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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Search for Neutrinoless Quadruple-β Decay of 150Nd with the NEMO-3 Detector

Nemo-3 Collaboration

subject

neutriinotneutrinos

description

We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-β decay of 150Nd using a total exposure of 0.19 kg yr recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory. We find no evidence of this decay and set lower limits on the half-life in the range T1/2>(1.1–3.2)×10^21  yr at the 90% C.L., depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons. peerReviewed

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201707263362