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arXiv 2006.07320hep-exnucl-exphysics.ins-det
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NEXT实验对氚-124双电子俘获的灵敏度

Sensitivity of the NEXT experiment to Xe-124 double electron capture

G. Martínez-Lema, M. Martínez-Vara, M. Sorel, C. Adams, V. Alvarez, L. Arazi, I. J. Arnquist, C. D. R Azevedo, K. Bailey, F. Ballester, J. M. Benlloch-Rodríguez… 展开作者

G. Martínez-Lema, M. Martínez-Vara, M. Sorel, C. Adams, V. Alvarez, 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, G. Díaz, J. Díaz, M. Diesburg, J. Escada, R. Esteve, R. Felkai, A. F. M. Fernandes, L. M. P. Fernandes, P. Ferrario, A. L. Ferreira, E. D. C. Freitas, J. Generowicz, S. Ghosh, A. Goldschmidt, J. J. Gómez-Cadenas, D. González-Díaz, R. Guenette, R. M. Gutiérrez, J. Haefner, K. Hafidi, J. Hauptman, C. A. O. Henriques, J. A. Hernando Morata, P. Herrero, V. Herrero, Y. Ifergan, S. Johnston, 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, A. D. McDonald, F. Monrabal, C. M. B. Monteiro, F. J. Mora, J. Muñoz Vidal, P. Novella, D. R. Nygren, B. Palmeiro, A. Para, J. Pérez, M. Querol, A. B. Redwine, J. Renner, J. Repond, S. Riordan, L. Ripoll, Y. Rodríguez García, J. Rodríguez, L. Rogers, B. Romeo, C. Romo-Luque, F. P. Santos, J. M. F. dos Santos, A. Simón, C. Sofka, T. Stiegler, J. F. Toledo, J. Torrent, A. Usón, J. F. C. A. Veloso, R. Webb, R. Weiss-Babai, J. T. White, K. Woodruff, N. Yahlali

摘要:

丰质子核的双电子俘获是一个类似于双β衰变的二级核过程。尽管它们有相似之处,但衰变特征却截然不同,这可能为测量这些衰变的假设无中微子模式提供了一个新的通道。标准模型允许的双中微子双电子捕获($2νECEC$)已经被预测为许多同位素,但只在$^{78}$ Kr,$^{130}$ Ba和最近的$^{124}$ Ba中观察到。对这种衰变的敏感性为最终的实验目标建立了一个基准,即发现这种过程的轻子数破坏的无中微子版本$0νECEC$的潜力。在这里,我们报告的当前灵敏度的NEXT-白色探测器$^{124}$双$2νECEC$和推断NEXT-100。使用模拟数据的$2νECEC$信号和实际数据从NEXT-白操作与$^{124}$氙贫化气体作为背景,我们定义了一个最佳的事件选择,最大化的NEXT-白的灵敏度。我们估计,对于使用富含1 kg $^{124}$同位素的氙气运行的NEXT-100,运行5年后,对$2νECEC$半衰期的灵敏度可达到$6 \times 10^{22}$ y(90%置信水平)或更高。

英文摘要:

Double electron capture by proton-rich nuclei is a second-order nuclear process analogous to double beta decay. Despite their similarities, the decay signature is quite different, potentially providing a new channel to measure the hypothesized neutrinoless mode of these decays. The Standard-Model-allowed two-neutrino double electron capture ($2νECEC$) has been predicted for a number of isotopes, but only observed in $^{78}$Kr, $^{130}$Ba and, recently, $^{124}$Xe. The sensitivity to this decay establishes a benchmark for the ultimate experimental goal, namely the potential to discover also the lepton-number-violating neutrinoless version of this process, $0νECEC$. Here we report on the current sensitivity of the NEXT-White detector to $^{124}$Xe $2νECEC$ and on the extrapolation to NEXT-100. Using simulated data for the $2νECEC$ signal and real data from NEXT-White operated with $^{124}$Xe-depleted gas as background, we define an optimal event selection that maximizes the NEXT-White sensitivity. We estimate that, for NEXT-100 operated with xenon gas isotopically enriched with 1 kg of $^{124}$Xe and for a 5-year run, a sensitivity to the $2νECEC$ half-life of $6 \times 10^{22}$ y (at 90% confidence level) or better can be reached.

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