Measurement of the double-β decay half-life of 136Xe with the KamLAND-Zen experiment

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

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045504

Measurement of the double-β decay half-life of 136Xe with the KamLAND-Zen experiment

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

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We present results from the KamLAND-Zen double-beta decay experiment based on an exposure of 77.6 days with 129 kg of 136Xe. The measured two-neutrino double-beta decay half-life of 136Xe is T1/22ν=2.38±0.02(stat) ±0.14(syst)×1021 yr, consistent with a recent measurement by EXO-200. We also obtain a lower limit for the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life, T1/20ν>5.7×1024 yr at 90% confidence level (C. L.), which corresponds to almost a fivefold improvement over previous limits.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	045504
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	85
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045504
State	Published - Apr 19 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Gando, A., Gando, Y., Hanakago, H., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Kato, R., Koga, M., Matsuda, S., Mitsui, T., Nakada, T., Nakamura, K., Obata, A., Oki, A., Ono, Y., Shimizu, I., Shirai, J., Suzuki, A., Takemoto, Y., Tamae, K., ... Decowski, M. P. (2012). Measurement of the double-β decay half-life of 136Xe with the KamLAND-Zen experiment. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 85(4), Article 045504. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045504

Gando, A, Gando, Y, Hanakago, H, Ikeda, H, Inoue, K, Kato, R, Koga, M, Matsuda, S, Mitsui, T, Nakada, T, Nakamura, K, Obata, A, Oki, A, Ono, Y, Shimizu, I, Shirai, J, Suzuki, A, Takemoto, Y, Tamae, K, Ueshima, K, Watanabe, H, Xu, BD, Yamada, S, Yoshida, H, Kozlov, A, Yoshida, S, Banks, TI, Detwiler, JA, Freedman, SJ, Fujikawa, BK, Han, K, O'Donnell, T, Berger, BE, Efremenko, Y, Karwowski, HJ, Markoff, DM, Tornow, W, Enomoto, S & Decowski, MP 2012, 'Measurement of the double-β decay half-life of 136Xe with the KamLAND-Zen experiment', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 85, no. 4, 045504. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.045504

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