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Experimental efforts in search of 76Ge Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Somnath Choudhury
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Neutrinoless double beta decay is one of the most sensitive approaches in non-accelerator particle physics to take us into a regime of physics beyond the standard model. This article is a brief review of the experiments in search of neutrinoless double beta decay from 76Ge. Following a brief introduction of the process of double beta decay from 76Ge, the results of the very first experiments IGEX and Heidelberg-Moscow which give indications of the existence of possible neutrinoless double beta decay mode has been reviewed. Then ongoing efforts to substantiate the early findings are presented and the Majorana experiment as a future experimental approach which will allow a very detailed study of the neutrinoless decay mode is discussed.

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Somnath Choudhury. 2008-03-12. Experimental efforts in search of 76Ge Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay. https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.0063

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