Spectroscopy of double-beta and inverse-beta decays from Mo-100 for neutrinos

Citation
H. Ejiri et al., Spectroscopy of double-beta and inverse-beta decays from Mo-100 for neutrinos, PHYS REV L, 85(14), 2000, pp. 2917-2920
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
14
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2917 - 2920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20001002)85:14<2917:SODAID>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Spectroscopic studies of two beta rays from Mo-100 are shown to be of poten tial interest for investigating both the Majorana nu mass by neutrinoless d ouble beta decay (O nu beta beta) and low energy solar nu's by inverse beta decay. With a multiton Mo-100 detector, coincidence studies of correlated pp from O nu beta beta, together with the large Q value (Q(beta beta)), per mit identification of the nu-mass term with a sensitivity of similar to 0.0 3 eV. Correlation studies of the inverse beta decay and the successive beta decay of Tc-100, together with the large capture rates for low energy sola r nu's, make it possible to detect, in real time, individual low energy sol ar nu in the same detector.