LEGEND-1000: A Tonne-scale Search for Neutrinoless Double-beta Decay in <sup>76</sup>Ge
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Abstract
The LEGEND Collaboration proposes the construction of LEGEND-1000, a ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Double Beta (ββ) Decay. LEGEND-1000 will consist of 1000 kg of germanium detectors, enriched to ≥ 90% in 76Ge, operated in a liquid argon active shield at an underground laboratory in Italy (LNGS). The experiment is designed to probe ββ decay with discovery sensitivity to 76Ge half-lives beyond 1028 years. LEGEND-1000 will perform a quasi-background-free search and can make an unambiguous discovery of ββ decay for an effective neutrino mass above 9-21 meV. It builds on the experience from the precursor LEGEND-200, MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, and GERDA experiments. LEGEND-1000 is currently scheduled to start data-taking in 2030.This talk will review the design and status of LEGEND-1000.
*This work is supported by the U.S. DOE and the NSF, the LANL, ORNL and LBNL LDRD programs; the European ERC and Horizon programs; the German DFG, BMBF, and MPG; the Italian INFN; the Polish NCN and MNiSW; the Czech MEYS; the Slovak RDA; the Swiss SNF; the UK STFC; the Canadian NSERC and CFI; the LNGS and SURF facilities.
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Presenters
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Reyco Henning
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Chapel H