ERC Advanced Grant · 2017
Towards a ton-scale Ge-76 observatory for neutrinoless double beta decay
The observation that matter dominates over anti-matter in the Universe is one of the most critical open questions in physics. A natural explanation of this asymmetry postulates neutrinos as their own anti-particles, usually referred to as Majorana particles. The only practical way to establish the Majorana character of neutrinos is the experimental search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (NDBD). This decay violates lepton-number conservation and would establish new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The Germanium eXploration (GemX) project will focus on cutting-edge research towards a ton-scale NDBD decay experiment based on germanium detectors enriched in 76Ge, and…
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