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Searches for neutrinoless double beta decay of the 76Ge isotope.

2016/21/B/ST2/01094

Keywords:

Neutrino-less double beta decay Majorana neutrino neutrino mass experiment GERDA background reduction ultra-low background techniques.

Descriptors:

  • ST2_2: Particle physics
  • ST2_1: Fundamental interactions and fields

Panel:

ST2 - Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas and optical physics

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Grzegorz Zuzel 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 11 - announced on 2016-03-15

Amount awarded: 1 004 087 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-02-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-01-31

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Testowy system akwizycji danych (79 335 PLN)
  2. Pompy próżniowe (15 054 PLN)
  3. Wirówka do pomiarów niskotłowych.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (12)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (3)
  1. Calibration of the GERDA experiment
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2021, tom: 81, strony: 682), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09403-2 - link to the publication
  2. Characterization of inverted coaxial 76Ge detectors in GERDA for future double-β decay experiments
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2021, tom: 81, strony: 505), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09184-8 - link to the publication
  3. The first search for bosonic super-WIMPs with masses up to 1 MeV/c2 with GERDA
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2020, tom: 125, strony: 11801), Wydawca: American Physical Society (APS)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.011801 - link to the publication
  4. Characterization of 30 76Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2019, tom: 79, strony: 978), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7353-8 - link to the publication
  5. Fabrication, characterization and analysis of a prototype highpurity germanium detector for76Ge-based neutrinoless doublebeta decay experiments
    Authors:
    A. Jany, M.Misiaszek, T.Mroz, K. Panas, G. Zuzel, M. Wojcik, K. Brudecki, J. Jurkowski, J. W. Mietelski, R. Misiak, M. Marszałek, M. Mitura-Nowak
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2021, tom: 81, strony: 38), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-08781-3 - link to the publication
  6. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-β Decay of 76Ge from GERDA Phase II
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2018, tom: 120, strony: 132503), Wydawca: American Physical Society (APS)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132503 - link to the publication
  7. Limits on uranium and thorium bulk content in Gerda Phase I detectors
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2017, tom: 91, strony: 15-21), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.03.003 - link to the publication
  8. Probing Majorana neutrinos with double-b decay
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Science (rok: 2019, tom: 365, strony: 1445-1448), Wydawca: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.aav8613 - link to the publication
  9. Upgrade for Phase II of the Gerda experiment
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    The European Physical Journal C (rok: 2018, tom: 78, strony: 388), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5812-2 - link to the publication
  10. Background-free search for neutrinoless double-β decay of 76Ge with GERDA
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    Nature (rok: 2017, tom: 544, strony: 47-52), Wydawca: Nature Publishing Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/nature21717 - link to the publication
  11. Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2020, tom: 125, strony: 252502), Wydawca: American Physical Society (APS)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.252502 - link to the publication
  12. Modeling of GERDA Phase II data
    Authors:
    GERDA Collaboration and G. Zuzel
    Academic press:
    J. High Energ. Phys. (rok: 2020, tom: 2020, strony: 139), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/JHEP03(2020)139 - link to the publication
  1. Searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with GERDA
    Authors:
    N. Di Marco, on behalf of the GERDA Collaboration
    Conference:
    The 15th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Data:
    konferencja 12-22.02
    Status:
    Published
  2. Highlights from GERDA: Probing the Majorana Neutrino Mass at 100 meV
    Authors:
    Carla Maria Cattadori on behalf of the GERDA Collaboration
    Conference:
    7th International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: MDPI
    Data:
    konferencja 4–12.08
    Status:
    Published
  3. Read-out Electronics and Signal Processing in GERDA and Future Prospects
    Authors:
    Valerio D'Andrea on behalf of the GERDA Collaboration
    Conference:
    International conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (rok: 2019, ), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Data:
    konferencja 17-19.07
    Status:
    Published