Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory

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The Neutrino Ettore Majorana Observatory (NEMO) is an international physical experiment (under French management) with the purpose of investigating the double beta decay of molybdenum -100 and thus indirectly the properties of neutrinos . It is named after Ettore Majorana .

NEMO 1 and 2

After the start of the NEMO collaboration, two prototype detectors, NEMO 1 and NEMO2, were built from 1989 and operated until 1997.

NEMO 3

Since 2003, NEMO 3 has been used to search for the neutrino-free double beta decay that has never been observed . The measurements ended in 2011. A follow-up experiment, SuperNEMO, is in preparation.

The observation of neutrino double beta decay would fundamental insights into the absolute mass and the matter / antimatter - Symmetry supply of neutrinos. The most important discovery would be the decision as to whether neutrinos are Dirac or marjoram particles .

The experiment is located in the Fréjus Underground Laboratory (LSM) in Modane ( Savoie , France ).

Note and individual evidence

  1. ↑ Despite the designation Observatory , NEMO is not one of the facilities mentioned under Neutrino Observatory , because no neutrinos from distant sources are observed.
  2. ^ R. Arnold, C. Augier et al., Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of 100Mo with the NEMO-3 Detector. Physical Review D 89 (2014) 111101 (R). [1]
  3. ↑ D. Waters, Latest Results from NEMO-3 & Status of the SuperNEMO Experiment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series , Vol. 888, conference 1, July 2016 [2]

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