TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconstructing neutrinoless double beta decay event kinematics in a xenon gas detector with vertex tagging
AU - The NEXT collaboration
AU - Martínez-Vara, M.
AU - Mistry, K.
AU - Pompa, F.
AU - Jones, B. J.P.
AU - Martín-Albo, J.
AU - Sorel, M.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Almazán, H.
AU - Álvarez, V.
AU - Aparicio, B.
AU - Aranburu, A. I.
AU - Arazi, L.
AU - Arnquist, I. J.
AU - Auria-Luna, F.
AU - Ayet, S.
AU - Azevedo, C. D.R.
AU - Bailey, K.
AU - Ballester, F.
AU - del Barrio-Torregrosa, M.
AU - Bayo, A.
AU - Benlloch-Rodríguez, J. M.
AU - Borges, F. I.G.M.
AU - Brodolin, A.
AU - Byrnes, N.
AU - Cárcel, S.
AU - Castillo, A.
AU - Church, E.
AU - Cid, L.
AU - Conde, C. A.N.
AU - Contreras, T.
AU - Cossío, F. P.
AU - Coupe, R.
AU - Dey, E.
AU - Díaz, G.
AU - Echevarria, C.
AU - Elorza, M.
AU - Escada, J.
AU - Esteve, R.
AU - Felkai, R.
AU - Fernandes, L. M.P.
AU - Ferrario, P.
AU - Ferreira, A. L.
AU - Foss, F. W.
AU - Freixa, Z.
AU - García-Barrena, J.
AU - Gómez-Cadenas, J. J.
AU - Grocott, J. W.R.
AU - Guenette, R.
AU - Hauptman, J.
AU - Shomroni, I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/7
Y1 - 2025/7
N2 - If neutrinoless double beta decay is discovered, the next natural step would be understanding the lepton number violating physics responsible for it. Several alternatives exist beyond the exchange of light neutrinos. Some of these mechanisms can be distinguished by measuring phase-space observables, namely the opening angle cos θ among the two decay electrons, and the electron energy spectra, T1 and T2. In this work, we study the statistical accuracy and precision in measuring these kinematic observables in a future xenon gas detector with the added capability to precisely locate the decay vertex. For realistic detector conditions (a gas pressure of 10 bar and spatial resolution of 4 mm), we find that the average cosθ¯ and T1¯ values can be reconstructed with a precision of 0.19 and 110 keV, respectively, assuming that only 10 neutrinoless double beta decay events are detected.
AB - If neutrinoless double beta decay is discovered, the next natural step would be understanding the lepton number violating physics responsible for it. Several alternatives exist beyond the exchange of light neutrinos. Some of these mechanisms can be distinguished by measuring phase-space observables, namely the opening angle cos θ among the two decay electrons, and the electron energy spectra, T1 and T2. In this work, we study the statistical accuracy and precision in measuring these kinematic observables in a future xenon gas detector with the added capability to precisely locate the decay vertex. For realistic detector conditions (a gas pressure of 10 bar and spatial resolution of 4 mm), we find that the average cosθ¯ and T1¯ values can be reconstructed with a precision of 0.19 and 110 keV, respectively, assuming that only 10 neutrinoless double beta decay events are detected.
KW - Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments)
KW - Rare Decay
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105013559974
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)170
DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2025)170
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AN - SCOPUS:105013559974
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2025
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 170
ER -