Search for Majorana Neutrinos with the Complete KamLAND-Zen Dataset

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Publication date 31-12-2025
Journal Physical Review Letters
Article number 262501
Volume | Issue number 135 | 26
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF)
Abstract

We present a search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of Xe136 using the full KamLAND-Zen 800 dataset with 745 kg of enriched xenon, corresponding to an exposure of 2.1 ton yr of Xe136. This updated search benefits from a more than twofold increase in exposure, recovery of photo-sensor gain, and reduced background from muon-induced spallation of xenon. Combining with the search in the previous KamLAND-Zen phase, we obtain a lower limit for the 0νββ decay halflife of T1/20ν>3.8×1026 yr at 90% CL, a factor of 1.7 improvement over the previous limit. The corresponding upper limits on the effective Majorana neutrino mass are in the range 28-122 meV using phenomenological nuclear matrix element calculations.

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Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/jkf6-48j8
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