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Investigation of double-beta-decay processes at the NEMO-3 tracking detector

  • Proceedings of the Conference “Physics of Fundamental Interactions” Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of A.I. Alikhanov’s Birth Section of Nuclear Physics, Department of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow March 1–5, 2004
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In order to investigate double-beta-decay processes with a sensitivity of up to about 1025 yr, the NEMO Collaboration created the NEMO-3 tracking detector consisting of Geiger counters for reconstructing tracks and plastic scintillators for measuring energy. A brief description of the NEMO-3 detector is given, and its main features are presented. The first preliminary results for 100Mo, 82Se, 116Cd, and 150Nd are quoted.

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Translated from Yadernaya Fizika, Vol. 68, No. 3, 2005, pp. 443–448.

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Barabash, A.S., The NEMO Collaboration. Investigation of double-beta-decay processes at the NEMO-3 tracking detector. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 68, 414–419 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1891191

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