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在Majorana Demonstrator中寻找波函数坍缩引发的自发辐射

Search for Spontaneous Radiation from Wavefunction Collapse in the Majorana Demonstrator

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, E. Blalock, B. Bos, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, Y-D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. -H. Ch… 展开作者

I. J. Arnquist, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, C. J. Barton, E. Blalock, B. Bos, M. Busch, M. Buuck, T. S. Caldwell, Y-D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, P. -H. Chu, M. L. Clark, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, Yu. Efremenko, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, G. K. Giovanetti, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, I. S. Guinn, V. E. Guiseppe, C. R. Haufe, R. Henning, D. Hervas Aguilar, E. W. Hoppe, A. Hostiuc, I. Kim, R. T. Kouzes, T. E. Lannen, A. M. Lopez, J. M. López-Castaño, E. L. Martin, R. D. Martin, R. Massarczyk, S. J. Meijer, T. K. Oli, G. Othman, L. S. Paudel, W. Pettus, A. W. P. Poon, D. C. Radford, A. L. Reine, K. Rielage, N. W. Ruof, D. Tedeschi, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, C. -H. Yu, B. X. Zhu

AI总结:

本研究利用Majorana Demonstrator实验的低本底锗探测器数据,检验连续自发局域化等波函数坍缩模型预言的自发X射线辐射,未发现相关信号,并给出了迄今最严格的坍缩率上限。

摘要:

Majorana Demonstrator无中微子双β衰变实验由总质量44 kg(其中30 kg富集$^{76}\text{Ge}$)的p型点接触锗探测器阵列组成。凭借其前所未有的能量分辨率和超低本底,Majorana实验还在100 keV以下的低能区寻找超出标准模型物理的稀有事件信号。在本《快报》中,我们检验了连续自发局域化(CSL)模型,该模型是数学上动机充分的波函数坍缩模型之一,旨在解决长期悬而未决的量子力学测量问题。尽管CSL模型预言X射线波段存在可探测的辐射信号,但我们利用Demonstrator在2015年12月31日至2019年11月27日期间收集的、曝光量为37.5 kg·y的富集锗数据,在19–100 keV范围内未发现此类辐射的证据。我们研究了CSL的非质量比例(n-m-p)和质量比例(m-p)两种版本,并采用了两种不同假设:仅准自由电子可发射X射线辐射,以及原子核可相干发射放大的辐射。在所有情形下,我们都给出了迄今为止对白噪声CSL模型坍缩率$λ$最严格的上限,灵敏度较同类搜索提升了40–100倍。我们的上限在大部分允许的参数空间内都是最严格的。若将该结果用Diòsi-Penrose引力波函数坍缩模型来解释,95%置信水平下的下限较此前的最佳限制提升了近一个数量级。

英文摘要:

The Majorana Demonstrator neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment comprises a 44 kg (30 kg enriched in $^{76}\mathrm{Ge}$) array of $p$-type, point-contact germanium detectors. With its unprecedented energy resolution and ultralow backgrounds, Majorana also searches for rare event signatures from beyond standard model physics in the low energy region below 100 keV. In this Letter, we test the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model, one of the mathematically well-motivated wave function collapse models aimed at solving the long-standing unresolved quantum mechanical measurement problem. While the CSL predicts the existence of a detectable radiation signature in the x-ray domain, we find no evidence of such radiation in the 19--100 keV range in a 37.5 kg-y enriched germanium exposure collected between December 31, 2015, and November 27, 2019, with the Demonstrator. We explored both the non-mass-proportional (n-m-p) and the mass-proportional (m-p) versions of the CSL with two different assumptions: that only the quasifree electrons can emit the x-ray radiation and that the nucleus can coherently emit an amplified radiation. In all cases, we set the most stringent upper limit to date for the white CSL model on the collapse rate, $λ$, providing a factor of 40--100 improvement in sensitivity over comparable searches. Our limit is the most stringent for large parts of the allowed parameter space. If the result is interpreted in terms of the Diòsi-Penrose gravitational wave function collapse model, the lower bound with a 95% confidence level is almost an order of magnitude improvement over the previous best limit.

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