The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search

C. E. Aalseth; M. Amman; J. F. Amsbaugh; F. T. Avignone; H. O. Back; A. S. Barabash; P. S. Barbeau; J. R. Beene; M. Bergevin; F. E. Bertrand; M. Boswell; V. Brudanin; W. Bugg; T. H. Burritt; Y. D. Chan; J. I. Collar; R. J. Cooper; R. Creswick; J. A. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; Yu Efremenko; V. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. Ely; J. Esterline; H. Farach; J. E. Fast; N. Fields; P. Finnerty; B. Fujikawa; E. Fuller; V. M. Gehmari; G. K. Giovanetti; V. E. Guiseppe; K. Gusey; A. L. Hallin; R. Hazama; R. Henning; A. Hime; E. W. Hoppe; T. W. Hossbach; M. A. Howe; R. A. Johnson; K. J. Keeter; M. Keillor; C. Keller; J. D. Kephart; M. F. Kidd; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; K. T. Lesko; L. Leviner; J. C. Loach; P. N. Luke; S. MacMullin; M. G. Marino; D. M. Mei; H. S. Miley; M. Miller; L. Mizouni; A. Montoya; A. W. Myers; M. Nomachi; B. Odom; J. L. Orrell; D. Phillips; A. W P Poon; G. Prior; J. Qian; D. C. Radford; K. Rielage; R. G H Robertson; L. Rodriguez; K. P. Rykaczewski; A. G. Schubert; T. Shima; M. Shirchenko; J. Strain; K. Thomas; R. Thompson; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; T. D. Van Wechel; I. Vanyushin; K. Vetter; R. Warner; J. F. Wilkerson; J. M. Wouters; E. Yakushev; A. R. Youngs; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov; C. Zhang; S. Zimmerman

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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search

C. E. Aalseth, M. Amman, J. F. Amsbaugh, F. T. Avignone, H. O. Back, A. S. Barabash, P. S. Barbeau, J. R. Beene, M. Bergevin, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, W. Bugg, T. H. Burritt, Y. D. Chan, J. I. Collar, R. J. Cooper, R. Creswick, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. DoeYu Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Ely, J. Esterline, H. Farach, J. E. Fast, N. Fields, P. Finnerty, B. Fujikawa, E. Fuller, V. M. Gehmari, G. K. Giovanetti, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusey, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, R. Henning, A. Hime, E. W. Hoppe, T. W. Hossbach, M. A. Howe, R. A. Johnson, K. J. Keeter, M. Keillor, C. Keller, J. D. Kephart, M. F. Kidd, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, K. T. Lesko, L. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. MacMullin, M. G. Marino, D. M. Mei, H. S. Miley, M. Miller, L. Mizouni, A. Montoya, A. W. Myers, M. Nomachi, B. Odom, J. L. Orrell, D. Phillips, A. W P Poon, G. Prior, J. Qian, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G H Robertson, L. Rodriguez, K. P. Rykaczewski, A. G. Schubert, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, J. Strain, K. Thomas, R. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, T. D. Van Wechel, I. Vanyushin, K. Vetter, R. Warner, J. F. Wilkerson, J. M. Wouters, E. Yakushev, A. R. Youngs, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov, C. Zhang, S. Zimmerman

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The MAJORANA collaboration is pursuing the development of the so-called MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. The DEMONSTRATOR is intended to perform research and development towards a tonne-scale germanium-based experiment to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of ⁷⁶Ge. The DEMONSTRATOR can also perform a competitive direct dark matter search for light WIMPs in the 1 - 10GeV/c² mass range. It will consist of approximately 60 kg of germanium detectors in an ultra-low background shield located deep underground at the Sanford Underground Laboratory in Lead, SD. The DEMONSTRATOR will also perform background and technology studies, and half of the detector mass will be enriched germanium. This talk will review the motivation, design, technology and status of the Demonstrator.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference
Pages	88-91
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3293951
State	Published - 2009
Event	10th International Conference on Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: May 26 2009 → May 31 2009

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1182
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	10th International Conference on Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	5/26/09 → 5/31/09

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Keywords

Dark matter
Double-beta
Germanium detectors
Majorana
Neutrino

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Aalseth, C. E., Amman, M., Amsbaugh, J. F., Avignone, F. T., Back, H. O., Barabash, A. S., Barbeau, P. S., Beene, J. R., Bergevin, M., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Bugg, W., Burritt, T. H., Chan, Y. D., Collar, J. I., Cooper, R. J., Creswick, R., Detwiler, J. A., ... Zimmerman, S. (2009). The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search. In Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (pp. 88-91). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1182). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3293951

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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR: An R&D project towards a tonne-scale germanium neutrinoless double-beta decay search. / Aalseth, C. E.; Amman, M.; Amsbaugh, J. F. et al.
Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference. 2009. p. 88-91 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1182).

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