Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the GERDA Experiment
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1 Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the GERDA Experiment Andrea Kirsch on behalf of the Gerda Collaboration Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg X th Recontres du Vietnam Flavour Physics Conference Quy Nhon 31 st July 2014 Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
2 Outline 1 Neutrinos and Double Beta Decay (2νββ vs. 0νββ) 2 GERDA experimental design 3 Phase I data: energy calibration, resolution and spectrum 4 Background modeling 5 Pulse shape discrimination 6 Unblinding and results of 0νββ analysis 7 Outlook on Phase II Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
3 Open questions from neutrino oscillations... Flavour eigenstates ν α (with α e, µ, τ) as linear superposition of mass eigenstates ν i 3 ν α y i1 U αi ν i y Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) matrix U c 12 c 13 s 12 c 13 s 13 e iδ s 12 c 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ s 23 c 13 s 12 s 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 23 c 13 where s ij sin θ ij and c ij cos θ ij What we know squared mass differences m 2 12 and m 2 23 mixing angles θ 12, θ 23 and θ 12 from e.g. solar neutrino long baseline reactor, amospheric neutrino long baseline accelerator or short baseline reactor / accelerator experiments What we do not know new physics behind SM absolute mass scale mass hierarchy nature of the neutrino (Dirac or Majorana?) Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
4 Open questions from neutrino oscillations... Flavour eigenstates ν α (with α e, µ, τ) as linear superposition of mass eigenstates ν i 3 ν α y i1 U αi ν i y Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) matrix U c 12 c 13 s 12 c 13 s 13 e iδ s 12 c 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ s 23 c 13 s 12 s 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 23 c 13 where s ij sin θ ij and c ij cos θ ij What we know squared mass differences m 2 12 and m 2 23 mixing angles θ 12, θ 23 and θ 12 from e.g. solar neutrino long baseline reactor, amospheric neutrino long baseline accelerator or short baseline reactor / accelerator experiments What we do not know new physics behind SM absolute mass scale mass hierarchy nature of the neutrino (Dirac or Majorana?) Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
5 Open questions from neutrino oscillations... Flavour eigenstates ν α (with α e, µ, τ) as linear superposition of mass eigenstates ν i 3 ν α y i1 U αi ν i y Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) matrix U c 12 c 13 s 12 c 13 s 13 e iδ s 12 c 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ s 23 c 13 s 12 s 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 23 c 13 where s ij sin θ ij and c ij cos θ ij What we know What we do not know squared mass differences m 2 12 and m 2 23 mixing angles θ 12, new physics behind SM θ 23 and θ 12 absolute mass scale from e.g. solar neutrino long baseline reactor, mass hierarchy amospheric neutrino long baseline accelerator nature of the neutrino or short baseline reactor / accelerator experiments (Dirac or Majorana?) Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
6 Open questions from neutrino oscillations... Flavour eigenstates ν α (with α e, µ, τ) as linear superposition of mass eigenstates ν i 3 ν α y i1 U αi ν i y Pontecorvo-Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata (PMNS) matrix U c 12 c 13 s 12 c 13 s 13 e iδ s 12 c 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ s 23 c 13 s 12 s 23 c 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 12 c 23 s 12 s 23 s 13 e iδ c 23 c 13 where s ij sin θ ij and c ij cos θ ij What we know squared mass differences m 2 12 and m 2 23 mixing angles θ 12, θ 23 and θ 13 from e.g. solar neutrino long baseline reactor, amospheric neutrino long baseline accelerator or short baseline reactor/accelerator experiments What we do not know new physics behind SM absolute mass scale mass hierarchy nature of the neutrino (Dirac or Majorana?) Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
7 Unveiling the nature of the neutrino Dirac: νν Majorana: νν vs. Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
8 Unveiling the nature of the neutrino Dirac: νν Majorana: νν vs. Double Beta (ββ) Decay: rare second order nuclear transision occurs between 2 even-even isobars only if single β decay energetically forbidden or J large allows for an unambigous test 35 canditates in nature predominantly used isotopes for experimental ββ search: 48 Ca, 76 Ge, 82 Se, 96 Zr, 100 Mo, 116 Cd, 128 Te, 130 Te, 136 Xe, 150 Nd,... Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
