First search for Lorentz and CPT violation in double beta decay with EXO-200

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2016-04-01
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American Physical Society
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A search for Lorentz- and CPT-violating signals in the double beta decay spectrum of Xe-136 has been performed using an exposure of 100 kg . yr with the EXO-200 detector. No significant evidence of the spectral modification due to isotropic Lorentz -violation was found, and a two-sided limit of -2.65 x 10(-5) GeV < (a)(of),(,3r) < 7.60 x 10(-6) GeV (90% C.L.) is placed on the relevant coefficient within the Standard -Model Extension (SME). This is the first experimental study of the effect of the SME-defined oscillation -free and momentum-independent neutrino coupling operator on the double beta decay process.

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Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, Particles & Fields, Physics
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Albert, J., et al. (2016): First Search for Lorentz and CPT Violation in Double Beta Decay With EXO-200. Physical Review D, 93(7). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072001