Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe 136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

S. Al Kharusi; G. Anton; I. Badhrees; P. S. Barbeau; D. Beck; V. Belov; T. Bhatta; M. Breidenbach; T. Brunner; G. F. Cao; W. R. Cen; C. Chambers; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; A. Craycraft; T. Daniels; L. Darroch; S. J. Daugherty; J. Davis; S. Delaquis; A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; R. Devoe; J. Dilling; A. Dolgolenko; M. J. Dolinski; J. Echevers; Jr Fairbank; D. Fairbank; J. Farine; S. Feyzbakhsh; P. Fierlinger; D. Fudenberg; P. Gautam; R. Gornea; G. Gratta; C. Hall; E. V. Hansen; J. Hoessl; P. Hufschmidt; M. Hughes; A. Iverson; A. Jamil; C. Jessiman; M. J. Jewell; A. Johnson; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; T. Koffas; R. Krücken; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; Y. Lan; A. Larson; B. G. Lenardo; D. S. Leonard; G. S. Li; S. Li; Z. Li; C. Licciardi; Y. H. Lin; R. MacLellan; T. McElroy; T. Michel; B. Mong; D. C. Moore; K. Murray; O. Njoya; O. Nusair; A. Odian; I. Ostrovskiy; A. Perna; A. Piepke; A. Pocar; F. Retière; A. L. Robinson; P. C. Rowson; D. Ruddell; J. Runge; S. Schmidt; D. Sinclair; K. Skarpaas; A. K. Soma; V. Stekhanov; M. Tarka; S. Thibado; J. Todd; T. Tolba; T. I. Totev; R. Tsang; B. Veenstra; V. Veeraraghavan; P. Vogel; J. L. Vuilleumier; M. Wagenpfeil; J. Watkins; M. Weber; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; G. Wrede; S. X. Wu; Q. Xia; D. R. Yahne; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen; O. Ya Zeldovich; T. Ziegler

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Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe 136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset

S. Al Kharusi, G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, T. Bhatta, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, G. F. Cao, W. R. Cen, C. Chambers, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, T. Daniels, L. Darroch, S. J. Daugherty, J. Davis, S. DelaquisA. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. Devoe, J. Dilling, A. Dolgolenko, M. J. Dolinski, J. Echevers, Jr Fairbank, D. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Fierlinger, D. Fudenberg, P. Gautam, R. Gornea, G. Gratta, C. Hall, E. V. Hansen, J. Hoessl, P. Hufschmidt, M. Hughes, A. Iverson, A. Jamil, C. Jessiman, M. J. Jewell, A. Johnson, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, A. Larson, B. G. Lenardo, D. S. Leonard, G. S. Li, S. Li, Z. Li, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, R. MacLellan, T. McElroy, T. Michel, B. Mong, D. C. Moore, K. Murray, O. Njoya, O. Nusair, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, A. Perna, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, F. Retière, A. L. Robinson, P. C. Rowson, D. Ruddell, J. Runge, S. Schmidt, D. Sinclair, K. Skarpaas, A. K. Soma, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, S. Thibado, J. Todd, T. Tolba, T. I. Totev, R. Tsang, B. Veenstra, V. Veeraraghavan, P. Vogel, J. L. Vuilleumier, M. Wagenpfeil, J. Watkins, M. Weber, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, G. Wrede, S. X. Wu, Q. Xia, D. R. Yahne, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen, O. Ya Zeldovich, T. Ziegler

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A search for Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe136 is performed with the full EXO-200 dataset. This dataset consists of a total Xe136 exposure of 234.1 kg·yr, and includes data with detector upgrades that have improved the energy threshold relative to previous searches. A lower limit of T1/2Xe136>4.3×1024 yr at 90% C.L. on the half-life of the spectral index n=1 Majoron decay was obtained, a factor of 3.6 more stringent than the previous limit from EXO-200 and a factor of 1.6 more stringent than the previous best limit from KamLAND-Zen. This limit corresponds to a constraint on the Majoron-neutrino coupling constant of |geeM|<(0.4-0.9)×10-5. The lower threshold and the additional data taken resulted in a factor 8.4 improvement for the n=7 mode compared to the previous EXO-200 search. This search provides the most stringent limits to date on the Majoron-emitting decays of Xe136 with spectral indices n=1, 2, 3, and 7.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	112002
Journal	Physical Review D
Volume	104
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.112002
State	Published - Dec 1 2021
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Al Kharusi, S., Anton, G., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Bhatta, T., Breidenbach, M., Brunner, T., Cao, G. F., Cen, W. R., Chambers, C., Cleveland, B., Coon, M., Craycraft, A., Daniels, T., Darroch, L., Daugherty, S. J., Davis, J., ... Ziegler, T. (2021). Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe 136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset. Physical Review D, 104(11), Article 112002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.112002

Al Kharusi, S, Anton, G, Badhrees, I, Barbeau, PS, Beck, D, Belov, V, Bhatta, T, Breidenbach, M, Brunner, T, Cao, GF, Cen, WR, Chambers, C, Cleveland, B, Coon, M, Craycraft, A, Daniels, T, Darroch, L, Daugherty, SJ, Davis, J, Delaquis, S, Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, A, Devoe, R, Dilling, J, Dolgolenko, A, Dolinski, MJ, Echevers, J, Fairbank, J, Fairbank, D, Farine, J, Feyzbakhsh, S, Fierlinger, P, Fudenberg, D, Gautam, P, Gornea, R, Gratta, G, Hall, C, Hansen, EV, Hoessl, J, Hufschmidt, P, Hughes, M, Iverson, A, Jamil, A, Jessiman, C, Jewell, MJ, Johnson, A, Karelin, A, Kaufman, LJ, Koffas, T, Krücken, R, Kuchenkov, A, Kumar, KS, Lan, Y, Larson, A, Lenardo, BG, Leonard, DS, Li, GS, Li, S, Li, Z, Licciardi, C, Lin, YH, MacLellan, R, McElroy, T, Michel, T, Mong, B, Moore, DC, Murray, K, Njoya, O, Nusair, O, Odian, A, Ostrovskiy, I, Perna, A, Piepke, A, Pocar, A, Retière, F, Robinson, AL, Rowson, PC, Ruddell, D, Runge, J, Schmidt, S, Sinclair, D, Skarpaas, K, Soma, AK, Stekhanov, V, Tarka, M, Thibado, S, Todd, J, Tolba, T, Totev, TI, Tsang, R, Veenstra, B, Veeraraghavan, V, Vogel, P, Vuilleumier, JL, Wagenpfeil, M, Watkins, J, Weber, M, Wen, LJ, Wichoski, U, Wrede, G, Wu, SX, Xia, Q, Yahne, DR, Yang, L, Yen, YR, Zeldovich, OY & Ziegler, T 2021, 'Search for Majoron-emitting modes of Xe 136 double beta decay with the complete EXO-200 dataset', Physical Review D, vol. 104, no. 11, 112002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.112002

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