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Main Authors: PandaX Collaboration, Yuan, Zhe, Bo, Zihao, Chen, Wei, Chen, Xun, Chen, Yunhua, Cheng, Chen, Cui, Xiangyi, Deng, Manna, Fan, Yingjie, Fang, Deqing, Fu, Xuanye, Gao, Zhixing, Ge, Yujie, Geng, Lisheng, Giboni, Karl, Guo, Xunan, Guo, Xuyuan, Guo, Zichao, Han, Chencheng, Han, Ke, He, Changda, He, Jinrong, Huang, Houqi, Huang, Junting, Huang, Yule, Hou, Ruquan, Ji, Xiangdong, Ju, Yonglin, Lan, Xiaorun, Li, Chenxiang, Li, Jiafu, Li, Mingchuan, Li, Peiyuan, Li, Shuaijie, Li, Tao, Li, Yangdong, Li, Zhiyuan, Lin, Qing, Liu, Jianglai, Liu, Yuanchun, Lu, Congcong, Lu, Xiaoying, Luo, Lingyin, Luo, Yunyang, Ma, Yugang, Mao, Yajun, Meng, Yue, Pang, Binyu, Qi, Ningchun, Qian, Zhicheng, Ren, Xiangxiang, Shan, Dong, Shang, Xiaofeng, Shao, Xiyuan, Shen, Guofang, Shen, Manbin, Sun, Wenliang, Sun, Xuyan, Tao, Yi, Tian, Yueqiang, Tian, Yuxin, Wang, Anqing, Wang, Guanbo, Wang, Hao, Wang, Haoyu, Wang, Jiamin, Wang, Lei, Wang, Meng, Wang, Qiuhong, Wang, Shaobo, Wang, Shibo, Wang, Siguang, Wang, Wei, Wang, Xu, Wang, Zhou, Wei, Yuehuan, Wu, Weihao, Wu, Yuan, Xiao, Mengjiao, Xiao, Xiang, Xiong, Kaizhi, Xu, Jianqin, Xu, Yifan, Yao, Shunyu, Yan, Binbin, Yan, Xiyu, Yang, Yong, Ye, Peihua, Yu, Chunxu, Yuan, Ying, Yun, Youhui, Zeng, Xinning, Zhang, Minzhen, Zhang, Peng, Zhang, Shibo, Zhang, Siyuan, Zhang, Shu, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Yang, Zhang, Yingxin, Zhang, Yuanyuan, Zhao, Li, Zhao, Kangkang, Zhou, Jifang, Zhou, Jiaxu, Zhou, Jiayi, Zhou, Ning, Zhou, Xiaopeng, Zhou, Zhizhen, Zhu, Chenhui, Ramalho, Marlom, Suhonen, Jouni
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author PandaX Collaboration
Yuan, Zhe
Bo, Zihao
Chen, Wei
Chen, Xun
Chen, Yunhua
Cheng, Chen
Cui, Xiangyi
Deng, Manna
Fan, Yingjie
Fang, Deqing
Fu, Xuanye
Gao, Zhixing
Ge, Yujie
Geng, Lisheng
Giboni, Karl
Guo, Xunan
Guo, Xuyuan
Guo, Zichao
Han, Chencheng
Han, Ke
He, Changda
He, Jinrong
Huang, Houqi
Huang, Junting
Huang, Yule
Hou, Ruquan
Ji, Xiangdong
Ju, Yonglin
Lan, Xiaorun
Li, Chenxiang
Li, Jiafu
Li, Mingchuan
Li, Peiyuan
Li, Shuaijie
Li, Tao
Li, Yangdong
Li, Zhiyuan
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jianglai
Liu, Yuanchun
Lu, Congcong
Lu, Xiaoying
Luo, Lingyin
Luo, Yunyang
Ma, Yugang
Mao, Yajun
Meng, Yue
Pang, Binyu
Qi, Ningchun
Qian, Zhicheng
Ren, Xiangxiang
Shan, Dong
Shang, Xiaofeng
Shao, Xiyuan
Shen, Guofang
Shen, Manbin
Sun, Wenliang
Sun, Xuyan
Tao, Yi
Tian, Yueqiang
Tian, Yuxin
Wang, Anqing
Wang, Guanbo
Wang, Hao
Wang, Haoyu
Wang, Jiamin
Wang, Lei
Wang, Meng
Wang, Qiuhong
Wang, Shaobo
Wang, Shibo
Wang, Siguang
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xu
Wang, Zhou
Wei, Yuehuan
Wu, Weihao
Wu, Yuan
Xiao, Mengjiao
Xiao, Xiang
Xiong, Kaizhi
Xu, Jianqin
Xu, Yifan
Yao, Shunyu
Yan, Binbin
Yan, Xiyu
Yang, Yong
Ye, Peihua
Yu, Chunxu
Yuan, Ying
Yun, Youhui
Zeng, Xinning
Zhang, Minzhen
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shibo
