Rare Low-Energy Event Searches with the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

Not scheduled
15m
Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg (Heidelberg)

Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg

Heidelberg

Neckarstaden 24 69117 Heidelberg Germany
Poster 0vbb Poster (participating in poster prize competition)

Speaker

Gulden Othman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Description

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is currently searching for neutrinoless double-beta decays in $^{76}$Ge and will demonstrate the feasibility to deploy a tonne-scale experiment in a phased and modular fashion. It consists of two modular arrays of natural and $^{76}$Ge-enriched germanium detectors totaling 44.1 kg, of which 29.7 kg is enriched, located at the 4850' level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. The low-backgrounds and low thresholds (< 1keV) achieved by the DEMONSTRATOR allow for additional rare-event searches at low-energies, e.g. searches for WIMPs, bosonic dark matter, and solar axions. In this work, we will present results and ongoing efforts related to rare-event searches and discuss the future reach of MAJORANA.
Authorship annotation for the MAJORANA Collaboration
Session and Location Monday Session, Poster Wall #60 (Auditorium Gallery Right)
Poster included in proceedings: yes

Primary author

Gulden Othman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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