simón,
- M. Sorel,
- C. Stanford,
- J. M. R. Teixeira,
- P. Thapa,
- J. F. Toledo,
- J. Torrent,
- A. Usón,
- J. F. C. A. Veloso,
- T. T. Vuong,
- R. Webb,
- R. Weiss-Babai,
- J. T. White,
- K. Woodruff,
- N. Yahlali
Affiliations
- The NEXT collaboration
- C. Adams
- Argonne National Laboratory
- V. Álvarez
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- L. Arazi
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- I. J. Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- 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), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- F. I. G. M. Borges
- LIP, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
- 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
- C. A. N. Conde
- LIP, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
- T. Contreras
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- A. A. Denisenko
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- G. Díaz
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- J. Díaz
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- J. Escada
- LIP, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
- R. Esteve
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- R. Felkai
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- L. M. P. Fernandes
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- P. Ferrario
- Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science)
- A. L. Ferreira
- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro
- F. Foss
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- E. D. C. Freitas
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- Z. Freixa
- Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science)
- J. Generowicz
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- A. Goldschmidt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- J. J. Gómez-Cadenas
- Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science)
- R. González
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- D. González-Díaz
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- S. Gosh
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- R. Guenette
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- R. M. Gutiérrez
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño
- 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, Universidade de Coimbra
- J. A. Hernando Morata
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- P. Herrero
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- V. Herrero
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- J. Ho
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- 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
- M. Kekic
- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- L. Labarga
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- A. Laing
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- P. Lebrun
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- N. López-March
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- M. Losada
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño
- R. D. P. Mano
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- J. Martín-Albo
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- A. Martínez
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- M. Martínez-Vara
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- G. Martínez-Lema
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- A. D. McDonald
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- Z. E. Meziani
- Argonne National Laboratory
- F. Monrabal
- Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science)
- C. M. B. Monteiro
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- F. J. Mora
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- J. Muñoz Vidal
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- C. Newhouse
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- P. Novella
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- D. R. Nygren
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- E. Oblak
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- B. Palmeiro
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- A. Para
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Pérez
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- M. Querol
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- A. Redwine
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Renner
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- L. Ripoll
- Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Girona
- I. Rivilla
- Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science)
- Y. Rodríguez García
- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño
- J. Rodríguez
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- C. Rogero
- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM), CSIC & Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU)
- L. Rogers
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- B. Romeo
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
- C. Romo-Luque
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- F. P. Santos
- LIP, Departamento de Física, Universidade de Coimbra
- J. M. F. dos Santos
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- A. Simón
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- M. Sorel
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- C. Stanford
- Department of Physics, Harvard University
- J. M. R. Teixeira
- LIBPhys, Universidade de Coimbra
- P. Thapa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington
- J. F. Toledo
- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), CSIC & Univ. Politècnica de València
- J. Torrent
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- A. Usón
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- 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
- R. Webb
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
- R. Weiss-Babai
- Unit of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- J. T. White
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
- K. Woodruff
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington
- N. Yahlali
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2021)164
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2021,
no. 8
pp. 1 – 24
Abstract
Abstract The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0νββ decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond.
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