Study of 2b-decay of Mo-100 and Se-82 using the NEMO3 detector

TL;DR

This paper reports new experimental limits on neutrinoless double beta decay for Mo-100 and Se-82, using the NEMO3 detector, providing insights into neutrino properties and rare nuclear processes.

Contribution

The study provides the most stringent limits to date on neutrinoless double beta decay for Mo-100 and Se-82, and measures two-neutrino decay half-lives with high precision.

Findings

New limits on neutrinoless double beta decay half-lives

Precise measurements of two-neutrino double beta decay half-lives

Constraints on Majoron-neutrino coupling constants

Abstract

After analysis of 5797 h of data from the detector NEMO3, new limits on neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo-100 (T_{1/2} > 3.1 10^{23} y, 90% CL) and Se-82 (T_{1/2} > 1.4 10^{23} y, 90% CL) have been obtained. The corresponding limits on the effective majorana neutrino mass are: m < (0.8-1.2) eV and m < (1.5-3.1) eV, respectively. Also the limits on double-beta decay with Majoron emission are: T_{1/2} > 1.4 10^{22} y (90% CL) for Mo-100 and T_{1/2}> 1.2 10^{22} y (90%CL) for Se-82. Corresponding bounds on the Majoron-neutrino coupling constant are g < (0.5-0.9) 10^{-4} and < (0.7-1.6) 10^{-4}. Two-neutrino 2b-decay half-lives have been measured with a high accuracy, T_{1/2} Mo-100 = [7.68 +- 0.02(stat) +- 0.54(syst) ] 10^{18} y and T_{1/2} Se-82 = [10.3 +- 0.3(stat) +- 0.7(syst) ] 10^{19} y.