A1 Journal article (refereed)
Search for periodic modulations of the rate of double-β decay of Mo100 in the NEMO-3 detector (2021)

The NEMO-3 Collaboration. (2021). Search for periodic modulations of the rate of double-β decay of Mo100 in the NEMO-3 detector. Physical Review C, 104(6), Article L061601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L061601

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Publication details

All authors or editors: The NEMO-3 Collaboration

Journal or series: Physical Review C

ISSN: 2469-9985

eISSN: 2469-9993

Publication year: 2021

Publication date: 08/12/2021

Volume: 104

Issue number: 6

Article number: L061601

Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.104.L061601

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/79430

Abstract

Double-beta decays of 100Mo from the 6.0195-year exposure of a 6.914 kg high-purity sample were recorded by the NEMO-3 experiment that searched for neutrinoless double-beta decays. These ultrarare transitions to 100Ru have a half-life of approximately 7×1018 years and have been used to conduct the first-ever search for periodic variations of this decay mode. The Lomb-Scargle periodogram technique, and its error-weighted extension, were employed to look for periodic modulations of the half-life. Data show no evidence at the 95% confidence level of modulations with amplitude greater than 2.5% in the frequency range of 0.33225yr−1 to 360yr−1.

Keywords: nuclear physics; molybdenum; isotopes; half life

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Reporting Year: 2021

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