Search for Majorana Neutrinos with the Complete KamLAND-Zen Dataset
We present a search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of ^{136}Xe using the full KamLAND-Zen 800 dataset with 745 kg of enriched xenon, corresponding to an exposure of 2.1 ton yr of ^{136}Xe. This updated search benefits from a more than twofold increase in exposure, recovery of photo-sensor gain, and reduced background from muon-induced spallation of xenon. Combining with the search in the previous KamLAND-Zen phase, we obtain a lower limit for the 0νββ decay halflife of T_{1/2}^{0ν}>3.8×10^{26} yr at 90% CL, a factor of 1.7 improvement over the previous limit. The corresponding upper limits on the effective Majorana neutrino mass are in the range 28-122 meV using phenomenological nuclear matrix element calculations.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (JP)
- University of Washington (US)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (US)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NL)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (JP)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- University of Delaware (US)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Tokushima University (JP)
- The University of Osaka (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/jkf6-48j8
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 18.70