Search for two-neutrino double electron capture of Xe-124 with XENON100Show others and affiliations
Number of Authors: 1162017 (English)In: Physical Review C, ISSN 2469-9985, Vol. 95, no 2, article id 024605Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Two-neutrino double electron capture is a rare nuclear decay where two electrons are simultaneously captured from the atomic shell. For Xe-124 this process has not yet been observed and its detection would provide a new reference for nuclear matrix element calculations. We have conducted a search for two-neutrino double electron capture from the K shell of 124Xe using 7636 kg d of data from the XENON100 dark matter detector. Using a Bayesian analysis we observed no significant excess above background, leading to a lower 90% credibility limit on the half-life T-1/2 > 6.5 x 10(20) yr. We have also evaluated the sensitivity of the XENON1T experiment, which is currently being commissioned, and found a sensitivity of T-1/2 > 6.1 x 10(22) yr after an exposure of 2 t yr.
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2017. Vol. 95, no 2, article id 024605
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Physical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-141422DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.95.024605ISI: 000393744200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85015641988OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-141422DiVA, id: diva2:1087034
2017-04-052017-04-052022-10-20Bibliographically approved