The SuperNEMO Experiment
R. Benton Pahlka

TL;DR
The SuperNEMO experiment aims to detect neutrinoless double beta decay with increased sensitivity, which could reveal whether neutrinos are Majorana particles and help determine their absolute mass scale.
Contribution
SuperNEMO extends the sensitivity of NEMO-3 to explore neutrinoless double beta decay with new isotopes and improved detection capabilities.
Findings
Target sensitivity of 10^{26} years for decay half-life
Potential to explore neutrino mass hierarchy down to 50 meV
Enhanced detection methods for neutrinoless double beta decay
Abstract
The observation of neutrino oscillations has proven that neutrinos have mass. This is direct evidence of physics beyond the Standard Model. This discovery has renewed interest in neutrinoless double beta decay () experiments which provide the only practical way to determine whether neutrinos are Majorana or Dirac particles. Such experiments also have the potential to determine the absolute scale of the neutrino mass and help resolve the neutrino mass hierarchy question. The NEMO-3 (Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory) is currently one of the most sensitive searches for neutrinoless double beta decay. The main goal of SuperNEMO is to extend the sensitivity of the NEMO-3 search for neutrinoless double beta decay (and to measure two-neutrino double beta decay). The two isotopes under consideration for SuperNEMO are Se and Nd. The target…
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Taxonomy
TopicsNeutrino Physics Research · Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
