Experimental search for double- $β$ decay of $^{100}$ Mo

1 January 1997

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review C

Vol. 55 (1) , 474-493
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.55.474

Abstract

No evidence for the neutrinoless double-

β

decay of

^{100}

Mo has been found in a search using a segmented Si(Li) detector with source foils enriched to 97%

^{100}

Mo. From an exposure of 0.2664 mole years, and using Bayesian statistics to calculate confidence levels, we find a 68% lower limit on the half-life for the

J^{p} {= 0}^{+} \to 0^{+}

transition of

0.22 \times 10^{23}

yr. The measured half-life of the two neutrino double-

β

decay is

{0.76}_{- 0.14}^{+ 0.22} \times 10^{19}

yr.

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Experimental search for double-βdecay of100Mo

Abstract

Keywords

Experimental search for double- $β$ decay of $^{100}$ Mo