Zhang, Siyuan
Zhang, Shu
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Yang
Zhang, Yingxin
Zhang, Yuanyuan
Zhao, Li
Zhao, Kangkang
Zhou, Jifang
Zhou, Jiaxu
Zhou, Jiayi
Zhou, Ning
Zhou, Xiaopeng
Zhou, Zhizhen
Zhu, Chenhui
Ramalho, Marlom
Suhonen, Jouni
author_facet PandaX Collaboration
Yuan, Zhe
Bo, Zihao
Chen, Wei
Chen, Xun
Chen, Yunhua
Cheng, Chen
Cui, Xiangyi
Deng, Manna
Fan, Yingjie
Fang, Deqing
Fu, Xuanye
Gao, Zhixing
Ge, Yujie
Geng, Lisheng
Giboni, Karl
Guo, Xunan
Guo, Xuyuan
Guo, Zichao
Han, Chencheng
Han, Ke
He, Changda
He, Jinrong
Huang, Houqi
Huang, Junting
Huang, Yule
Hou, Ruquan
Ji, Xiangdong
Ju, Yonglin
Lan, Xiaorun
Li, Chenxiang
Li, Jiafu
Li, Mingchuan
Li, Peiyuan
Li, Shuaijie
Li, Tao
Li, Yangdong
Li, Zhiyuan
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jianglai
Liu, Yuanchun
Lu, Congcong
Lu, Xiaoying
Luo, Lingyin
Luo, Yunyang
Ma, Yugang
Mao, Yajun
Meng, Yue
Pang, Binyu
Qi, Ningchun
Qian, Zhicheng
Ren, Xiangxiang
Shan, Dong
Shang, Xiaofeng
Shao, Xiyuan
Shen, Guofang
Shen, Manbin
Sun, Wenliang
Sun, Xuyan
Tao, Yi
Tian, Yueqiang
Tian, Yuxin
Wang, Anqing
Wang, Guanbo
Wang, Hao
Wang, Haoyu
Wang, Jiamin
Wang, Lei
Wang, Meng
Wang, Qiuhong
Wang, Shaobo
Wang, Shibo
Wang, Siguang
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xu
Wang, Zhou
Wei, Yuehuan
Wu, Weihao
Wu, Yuan
Xiao, Mengjiao
Xiao, Xiang
Xiong, Kaizhi
Xu, Jianqin
Xu, Yifan
Yao, Shunyu
Yan, Binbin
Yan, Xiyu
Yang, Yong
Ye, Peihua
Yu, Chunxu
Yuan, Ying
Yun, Youhui
Zeng, Xinning
Zhang, Minzhen
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shibo
Zhang, Siyuan
Zhang, Shu
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Yang
Zhang, Yingxin
Zhang, Yuanyuan
Zhao, Li
Zhao, Kangkang
Zhou, Jifang
Zhou, Jiaxu
Zhou, Jiayi
Zhou, Ning
Zhou, Xiaopeng
Zhou, Zhizhen
Zhu, Chenhui
Ramalho, Marlom
Suhonen, Jouni
contents Nuclear $β$ decay, a sensitive probe of nuclear structure and weak interactions, has become a precision test bed for physics beyond the Standard Model, driven by recent advances in spectrometric techniques. Here we introduce tomographic $β$-$γ$ spectroscopy (TBGS) of nuclear $β$ decay, a method that detects the energies of $β$, $γ$, and internal conversion electrons while simultaneously reconstructing the energy deposition vertices. Using the PandaX-4T detector operated as a TBGS, we obtain a precise and unbiased decay scheme of $^{214}$Pb, a key background isotope in searches for dark matter and Majorana neutrinos. For the first time, transitions of $^{214}$Pb to both the ground and excited states of $^{214}$Bi are measured concurrently, revealing discrepancies in branching ratios of up to 4.7$σ$ relative to previous evaluations. Combined with state-of-the-art theoretical spectral-shape calculations, these results establish a new benchmark for background modelling in rare-event searches and highlight the potential of TBGS as a versatile tool for fundamental physics and nuclear applications.
