THE SOUDAN MO-100 DOUBLE-BETA DECAY EXPERIMENT - A STATUS-REPORT

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BARABASH, AS
AVIGNONE, FT
BRODZINSKI, RL
COLLAR, JI
GUERARD, CK
MILEY, HS
REEVES, JH
UMATOV, VI
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[1] UNIV S CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC 29208 USA
[2] KURCHATOV INST ATOM ENERGY, TROICK 142092, USSR
[3] PACIFIC NW LAB, RICHLAND, WA 99352 USA
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Double-beta decay from the ground state of Mo-100 to the 0+ excited state at 1130.29 keV in Ru-100 has been observed. A 956 g sample of molybdenum metal powder isotopically enriched to 98.468% Mo-100 was counted in a Marinelli geometry with a well-shielded, ultralow-background germanium detector. The cascade gamma-rays at 539.53 and 590.76 keV in Ru-100 were observed at the 99.998% confidence limit. The systematic errors have not yet been evaluated, but the data support a half-life of approximately 10(21) y.
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