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Progress Report to the LNGS SC
November 2009
short write-up (pdf, 0.3 MB)
appendix (pdf, 9 MB)
search for earlier reports
Technical Proposal
March 2005, Version 0.1
pdf (1.8 MB)
Proposal to LNGS
(Sep 21, 2004)
pdf (3.5 MB)
Letter of Intent
Mar 16, 2004
see also: hep-ex/04040390
ps,
pdf,
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GERDA experiment has been proposed in 2004 as a new 76 Ge
double-beta decay experiment at LNGS. The GERDA proposal foresees the
installation of a facility with germanium detectors made out
of isotopically enriched material. The detectors will be operated inside a liquid
argon shield. The experiment is located in Hall A of
LNGS and will
serve
a dual purpose. The setup will probe the neutrinoless double beta
decay of 76 Ge with a sensitivity of T 1/2 > 1.4E26
y at 90% confidence level, corresponding to a range of
effective
neutrino mass < 0.09 - 0.30 eV. In addition the
proposed experiment will be a pioneering low-level facility which will
demonstrate the possibility of reducing backgrounds by 2-3 orders of
magnitude below the current state-of-the-art. |

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