New limits on double beta decay of Cd-106
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Year
2011
Scientific journal
Nuclear Physics A, 852 (1), 197-206
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Abstract
Investigation of double electron capture in 106Cd was performed at the Modane underground laboratory (4800 m.w.e.) using the multi-detector spectrometer TGV-2. In Phase I of the experiment, ∼10 g of 106Cd
with an enrichment of 75% was measured during 8687 hours. In Phase II, the TGV-2 background was significantly suppressed in comparison with Phase I and the 106Cd mass was increased to ∼13.6 g. New half-life limits (at 90% CL) were obtained for 2νEC/EC decay of 106Cd to the ground state of 106Pd – T1/2 > 3.0 × 10^20 y (Phase I) and T1/2 > 3.6 × 10^20 y (Phase II, 9000 hours), and for 0νEC/EC decay of 106Cd to the 2741 keV excited state of 106Pd – T1/2 > 1.1×10^20 y (Phase II).
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N. Rukhadze, A. Bakalyarov, C. Briancon, V. Brudanin, A. Kovalík, P. Čermák, V. Egorov, A. Klimenko, V. Lebedev, F. Mamedov, Y. Shitov, F. Šimkovic, I. Štekl, V. Timkin, S. Zhukov, "New limits on double beta decay of Cd-106", Nuclear Physics A, 852 (1), 197-206 (2011)