@Article{NEXTCollaborationNovella_etal2022,
author="NEXT Collaboration (Novella, P. et al
and Carcel, S.
and Carrion, J. V.
and Diaz, J.
and Martin-Albo, J.
and Martinez, A.
and Martinez-Vara, M.
and Mu{\~{n}}oz Vidal, J.
and Palmeiro, B.
and Querol, M.
and Romo-Luque, C.
and Sorel, M.
and Uson, A.
and Yahlali, N.",
title="Measurement of the Xe-136 two-neutrino double-beta-decay half-life via direct background subtraction in NEXT",
journal="Physical Review C",
year="2022",
publisher="Amer Physical Soc",
volume="105",
number="5",
pages="055501--8pp",
abstract="We report a measurement of the half-life of the Xe-136 two-neutrino double-beta decay performed with a novel direct-background-subtraction technique. The analysis relies on the data collected with the NEXT-White detector operated with Xe-136-enriched and Xe-136-depleted xenon, as well as on the topology of double-electron tracks. With a fiducial mass of only 3.5 kg of Xe, a half-life of 2.34(-0.46)(+0.80) (stat)(-0.17)(+0.30) (sys) x 10(21) yr is derived from the background-subtracted energy spectrum. The presented technique demonstrates the feasibility of unique background-model-independent neutrinoless double-beta-decay searches.",
optnote="WOS:000810927800003",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=5263), last updated on Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:07:38 +0000",
issn="2469-9985",
doi="10.1103/PhysRevC.105.055501",
opturl="https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.11091",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.105.055501",
language="English"
}