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spellingShingle Tomographic beta-gamma spectroscopy of nuclear beta decay
PandaX Collaboration
Yuan, Zhe
Bo, Zihao
Chen, Wei
Chen, Xun
Chen, Yunhua
Cheng, Chen
Cui, Xiangyi
Deng, Manna
Fan, Yingjie
Fang, Deqing
Fu, Xuanye
Gao, Zhixing
Ge, Yujie
Geng, Lisheng
Giboni, Karl
Guo, Xunan
Guo, Xuyuan
Guo, Zichao
Han, Chencheng
Han, Ke
He, Changda
He, Jinrong
Huang, Houqi
Huang, Junting
Huang, Yule
Hou, Ruquan
Ji, Xiangdong
Ju, Yonglin
Lan, Xiaorun
Li, Chenxiang
Li, Jiafu
Li, Mingchuan
Li, Peiyuan
Li, Shuaijie
Li, Tao
Li, Yangdong
Li, Zhiyuan
Lin, Qing
Liu, Jianglai
Liu, Yuanchun
Lu, Congcong
Lu, Xiaoying
Luo, Lingyin
Luo, Yunyang
Ma, Yugang
Mao, Yajun
Meng, Yue
Pang, Binyu
Qi, Ningchun
Qian, Zhicheng
Ren, Xiangxiang
Shan, Dong
Shang, Xiaofeng
Shao, Xiyuan
Shen, Guofang
Shen, Manbin
Sun, Wenliang
Sun, Xuyan
Tao, Yi
Tian, Yueqiang
Tian, Yuxin
Wang, Anqing
Wang, Guanbo
Wang, Hao
Wang, Haoyu
Wang, Jiamin
Wang, Lei
Wang, Meng
Wang, Qiuhong
Wang, Shaobo
Wang, Shibo
Wang, Siguang
Wang, Wei
Wang, Xu
Wang, Zhou
Wei, Yuehuan
Wu, Weihao
Wu, Yuan
Xiao, Mengjiao
Xiao, Xiang
Xiong, Kaizhi
Xu, Jianqin
Xu, Yifan
Yao, Shunyu
Yan, Binbin
Yan, Xiyu
Yang, Yong
Ye, Peihua
Yu, Chunxu
Yuan, Ying
Yun, Youhui
Zeng, Xinning
Zhang, Minzhen
Zhang, Peng
Zhang, Shibo
Zhang, Siyuan
Zhang, Shu
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Yang
Zhang, Yingxin
Zhang, Yuanyuan
Zhao, Li
Zhao, Kangkang
Zhou, Jifang
Zhou, Jiaxu
Zhou, Jiayi
Zhou, Ning
Zhou, Xiaopeng
Zhou, Zhizhen
Zhu, Chenhui
Ramalho, Marlom
Suhonen, Jouni
Nuclear Experiment
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear $β$ decay, a sensitive probe of nuclear structure and weak interactions, has become a precision test bed for physics beyond the Standard Model, driven by recent advances in spectrometric techniques. Here we introduce tomographic $β$-$γ$ spectroscopy (TBGS) of nuclear $β$ decay, a method that detects the energies of $β$, $γ$, and internal conversion electrons while simultaneously reconstructing the energy deposition vertices. Using the PandaX-4T detector operated as a TBGS, we obtain a precise and unbiased decay scheme of $^{214}$Pb, a key background isotope in searches for dark matter and Majorana neutrinos. For the first time, transitions of $^{214}$Pb to both the ground and excited states of $^{214}$Bi are measured concurrently, revealing discrepancies in branching ratios of up to 4.7$σ$ relative to previous evaluations. Combined with state-of-the-art theoretical spectral-shape calculations, these results establish a new benchmark for background modelling in rare-event searches and highlight the potential of TBGS as a versatile tool for fundamental physics and nuclear applications.
title Tomographic beta-gamma spectroscopy of nuclear beta decay
topic Nuclear Experiment
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24612