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Improving Sensitivities In 0𝒗ββ Decay Searches By Utilizing Pen As A Structural Scintillating Material, Brennan Theresa Hackett
Improving Sensitivities In 0𝒗ββ Decay Searches By Utilizing Pen As A Structural Scintillating Material, Brennan Theresa Hackett
Doctoral Dissertations
Neutrinoless double beta decay, 0nbb is currently the only experimental test to unambiguously determine the majorana nature of the neutrino. There is a large international effort to measure 0nbb decay, with several detector technologies being pursued. This dissertation will consider the LEGEND experiment (Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless bb Decay), an international effort to measure 0nbb decay with 76Ge as both the target isotope and the detecting material.
LEGEND has a 200 kg stage and a 1000 kg stage, each requiring extremely low levels of background radiation at Qbb (E = 2.039 MeV). These ultra-low background levels …