PIRSA:17100063

Recent results and future plans for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR

Henning, R. (2017). Recent results and future plans for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17100063

Henning, Reyco. Recent results and future plans for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 20, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17100063 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17100063,
            doi = {10.48660/17100063},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/17100063},
            author = {Henning, Reyco},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Recent results and future plans for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2017},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:17100063 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Reyco Henning

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR (MJD) is a 44-kg array of low-background germanium detectors of which 30kg is made from detectors enriched to 88% in 76Ge. MJD is operating a mile underground in the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory in Lead, SD. Its main purpose is to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge and to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a tonne-scale Ge-based neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. It is also capable of direct searches of a variety of dark matter candidates and other physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk I will review the motivation, design and construction of the MJD, as well as recent results for a the search for bosonic dark matter using commissioning data taken in 2015. I will also discuss the current status of MJD and conclude with a discussion of future plans for MJD and a proposed tonne-scale Ge-based experiment, LEGeND.