Search for exotic physics in double-β decays with GERDA Phase II

M Agostini,S Schönert,A Di Giacinto,J Hakenmüller,J Jochum,G Lutter,Y Müller,Y Kermaïdic,J Janicskó Csáthy,O Kochetov,M Schwarz,D Zinatulina,A Caldwell,N Di Marco,L Shtembari,M Schütt,M Redchuk,A Zschocke,M Junker,Cinzia Sada ,A Bettini,H Simgen,R Mingazheva,В Н Корноухов ,P Krause,L Baudis,A Veresnikova,G R Araujo ,K Kilgus,Κ Zuber ,I V Kirpichnikov ,O Selivanenko,M Hult,V V Kazalov ,G M Marshall ,I Zhitnikov,C Wiesinger,O Schulz,V Bothe,M Wójcik ,K Von Sturm,V Biancacci,A.-K Schütz ,M Balata,M Shirchenko,Б Лубсандоржиев ,M Fomina,T Wester,A Klimenko,M Morella,E Bossio,M Laubenstein,S Belogurov,K T Knöpfle ,C Cattadori,É V Demidova ,C Gooch,W Hofmann,J Schreiner,A Pullia,B Schwingenheuer,I Lippi,A A Vasenko ,F Salamida,E Doroshkevich,A M Bakalyarov ,A Alexander,K Pelczar,H Khushbakht,B Majorovits,A Chernogorov,V Gurentsov,I Nemchenok,T Kihm,С В Жуков ,A Garfagnini,A Lubashevskiy,A M Gangapshev ,K Gusev,L Manzanillas,D Stukov,L Pandola,M Misiaszek,L Rauscher,R Brugnera,Anna Julia Zsigmond ,M Lindner,S Hemmer,Л В Инжечик ,V D’andrea ,E Yanovich,C Ransom,Serena Calgaro ,Birgit Zatschler ,L Pertoldi,A Smolnikov,P Grabmayr,M Miloradovic,F Fischer,W Maneschg,C Vignoli,S Riboldi,J Huang,C Macolino,N Rumyantseva,Simon Sailer ,C Bauer,P Piseri,V V Kuzminov ,T Comellato,E Shevchik,I Barabanov,L Bezrukov,G Zuzel

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2022/12/012

Abstract

A search for Beyond the Standard Model double-β decay modes of 76Ge has been performed with data collected during the Phase II of the GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) experiment,located at the LaboratoriNazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN (Italy). Improved limits on the decays involving Majorons have been obtained, compared to previous experiments with 76Ge, with half-life values on the order of 1023 yr. For the first time with 76Ge, limits on Lorentz invariance violation effects in double-β decay have beenobtained. The isotropic coefficient åof (3), which embeds Lorentzviolation in double-β decay, has been constrained at the order of 10-6 GeV. We alsoset the first experimental limits on the search for light exotic fermions in double-β decay,including sterile neutrinos.

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