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Measurement of the beta beta Decay Half-Life of Te-130 with the NEMO-3 Detector

Arnold, R; Augier, C; Baker, J; Barabash, AS; Basharina-Freshville, A; Blondel, S; Bongrand, M; ... NEMO-3 Collaboration; + view all (2011) Measurement of the beta beta Decay Half-Life of Te-130 with the NEMO-3 Detector. PHYS REV LETT , 107 (6) , Article 062504. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.062504. Green open access

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Abstract

We report results from the NEMO-3 experiment based on an exposure of 1275 days with 661 g of Te-130 in the form of enriched and natural tellurium foils. The beta beta decay rate of Te-130 is found to be greater than zero with a significance of 7.7 standard deviations and the half-life is measured to be T-1/2(2v)=[7.0 +/- 0.9(stat) +/- 1: 1(syst)] x 10(20) yr. This represents the most precise measurement of this half- life yet published and the first real-time observation of this decay.

Type: Article
Title: Measurement of the beta beta Decay Half-Life of Te-130 with the NEMO-3 Detector
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.062504
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.062504
Language: English
Additional information: © 2011 American Physical Society
Keywords: WEAK INTERACTION CONSTANT, MO-100, LIVES, SE-82, TIME
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1304503
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