Search for double beta decay of zinc and tungsten with low background ZnWO4 crystal scintillators

Nuclear Physics A

Volumn 826, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 256-273

  Belli, P ^a   Bernabei, R ^a   Cappella, F ^b   Cerulli, R ^c   Danevich, F A ^d   Grinyov, B V ^e   Incicchitti, A ^b   Kobychev, V V ^d   Mokina, V M ^d   Nagorny, S S ^d   Nagornaya, L L ^e   Nisi, S ^c   Nozzoli, F ^a   Poda, D V ^d   Prosperi, D ^b   Tretyak, V I ^d   Yurchenko, S S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^e INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

( +EC); 180W(2EC); 186W( ); 64Zn(2EC); 70Zn; deduced T1 2 lower limits for various 2 decay modes; I ; measured E ; Radioactivity; ZnWO4 crystal scintillator at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649210252     PISSN: 03759474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.05.139     Document Type: Article

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