Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches

Adams C. ; Álvarez V. ; Arazi L. ; Arnquist I.J. ; Azevedo C.D.R. ; Bailey K. ; Ballester F. ; Benlloch-Rodríguez J.M. ; Borges F.I.G.M. ; Byrnes N. ; Cárcel S. ; Carrión J.V. ; Cebrián S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Church E. ; Conde C.A.N. ; Contreras T. ; Denisenko A.A. ; Díaz G. ; Díaz J. ; Escada J. ; Esteve R. ; Felkai R. ; Fernandes L.M.P. ; Ferrario P. ; Ferreira A.L. ; Foss F. ; Freitas E.D.C. ; Freixa Z. ; Generowicz J. ; Goldschmidt A. ; Gómez-Cadenas J.J. ; González R. ; González-Díaz D. ; Gosh S. ; Guenette R. ; Gutiérrez R.M. ; Haefner J. ; Hafidi K. ; Hauptman J. ; Henriques C.A.O. ; Hernando Morata J.A. ; Herrero P. ; Herrero V. ; Ho J. ; Ifergan Y. ; Jones B.J.P. ; Kekic M. ; Labarga L. ; Laing A. ; Lebrun P. ; López-March N. ; Losada M. ; Mano R.D.P. ; Martín-Albo J. ; Martínez A. ; Martínez-Vara M. ; Martínez-Lema G. ; McDonald A.D. ; Meziani Z.E. ; Monrabal F. ; Monteiro C.M.B. ; Mora F.J. ; Muñoz Vidal J. ; Newhouse C. ; Novella P. ; Nygren D.R. ; Oblak E. ; Palmeiro B. ; Para A. ; Pérez J. ; Querol M. ; Redwine A. ; Renner J. ; Ripoll L. ; Rivilla I. ; Rodríguez García Y. ; Rodríguez J. ; Rogero C. ; Rogers L. ; Romeo B. ; Romo-Luque C. ; Santos F.P. ; dos Santos J.M.F. ; Simón A. ; Sorel M. ; Stanford C. ; Teixeira J.M.R. ; Thapa P. ; Toledo J.F. ; Torrent J. ; Usón A. ; Veloso J.F.C.A. ; Vuong T.T. ; Webb R. ; Weiss-Babai R. ; White J.T. ; Woodruff K. ; Yahlali N. ; The NEXT collaboration

Resumen: The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0¿ßß) decay of 136Xe using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0¿ßß decay better than 1027 years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] © 2021, The Author(s).

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2021)164

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Journal of High Energy Physics 2021, 8 (2021), 164 [22 pp]
ISSN: 1126-6708

Factor impacto JCR: 6.376 (2021)

Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS rank: 6 / 29 = 0.207 (2021) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 10.3 - Physics and Astronomy (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.895 - Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/674896/EU/The Elusives Enterprise: Asymmetries of the Invisible Universe/ELUSIVES
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/690575/EU/InvisiblesPlus/InvisiblesPlus
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/740055/EU/Molecule for low diffusion TPCs for rare event searches/MELODIC
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-MCIU/FIS2014-53371-C04
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-MCIU/RTI2018-095979

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. (Dpto. Física Teórica)