Publications [#323234] of Phillip S. Barbeau

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  1. Albert, JB; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T; Burenkov, A; Cao, GF; Chambers, C; Chaves, J; Cleveland, B; Coon, M; Craycraft, A; Daniels, T; Danilov, M; Daugherty, SJ; Davis, J; Delaquis, S; Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, A; Devoe, R; Didberidze, T; Dilling, J; Dolgolenko, A; Dolinski, MJ; Dunford, M; Fairbank, W; Farine, J; Feldmeier, W; Feyzbakhsh, S; Fierlinger, P; Fudenberg, D; Gornea, R; Graham, K; Gratta, G; Hall, C; Hughes, M; Jewell, MJ; Johnson, A; Johnson, TN; Johnston, S; Karelin, A; Kaufman, LJ; Killick, R; King, J; Koffas, T; Kravitz, S; Krücken, R; Kuchenkov, A; Kumar, KS; Leonard, DS; Licciardi, C; Lin, YH; Ling, J; Maclellan, R; Marino, MG; Mong, B; Moore, D; Njoya, O; Nelson, R; Odian, A; Ostrovskiy, I; Piepke, A; Pocar, A; Prescott, CY; Retière, F; Rowson, PC; Russell, JJ; Schubert, A; Sinclair, D; Smith, E; Stekhanov, V; Tarka, M; Tolba, T; Tsang, R; Twelker, K; Vogel, P; Vuilleumier, JL; Waite, A; Walton, J; Walton, T; Weber, M; Wen, LJ; Wichoski, U; Winick, TA; Wood, J; Xu, QY; Yang, L; Yen, YR; Zeldovich, OY, Search for 2νββ decay of Xe 136 to the 01+ excited state of Ba 136 with the EXO-200 liquid xenon detector, Physical Review C, vol. 93 no. 3 (March, 2016), American Physical Society (APS) [doi] .

    Abstract:
    EXO-200 is a single phase liquid xenon detector designed to search for neutrinoless ββ decay of Xe136 to the ground state of Ba136. We report here on a search for the two-neutrino ββ decay of Xe136 to the first 0+ excited state, 01+, of Ba136 based on a 100 kgyr exposure of Xe136. Using a specialized analysis employing a machine learning algorithm, we obtain a 90% CL half-life sensitivity of 1.7×1024 yr. We find no statistically significant evidence for the 2νββ decay to the excited state resulting in a lower limit of T1/22ν (0+→01+) > 6.9 ×1023 yr at 90% CL. This observed limit is consistent with the estimated half-life of 2.5×1025 yr.

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