TY  - JOUR
AU  - NEXT Collaboration (Adams, C. et al
AU  - Carcel, S.
AU  - Carrion, J. V.
AU  - Diaz, J.
AU  - Felkai, R.
AU  - Lopez-March, N.
AU  - Martin-Albo, J.
AU  - Martinez, A.
AU  - Martinez-Vara, M.
AU  - Muñoz Vidal, J.
AU  - Novella, P.
AU  - Palmeiro, B.
AU  - Romo-Luque, C.
AU  - Sorel, M.
AU  - Uson, A.
AU  - Yahlali, N.
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - Sensitivity of a tonne-scale NEXT detector for neutrinoless double-beta decay searches
T2  - J. High Energy Phys.
JO  - Journal of High Energy Physics
SP  - 164
EP  - 24pp
VL  - 08
IS  - 8
PB  - Springer
KW  - Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments)
AB  - The Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC (NEXT) searches for the neutrinoless double-beta (0 nu beta beta) decay of Xe-136 using high-pressure xenon gas TPCs with electroluminescent amplification. A scaled-up version of this technology with about 1 tonne of enriched xenon could reach in less than 5 years of operation a sensitivity to the half-life of 0 nu beta beta decay better than 10(27) years, improving the current limits by at least one order of magnitude. This prediction is based on a well-understood background model dominated by radiogenic sources. The detector concept presented here represents a first step on a compelling path towards sensitivity to the parameter space defined by the inverted ordering of neutrino masses, and beyond.
SN  - 1029-8479
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.06467
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2021)164
DO  - 10.1007/JHEP08(2021)164
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000694208600001
ID  - NEXTCollaborationAdams_etal2021
ER  -