Search for Double Beta Decay of $^{136}$Xe to the $0^+_1$ Excited State of $^{136}$Ba with PandaX-4T
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| author | PandaX Collaboration Luo, Lingyin Bo, Zihao Chen, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Yunhua Cheng, Zhaokan Cui, Xiangyi Fang, Yingji Fang, Deqing Gao, Zhixing Geng, Lisheng Giboni, Karl Guo, Xunan Guo, Xuyuan Guo, Zichao Han, Chencheng Han, Ke He, Changda He, Jinrong Huang, Di Huang, Houqi Huang, Junting Hou, Ruquan Hou, Yu Ji, Xiangdong Ji, Xiangpan Ju, Yonglin Li, Chenxiang Li, Tao Li, Jiafu Li, Mingchuan Li, Shuaijie Li, Zhiyuan Lin, Qing Liu, Jianglai Lu, Congcong Lu, Xiaoying Luo, Yunyang Ma, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Mao, Yajun Meng, Yue Ning, Xuyang Pang, Binyu Qi, Ningchun Qian, Zhicheng Ren, Xiangxiang Shan, Dong Shang, Xiaofeng Shao, Xiyuan Shen, Guofang Shen, Manbin Sun, Wenliang Tao, Yi Wang, Anqing Wang, Guanbo Wang, Hao Wang, Jiamin Wang, Lei Wang, Meng Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Shaobo Wang, Siguang Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Wang, Xu Wang, Zhou Wei, Yuehuan Wu, Weihao Wu, Yuan Xiao, Mengjiao Xiao, Xiang Xiong, Kaizhi Xu, Yifan Yao, Shunyu Yan, Binbin Yan, Xiyu Yang, Yong Ye, Peihua Yu, Chunxu Yuan, Ying Yuan, Zhe Yun, Youhui Zeng, Xinning Zhang, Minzhen Zhang, Peng Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Shu Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Li Zhou, Jifang Zhou, Jiaxu Zhou, Ning Zhou, Xiaopeng Zhou, Yubo Zhou, Zhizhen |
| author_facet | PandaX Collaboration Luo, Lingyin Bo, Zihao Chen, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Yunhua Cheng, Zhaokan Cui, Xiangyi Fang, Yingji Fang, Deqing Gao, Zhixing Geng, Lisheng Giboni, Karl Guo, Xunan Guo, Xuyuan Guo, Zichao Han, Chencheng Han, Ke He, Changda He, Jinrong Huang, Di Huang, Houqi Huang, Junting Hou, Ruquan Hou, Yu Ji, Xiangdong Ji, Xiangpan Ju, Yonglin Li, Chenxiang Li, Tao Li, Jiafu Li, Mingchuan Li, Shuaijie Li, Zhiyuan Lin, Qing Liu, Jianglai Lu, Congcong Lu, Xiaoying Luo, Yunyang Ma, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Mao, Yajun Meng, Yue Ning, Xuyang Pang, Binyu Qi, Ningchun Qian, Zhicheng Ren, Xiangxiang Shan, Dong Shang, Xiaofeng Shao, Xiyuan Shen, Guofang Shen, Manbin Sun, Wenliang Tao, Yi Wang, Anqing Wang, Guanbo Wang, Hao Wang, Jiamin Wang, Lei Wang, Meng Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Shaobo Wang, Siguang Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Wang, Xu Wang, Zhou Wei, Yuehuan Wu, Weihao Wu, Yuan Xiao, Mengjiao Xiao, Xiang Xiong, Kaizhi Xu, Yifan Yao, Shunyu Yan, Binbin Yan, Xiyu Yang, Yong Ye, Peihua Yu, Chunxu Yuan, Ying Yuan, Zhe Yun, Youhui Zeng, Xinning Zhang, Minzhen Zhang, Peng Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Shu Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Li Zhou, Jifang Zhou, Jiaxu Zhou, Ning Zhou, Xiaopeng Zhou, Yubo Zhou, Zhizhen |
| contents | We perform a search of double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state, $0^+_1$, of $^{136}$Ba (2$νββ$-0$_1^+$), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site events are reconstructed up to the MeV energy scale, which helps to improve the background model significantly. The background contribution from the stainless steel platform outside PandaX-4T cryostat is evaluated for the first time. No significant evidence for 2$νββ$-$0_1^+$ is observed, resulting in a lower limit on half-life of $7.5 \times 10^{22}$ yr at the 90% confidence level. This is the first experimental limit on such a rare decay in a natural xenon-based detector. |
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arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2502_03017 |
| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| record_format | arxiv |
| spellingShingle | Search for Double Beta Decay of $^{136}$Xe to the $0^+_1$ Excited State of $^{136}$Ba with PandaX-4T PandaX Collaboration Luo, Lingyin Bo, Zihao Chen, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, Yunhua Cheng, Zhaokan Cui, Xiangyi Fang, Yingji Fang, Deqing Gao, Zhixing Geng, Lisheng Giboni, Karl Guo, Xunan Guo, Xuyuan Guo, Zichao Han, Chencheng Han, Ke He, Changda He, Jinrong Huang, Di Huang, Houqi Huang, Junting Hou, Ruquan Hou, Yu Ji, Xiangdong Ji, Xiangpan Ju, Yonglin Li, Chenxiang Li, Tao Li, Jiafu Li, Mingchuan Li, Shuaijie Li, Zhiyuan Lin, Qing Liu, Jianglai Lu, Congcong Lu, Xiaoying Luo, Yunyang Ma, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Mao, Yajun Meng, Yue Ning, Xuyang Pang, Binyu Qi, Ningchun Qian, Zhicheng Ren, Xiangxiang Shan, Dong Shang, Xiaofeng Shao, Xiyuan Shen, Guofang Shen, Manbin Sun, Wenliang Tao, Yi Wang, Anqing Wang, Guanbo Wang, Hao Wang, Jiamin Wang, Lei Wang, Meng Wang, Qiuhong Wang, Shaobo Wang, Siguang Wang, Wei Wang, Xiuli Wang, Xu Wang, Zhou Wei, Yuehuan Wu, Weihao Wu, Yuan Xiao, Mengjiao Xiao, Xiang Xiong, Kaizhi Xu, Yifan Yao, Shunyu Yan, Binbin Yan, Xiyu Yang, Yong Ye, Peihua Yu, Chunxu Yuan, Ying Yuan, Zhe Yun, Youhui Zeng, Xinning Zhang, Minzhen Zhang, Peng Zhang, Shibo Zhang, Shu Zhang, Tao Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yingxin Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Li Zhou, Jifang Zhou, Jiaxu Zhou, Ning Zhou, Xiaopeng Zhou, Yubo Zhou, Zhizhen Nuclear Experiment We perform a search of double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe to the excited state, $0^+_1$, of $^{136}$Ba (2$νββ$-0$_1^+$), using the dual-phase xenon detector of PandaX-4T with the first 94.9-day commissioning data. The multi-site events are reconstructed up to the MeV energy scale, which helps to improve the background model significantly. The background contribution from the stainless steel platform outside PandaX-4T cryostat is evaluated for the first time. No significant evidence for 2$νββ$-$0_1^+$ is observed, resulting in a lower limit on half-life of $7.5 \times 10^{22}$ yr at the 90% confidence level. This is the first experimental limit on such a rare decay in a natural xenon-based detector. |
| title | Search for Double Beta Decay of $^{136}$Xe to the $0^+_1$ Excited State of $^{136}$Ba with PandaX-4T |
| topic | Nuclear Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03017 |