9 Double Beta Decay 2νββ: pa, Zq Ñ pa, Z 2q 2e 2ν e so far observed in 12 nuclei half lifes in the range of yr with T1{2p 2ν 76 Geq yr J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 40 (2013) L 0: Lepton-number conserved allowed by Standard Model 0νββ: pa, Zq Ñ pa, Z 2q 2e only if ν s have Majorana mass component still hunted process note: one claim by subgroup of HdM with T1{2p 0ν 76 Geq yr Phys. Rev. Lett. B 586, (2004) L 2: Lepton-number violation not allowed by Standard Model Experimental signatures measure the electrons sum energy spectrum distribution sensitive to the underlying process Phys. Rev. 401 C81 (2010) continuum Ñ 2νββ or 0νββ Majoron(s) monoenergetic Q ββ -value Ñ 0νββ Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
10 Double Beta Decay 2νββ: pa, Zq Ñ pa, Z 2q 2e 2ν e so far observed in 12 nuclei half lifes in the range of yr with T1{2p 2ν 76 Geq yr J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 40 (2013) L 0: Lepton-number conserved allowed by Standard Model 0νββ: pa, Zq Ñ pa, Z 2q 2e only if ν s have Majorana mass component still hunted process note: one claim by subgroup of HdM with T1{2p 0ν 76 Geq yr Phys. Rev. Lett. B 586, (2004) can be L mediated 2: Lepton-number by e.g. light Majorana violation ν, R-handed weak currents, SUSY particles,... not allowed by Standard Model Experimental signatures measure the electrons sum energy spectrum distribution sensitive to the underlying process Phys. Rev. 401 C81 (2010) continuum Ñ 2νββ or 0νββ Majoron(s) monoenergetic Q ββ -value Ñ 0νββ Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
11 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Expected decay rate: assuming light Majorana ν exchange to be dominating process pt 0ν 1{2 q 1 G 0ν pq ββ, Zq M 0ν 2 xm ββ y 2 where: G 0ν pq ββ, Zq 9 Q 5 ββ phase space integral M 0ν nuclear matrix element xm ββ y 3 i1 U eim i effective ν mass Values taken from: Phys. Rev. D86 (2012) ; JCAP 07 (2012) 053 Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
12 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Expected decay rate: assuming light Majorana ν exchange to be dominating process pt 0ν 1{2 q 1 G 0ν pq ββ, Zq M 0ν 2 xm ββ y 2 where: G 0ν pq ββ, Zq 9 Q 5 ββ phase space integral M 0ν nuclear matrix element xm ββ y 3 i1 U eim i effective ν mass 1 Background! 1: T 0ν 1{2 9 ɛ a M t 2 Background " b1: T1{2 0ν 9 ɛ a M t BI E Experimental Sensitivity ɛ total detection efficiency a abundance of 0νββ isotope where: M t exposure (detector mass livetime) BI background index E energy Q ββ Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
13 Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Expected decay rate: assuming light Majorana ν exchange to be dominating process pt 0ν 1{2 q 1 G 0ν pq ββ, Zq M 0ν 2 xm ββ y 2 where: G 0ν pq ββ, Zq 9 Q 5 ββ phase space integral M 0ν nuclear matrix element xm ββ y 3 i1 U eim i effective ν mass 1 Background! 1: T 0ν 1{2 9 ɛ a M t 2 Background " b1: T1{2 0ν 9 ɛ a M t BI E Experimental Sensitivity ɛ total detection efficiency a abundance of 0νββ isotope where: M t exposure (detector mass livetime) BI background index E energy Q ββ Search in 76 Ge (with well established semiconductor technology) Advantages source detector Ñ high ɛ High Purity Ge Ñ low intrinsic BI Q ββ 0.2% Ñ excellent E test of claim for 0νββ observation by HdM without depending on NME Disadvantages low Q ββ -value Ñ possible external BI from e.g. 208 Tl + small G 0ν pq ββ, Zq a7.8% for 76 Ge Ñ enrichment needed rather long and costly process to get large active detector mass Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
14 GERmanium Detector Array Eur. J. Phys. C73 (2013) 2330 Background reduction techniques from construction of setup: located in Hall A of LNGS underground laboratory, Italy cosmic µ flux reduced by 106 Ñ novel idea: Ge detectors are operated bare in LAr as coolant Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) only minimal amount of (screened) material close to detectors Search for 0νββ in GERDA Ñ rock shielded by ultra-pure water copper lined steel cryostat LAr Ñ active µ-veto by using water tank instrumented with PMTs and plastic scintillator above the cryostat neck Quy Nhon, 31st July / 17
