Limit on neutrinoless ββ decay of Xe136 from the first phase of KamLAND-Zen and comparison with the positive claim in Ge76

A. Gando, Y. Gando, H. Hanakago, H. Ikeda, K. Inoue, K. Ishidoshiro, R. Kato, M. Koga, S. Matsuda, T. Mitsui, D. Motoki, T. Nakada, K. Nakamura, A. Obata, A. Oki, Y. Ono, M. Otani, I. Shimizu, J. Shirai, A. SuzukiY. Takemoto, K. Tamae, K. Ueshima, H. Watanabe, B. D. Xu, S. Yamada, H. Yoshida, A. Kozlov, S. Yoshida, T. I. Banks, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, K. Han, T. O'Donnell, B. E. Berger, Y. Efremenko, H. J. Karwowski, D. M. Markoff, W. Tornow, J. A. Detwiler, S. Enomoto, M. P. Decowski

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Abstract

We present results from the first phase of the KamLAND-Zen double-beta decay experiment, corresponding to an exposure of 89.5 kg yr of Xe136. We obtain a lower limit for the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of T1/20ν>1.9×1025 yr at 90% C.L. The combined results from KamLAND-Zen and EXO-200 give T1/20ν>3.4×1025 yr at 90% C.L., which corresponds to a Majorana neutrino mass limit of mββ <(120-250) meV based on a representative range of available matrix element calculations. Using those calculations, this result excludes the Majorana neutrino mass range expected from the neutrinoless double-beta decay detection claim in Ge76, reported by a part of the Heidelberg-Moscow Collaboration, at more than 97.5% C.L.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number062502
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume110
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 7 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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