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half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector'
Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay
half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector
Author
Year
2010
Scientific journal
Nuclear Physics A (2010) in print
Web
Abstract
Using 9.4 g of 96Zr isotope and 1221 days of data from the NEMO-3 detector corresponding to 0.031 kg y,
the obtained 2νββ decay half-life measurement is T 2ν
1/2
= [2.35±0.14(stat)±0.16(syst)]×1019 yr. Different
characteristics of the final state electrons have been studied, such as the energy sum, individual electron
energy, and angular distribution. The 2ν nuclear matrix element is extracted using the measured 2νββ halflife
and is M2ν = 0.049± 0.002. Constraints on 0νββ decay have also been set.
Cite article as:
J. Argyriades, R. Arnold, C. Augier, F. Mamedov, I. Štekl, . et. al., "Measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay
half-life of Zr-96 with the NEMO-3 detector", Nuclear Physics A (2010) in print (2010)