IBS Publications Repository: Search for 2 nu beta beta decay of Xe-136 to the 0(1)(+) excited state of Ba-136 with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector

Search for 2 nu beta beta decay of Xe-136 to the 0(1)(+) excited state of Ba-136 with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector

Cited 8 time in webofscience

Cited 10 time in

1,227 Viewed 365 Downloaded

Title: Search for 2 nu beta beta decay of Xe-136 to the 0(1)(+) excited state of Ba-136 with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector

Author(s): Albert, JB; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T; Burenkov, A; Cao, GF; Chambers, C; Chaves, J; Cleveland, B; Coon, M; Craycraft, A; Daniels, T; Danilov, M; Daugherty, SJ; Davis, J; Delaquis, S; Mesrobian-Kabakian, AD; DeVoe, R; Didberidze, T; Dilling, J; Dolgolenko, A; Dolinski, MJ; Dunford, M; Fairbank, W; Farine, J; Feldmeier, W; Feyzbakhsh, S; Fierlinger, P; Fudenberg, D; Gornea, R; Graham, K; Gratta, G; Hall, C; Hughes, M; Jewell, MJ; Johnson, A; Johnson, TN; Johnston, S; Karelin, A; Kaufman, LJ; Killick, R; King, J; Koffas, T; Kravitz, S; Krucken, R; Kuchenkov, A; Kumar, KS; Douglas S. Leonard; Licciardi, C; Lin, YH; Ling, J; MacLellan, R; Marino, MG; Mong, B; Moore, D; Njoya, O; Nelson, R; Odian, A; Ostrovskiy, I; Piepke, A; Pocar, A; Prescott, CY; Retiere, F; Rowson, PC; Russell, JJ; Schubert, A; Sinclair, D; Smith, E; Stekhanov, V; Tarka, M; Tolba, T; Tsang, R; Twelker, K; Vogel, P; Vuilleumier, JL; Waite, A; Walton, J; Walton, T; Weber, M; Wen, LJ; Wichoski, U; Winick, TA; Wood, J; Xu, QY; Yang, L; Yen, YR; Zeldovich, OY

Abstract: EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless pp decay of Xe-136 to the ground state of Ba-136. We report here on a search for the two -neutrino pp decay of Xe-136 to the first 0+ excited state, 0(1)(+), of Ba-136 based on a 100 kg yr exposure of Xe-136. Using a specialized analysis employing a machine learning algorithm, we obtain a 90% CL half-life sensitivity of 1.7 x 10(24) yr. We find no statistically significant evidence for the 20P decay to the excited state resulting in a lower limit of Ti-1/2(7 nu) (0(+) -> 0(1)(+)) > 6.9 x10(23) yr at 90% CL. This observed limit is consistent with the estimated half-life of 2.5 x 10(25) yr.