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Telescope Germanium Vertical Telescope Germanium Vertical JINR Dubna, Russia CSNSM Orsay, France CTU Prague, Czech Republic RRC - Kurchatov Institute Moscow, Russia CU Bratislava, Slovakia status report V. Egorov
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Double Beta Spectrometers
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Nuclei - candidates 0.187% 1.25% 2 X-rays $ 0.25 ×10 6 /g
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TGV-1 (1994 – 2000) results T 1/2 (2 2 ) = =(2.9 7.5)10 19 y T 1/2 (2 0 ) 1.510 21 y (90%CL) Zero
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Telescope Germanium Vertical (TGV-2) Telescope Germanium Vertical (TGV-2) 32 HPGe planar detectors 60 mm × 6 mm with sensitive volume: 20.4 cm 2 × 6 mm Total sensitive volume: ~400 cm 3 Total mass of detectors: ~3 kg Total area of samples : 330 cm 2 Total mass of samples : 10 25 g Total efficiency : 50 60 % E-resolution : 3 4 keV @ 60 Co LE-threshold : 5 6 keV Double EC (2005-2006): - 12 samples of 106 Cd: 10 g 106 Cd (~ 50 µm ) U+Th<0.1 ppb
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TGV-2 (2000 – …)
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High freq. noise: E1 > E2 Real signal: E1 = E2 Low freq. noise: E1 < E2 Suppression of low energy noise with primitive Fourier analysis
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Low frequency (microphonic)
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νGEMMA search for the Neutrino Magnetic Moment BTW:
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Low Energy Threshold [keV] ~ measurement quality µ [ 10 –10 µ B ]
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Results of one-year (2005) measurement 2νEC/EC (0+→0+,g.s.) decay of Cd-106 Experiment T 1/2 ≥ 1.8 x 10 20 y (95%CL) (TGV-2) T 1/2 ≥ 5.8 x 10 17 y (90%CL) (F.Danevich et.al.) T 1/2 ≥ 1.5 x 10 17 y (68%CL) (H.Kiel et.al.) Theory T 1/2 = 1.0 x 10 20 y (J.Suhonen) T 1/2 = 8.7 x 10 20 y (M.Hirsch) T 1/2 = 4.4 x 10 21 y (F.Simkovich)
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-line 238 keV Counts / day /detector -line 352 keV Counts / day /detector
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Gas-tight cup of the cryostat (ultra-pure Al, made by CANBERRA) has a weld seam here
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Drastic solution
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2νEC/EC (0+→0+,g.s.) decay of Cd-106 Experiment T 1/2 ≥ 1.8 x 10 20 y (95%CL) (TGV-2) T 1/2 ≥ 5.8 x 10 17 y (90%CL) (F.Danevich et.al.) T 1/2 ≥ 1.5 x 10 17 y (68%CL) (H.Kiel et.al.) Theory T 1/2 = 1.0 x 10 20 y (J.Suhonen) T 1/2 = 8.7 x 10 20 y (M.Hirsch) T 1/2 = 4.4 x 10 21 y (F.Simkovich) Comparision of results
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Muon Capture Rates for Double Beta Decay ( PSI experiment R02-02 ) CR42
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(d, 2 He) [ PR C70(2004) ]
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Ordinary Muon Capture (OMC) Electron Capture: e - + (A,Z) (A, Z-1) + e Q ~ m e 0.5 MeV Muon Capture: - + (A,Z) (A, Z-1) + Q ~ m 100 MeV CR42
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OMC
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Set-up
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Observables measured: -radiation energy (30.. 8000 keV) Time between the µ-Stop and the -emission (0.. 1000 ns)
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Energy of gamma-rays [keV] Time after the Muon Stop [ns]
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Data Analysis: Time evolution of the -lines intensity Muon Life Time in the given isotope µ-Capture Rate in the given isotope
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48 Ca 599±2 ns 48 Ti 360±1 ns 40 Ca 362±2 ns Total -Capture Rates CR42
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Data Analysis: Intensity of the -lines in the intermediate nucleus Detailed balance of the -intensities Partial µ-capture rates to the (1 + ), (2 – ) and other (low) excited states of the intermediate nucleus
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OMC CR42
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Data Analysis: Intensity of the -lines of the other daughter nuclei Yield of the different daughter nuclei Branching of the reactions: (µ, ) (µ, n) (µ, 2n) (µ, p) … Population of high-excited states in the intermediate nucleus
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-lines observed with 76 Se target
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BTW: µ – stopped in Argon Long-lived nuclei produced by µ – -capture in Ar T , Q [keV] Yield [%] per stopped muon 40 Ar(µ –, µ ) 40 Cl 1.35m 74807.17 ± 0.16 40 Ar(µ –, µ n) 39 Cl 39 Cl → 39 Ar 55.6m 3442 269d 565 47.55 ± 1.31 40 Ar(µ –, µ 2n) 38 Cl m 0.72s (IT)1.64 ± 0.08 40 Ar(µ –, µ 2n) 38 Cl 37.2m 491715.14 ± 0.57 Λ capture =(1.165±0.013) 1/µs (Could be important for GERDA)
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Status of the µCR42β experiment 2β2β 48 Ca 76 Ge 82 Se 100 Mo 106 Cd 116 Cd 150 Nd µC- target 48 Ti 76 Se 82 Kr 100 Ru 106 Cd 116 Sn 150 Sm Expe- riment 200220042006—200420022006 Ana- lysis done In pro- gress —In pro- gress —Star- ted
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