TY  - CONF
AU  - Miloradovic, Michael
TI  - The GERDA Experiment: Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
CY  - Hamburg
PB  - Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
M1  - PUBDB-2016-05610
SN  - 978-3-945931-08-0
T2  - DESY-PROC
SP  - 41-46
PY  - 2016
AB  - 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>.
T2  - Magellan Workshop
CY  - 17 Mar 2016 - 18 Mar 2016, Hamburg (Germany)
Y2  - 17 Mar 2016 - 18 Mar 2016
M2  - Hamburg, Germany
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)8 ; PUB:(DE-HGF)7
DO  - DOI:10.3204/DESY-PROC-2016-05/34
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/315075
ER  -