15 GERDA Phase I data Experiment proceeds in two phases: Phase Mass Aspired BI Livetime T1{2 0ν [kg] [cts/(kev kg yr)] [yr] [yr] I II Phase II Ñ liquid argon scintillation veto upgrade 8 semi-coaxial detectors inherited from HdM (ANG1-5) & IGEX (RG1-3) experiments; all reprocessed at Canberra enrichement fraction of 76 Ge: 86% data taking: November 2011 May detectors not considered (high leakage current) total mass used for analysis: 14.6 kg 5 Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detectors from 30 newly processed Phase II detectors enrichement fraction of 76 Ge: 88% data taking (first test): July 2012 May detector not considered (unstable behaviour) total mass used for analysis: 3.0 kg Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
16 Additional background reduction (by off-line analysis) Signal Background ββ events: range for 1MeV electrons in Ge about 1 mm interaction via ionization or exitation of absorber atoms one drift of electrons and holes originated close-by in located charge cloud Ñ single-site event (SSE) γ events: range of 1MeV γ s in Ge À10 larger (compared to electrons) interaction via compton scattering, e e pair creation or photelectric absorption sum of several separated electron-hole drifts Ñ multi-site event (MSE) Signal processing: diode Ñ amplifier Ñ FADC Ñ digital filter Ñ E, pulse shape,... anti-coincidence between detectors: 20% Q ββ quality cuts (e.g. T, E instabilities): 9% Q ββ pulse shape discrimination (PSD): 50% Q ββ Ramo-Shockley theorem: Qptq q rφpr h ptqq φpr eptqqs distinguish between SSE s and MSE s different PSD for semi-coaxial and BEGe detectors Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
17 Calibration, time stability and energy resolution Shift of kev position (bi-) weekly calibration with movable 228 Th sources offline energy reconstruction (semi-gaussian filter) stability monitored with test pulser (0.05 Hz) drift of kev γ-line small ( 0.05%) compared to Q ββ of 0.2% Energy 2039 kev Mean FWHM of Q ββ 1 semi-coaxial: p q kev 2 BEGe: p q kev automatic blinding of the Q ββ 20 kev (later 5 kev) region applied to allow for an unbiased data analysis; validated background model and PSD before perform unblinding Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
18 Blinded physics spectrum Counts/(keV) β Ar 39 2νββ K 40 K Bi Bi Tl 208 semi-coaxial: 19.2 kg yr 3 10 BEGe: 2.4 kg yr - β region of interest 2νββ blinded window α Energy [kev] Region Of Interest (ROI) interval [ s kev Ra 226 α Po 210 Rn 222 Po yr) kg -1 Counts/(keV Main background components: β-spectrum of 39 Ar (with Q 565 kev) 2νββ-spectrum of 76 Ge γ-lines from 40 K, 42 K, 60 Co, 214 Bi, 212 Bi, 208 Tl & 228 Ac α-spectrum of 238 U chain (in semi-coaxial detectors) Division in 3 data sets: semi-coaxial data splitted in two sets ( golden, silver ) according to BI BEGe set kept seperated due to different resolution and background data set Exposure [kg yr] Q ββ [kev] golden silver BEGe Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
19 Background model Eur. Phys. J. C74 (2014) 2764 General procedure: simulation of known (from material screening) and observed (from detector operation) background sources spectral fit with combination of all components in the energy region between 570 kev and 7500 kev on the 3 data sets 2 extremes: minimum (all known visible contributions) & maximum (additional contributions from other possible locations) Results: no γ-line expected in the blinded window around Q ββ flat background between 1930 kev and 2190 kev ( ROI) excluding known 2103 kev ( 208 Tl SEP) as well as 2119 kev ( 214 Bi) BI p q 10 2 (depending on assumption of source location) cts kg kev yr Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
20 Background model Eur. Phys. J. C74 (2014) 2764 General procedure: simulation of known (from material screening) and observed (from detector operation) background sources spectral fit with combination of all components in the energy region between 570 kev and 7500 kev on the 3 data sets 2 extremes: minimum (all known visible contributions) & maximum (additional contributions from other possible locations) Results: no γ-line expected in the blinded window around Q ββ flat background between 1930 kev and 2190 kev ( ROI) excluding known 2103 kev ( 208 Tl SEP) as well as 2119 kev ( 214 Bi) BI p q 10 2 (depending on assumption of source location) cts kg kev yr Partial Q ββ 20 kev Ñ 5 kev with expected and 13 observed events Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
