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The Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with KamLAND-Zen 800

ORAL · Invited

Abstract

The KamLAND-Zen experiment has recently provided stringent constraints on the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life in 136Xe using a xenon-loaded liquid scintillator. I will present the analysis of a data set with an unprecedented exposure of 970 kg yr of 136Xe. This new data provides valuable insight into backgrounds, especially from cosmic muon spallation of xenon, and has required the use of novel background rejection techniques including machine learning.

Publication: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.02139.pdf

Presenters

  • Lindley A Winslow

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI

Authors

  • Lindley A Winslow

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI