Ejiri H, Engel J, Hazama R, Krastev P, Kudomi N, Robertson RG. Spectroscopy of double-beta and inverse-beta decays from 100Mo for neutrinos.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000;
85:2917-2920. [PMID:
11005967 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.85.2917]
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Abstract
Spectroscopic studies of two beta rays from 100Mo are shown to be of potential interest for investigating both the Majorana nu mass by neutrinoless double beta decay (0nubetabeta) and low energy solar nu's by inverse beta decay. With a multiton 100Mo detector, coincidence studies of correlated betabeta from 0nubetabeta, together with the large Q value ( Q(betabeta)), permit identification of the nu-mass term with a sensitivity of approximately 0.03 eV. Correlation studies of the inverse beta decay and the successive beta decay of 100Tc, together with the large capture rates for low energy solar nu's, make it possible to detect, in real time, individual low energy solar nu in the same detector.
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