EXO-200 Result with Full Dataset
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Abstract
The EXO-200 Collaboration has been searching for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\!\beta$) using a liquid xenon time projection chamber filled with $\sim150$~kg of enriched $^{136}$Xe. EXO-200 began data taking in September 2011 and has now completed operations as of December 2018. This talk will present the most recent result from the collaboration accounting for the full dataset. The new analysis introduces the use of a convolutional neural network to maximize the topological discrimination between $0\nu\beta\!\beta$ signal and $\gamma$ backgrounds, while the signal detection efficiency is near maximal and the energy resolution is 1.15\%. No statistically significant evidence for $0\nu\beta\!\beta$ was observed, leading to a lower limit on the half-life of $3.5\cdot10^{25}$~yr at the 90\% confidence level and corresponding search sensitivity of $5.0\cdot10^{25}$~yr, placed among the world's best in the field.
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Authors
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Zepeng Li
Yale University
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Caio Licciardi
Laurentian University