21 Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) Eur. Phys. J. C73 (2013) 2583 semi-coaxial: artificial neural network (ANN) TMVA / TMlpANN with 2 hidden layers of n var and n var+1 nodes Input: time when charge pulse reaches 1%, 3%,...,90% of maximum (n var50) training using 228 Th calibration data Ñ SSE: 208 Tl kev Ñ MSE: 212 Bi kev cut defined such that acceptance of 208 Tl kev is fixed to 90% 0νββ acceptance %; background Q ββ 55% BEGe: mono-parametric A{E A amplitude of current pulse E energy high capability of distinguising SSE from MSE and surface p /n events tuned using 208 Tl DEP (per definition A{E1) Ñ keep A 1.07 well tested and understood method 0νββ acceptance p92 2q% (determined from 208 Tl DEP and MC); background Q ββ 20% cross checks 2νββ: p85 2q% compton edge: p85-94q% 56 Co DEP: p83-95q% 2 alternative PSD Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
22 Q ββ 5 kev Phys. Rev. Let. 111 (2013) after energy calibration, data selection, analysis method and PSD cut is fixed Ñ meeting in June 2013 full data set: total exposure: M t 21.6 kg yr no peak in Q ββ N obs 7 (w/o) Ø 3 (w/) N exp 5.1(w/o) Ø 2.5(w/) event count N obs consistent with expected background N exp Ñ GERDA sets limit on 0νββ half-live data set PSD Exposure Efficiency Events [kg yr] Q ββ [kev] f 76 f av ɛ fep ɛ ROI N exp N obs golden w/o w/ silver w/o w/ BEGe w/o w/ Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
23 Q ββ 5 kev Phys. Rev. Let. 111 (2013) T 0ν 1{2 lnp2q N A m A N 0ν M t f 76 f av ɛ fep ɛ psd fit in [ ] kev with 4 free parameters: 3 constant background plus 1 gauss with T1{2 0ν 0 gaussian parameters fixed: µp q kev σp q kev for semi-coaxial σp q kev for BEGe systematic uncertainties on f, ɛ, µ, σ: MC sampling & averaging Results on T 0ν 1{2 limit data set PSD Exposure Efficiency Events Frequentist: profile likelihood fit Ñ bestn fit exp N N [kg yr] Q obs ββ [kev] f 76 f av ɛ fep ɛ ROI 0ν 0 Ñ T w/o {2 0ν p90%c.l.q yr golden w/ Ñ median 2.0 sensitivity: yr w/o Bayes: flat 0.8 1{T prior yr silver w/ Ñ best0.4 fit N 0ν 10 w/o Ñ T1{2 0ν BEGe p90%c.l.q yr w/ Ñ median 0.1 sensitivity: yr Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
24 Q ββ 5 kev Phys. Rev. Let. 111 (2013) Claim by subgroup of HdM (2004) total exposure: M t 71.7 kg yr signal events observed T1{2 0ν yr Phys. Rev. Lett. B 586, (2004) Comparison with Phase I result assuming the claimed signal GERDA should see νββ events in 2σ interval above background of probability from profile likelihood: ppn 0ν 0 H1signal bkgq0.01 Ñ claim ruled 99% level Bayes factor: pph1signal bkgq/pph0bkgq gives Ñ search for 0νββ open again, many proposals to push sensitivity Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
25 Phase I finished Ñ currently preparing Phase II Goal: Upgrade: Phase I: 20 kg yr with a BI of 10 2 cts/(kg kev yr) Phase II: 100 kg yr with a BI of 10 3 cts/(kg kev yr) 2 detector mass (20 kg BEGe 15 kg semi-coax) liquid argon veto instrumented with PMTs optimized readout electronics low mass detector suspension wedge bond contact (made of clean material) b T1{2 0ν 9 f M t 76 ɛ BI E (if background is present) increased statistic (higher ββ emitter mass M and longer data taking t) lower background index BI (by about factor 10) better energy resolution E Ñ expected sensitivity yr (90% C.L.) Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
26 Conclusion: Phase I ( ) data taking completed with an exposure of 21.6 kg yr blind analysis performed (first time in this field) unprecedented BI of 10 2 cts/(kg kev yr) after PSD (order of magnitude lower than previous experiments) observed 3 Q ββ 5 kev compared to expected background of Ñ no 0νββ signal upper half-life limit from profile likelihod fit: T1{2 0ν yr with GERDA alone Ñ HdM claim (2004) 99% level T1{2 0ν yr with GERDA HdM[1] IGEX[2] [1] Euro Phys J A12 (2001) 147 [2] Phys Rev D65 (2002) Outlook: Phase II (start scheduled end 2014) new BEGe detectors of additional 20 kg Ñ available upgrade of infrastructure (lock system, glove box,...) Ñ finished liquid argon scintillation veto Ñ currently installed last integration tests (new contacting, electronics,..,) Ñ ongoing Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31 st July / 17
27 The Collaboration Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31st July / 17
28 The Collaboration... and the people behind the GERDA experiment. Picture taken during last GERDA Meeting in June 2014 hosted by the Max-Planck-Institut fu r Heidelberg, Germany Andrea Kirsch (MPIK) Search for 0νββ in GERDA Quy Nhon, 31st July / 17
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