First search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 94,96Zr isotopes using Cs2ZrCl6 crystal scintillators.

Autor: Leoncini, A., Belli, P., Bernabei, R., Cappella, F., Caracciolo, V., Cerulli, R., Incicchitti, A., Laubenstein, M., Merlo, V., Nagorny, S. S., Nahorna, V. V., Nisi, S., Wang, P.
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2024, Vol. 3138 Issue 1, p1-5, 5p
Abstrakt: An experiment to study double-beta decay (DBD) processes in 94,96Zr using two Cs2ZrCl6 (CZC) crystal scintillators (11 g and 24 g) has been performed deep underground in the DAMA/CRYS setup at LNGS. These crystals have been studied in terms of chemical purity and internal radioactive contamination, scintillation and PSD performances. Their high radiopurity was confirmed by low-background measurements over 456.5 d which resulted in a counting rate of 0.17 (kg·keV·y) −1 at the Q value of 96Zr. Limits on different DBD modes of 94,96Zr were set at the level T1/2 ~ 1017 − 1020 y (90% C.L.). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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