%0 Conference Paper
%A Miloradovic, Michael
%T The GERDA Experiment: Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
%C Hamburg
%I Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
%M PUBDB-2016-05610
%@ 978-3-945931-08-0
%B DESY-PROC
%P 41-46
%D 2016
%< Miloradovic, Michael "The GERDA Experiment: Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay" in Proceedings, Magellan Workshop: Connecting Neutrino Physics and Astronomy / Dahmke, Stefan K.G., Meyer, Mikko, Vanhoefer, Laura (eds.), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY : 2016 ; Magellan Workshop, 2016-03-17 - 2016-03-18, Hamburg
%X The Germanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment is searching for the neutrinoless double beta decay of <sup>76</sup>Ge. The observation of this Beyond the Standard Model process would prove the existence of a neutrino Majorana mass component and provide information on the neutrino mass hierarchy and absolute mass scale.  Gerda operates enriched germanium diodes, acting simultaneously as the source and detector material, directly submerged in liquid argon. Phase I achieved the world's best lower limit of T<sup> 0νββ</sup><sub>1/2</sub> > 2.1·10<sup>25</sup> yr (90% C.L.). With the recent completion of the upgrade to Phase II, an additional 20 kg of germanium detectors - for a total of 35 kg - and a liquid argon veto system have been implemented. The goal is an order of magnitude lower background with a projected sensitivity of 1.4·10<sup>26</sup> yr for T<sup> 0νββ</sup><sub>1/2</sub>.
%B Magellan Workshop
%C 17 Mar 2016 - 18 Mar 2016, Hamburg (Germany)
Y2 17 Mar 2016 - 18 Mar 2016
M2 Hamburg, Germany
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)8 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)7
%9 Contribution to a conference proceedingsContribution to a book
%R 10.3204/DESY-PROC-2016-05/34
%U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315075