Abstract
The International Germanium Experiment (IGEX) has analyzed 117 mol yr of data from its isotopically enriched (86% germanium detectors. Applying pulse-shape discrimination to the more recent data, the lower bound on the half-life for neutrinoless double-beta decay of is (90% C.L.). This corresponds to an upper bound in the Majorana neutrino mass parameter, between 0.33 and 1.35 eV, depending on the choice of theoretical nuclear matrix elements used in the analysis.
- Received 29 October 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.092007
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