{
  "id": "1610.01210",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-10-04T21:21:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-10-04T21:21:03.000Z",
  "title": "Initial Results from the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR",
  "authors": [
    "S. R. Elliott",
    "N. Abgrall",
    "I. J. Arnquist",
    "F. T. Avignone III",
    "A. S. Barabash",
    "F. E. Bertrand",
    "A. W. Bradley",
    "V. Brudanin",
    "M. Busch",
    "M. Buuck",
    "T. S. Caldwell",
    "Y-D. Chan",
    "C. D. Christofferson",
    "P. -H. Chu",
    "C. Cuesta",
    "J. A. Detwiler",
    "C. Dunagan",
    "Yu. Efremenko",
    "H. Ejiri",
    "A. Fullmer",
    "A. Galindo-Uribarri",
    "T. Gilliss",
    "G. K. Giovanetti",
    "M. P. Green",
    "J. Gruszko",
    "I. S. Guinn",
    "V. E. Guiseppe",
    "R. Henning",
    "E. W. Hoppe",
    "M. A. Howe",
    "B. R. Jasinski",
    "K. J. Keeter",
    "M. F. Kidd",
    "S. I. Konovalov",
    "R. T. Kouzes",
    "J. Leon",
    "A. M. Lopez",
    "J. MacMullin",
    "R. D. Martin",
    "R. Massarczyk",
    "S. J. Meijer",
    "S. Mertens",
    "J. L. Orrell",
    "C. O'Shaughnessy",
    "A. W. P. Poon",
    "D. C. Radford",
    "J. Rager",
    "K. Rielage",
    "R. G. H. Robertson",
    "E. Romero-Romero",
    "B. Shanks",
    "M. Shirchenko",
    "A. M. Suriano",
    "D. Tedeschi",
    "J. E. Trimble",
    "R. L. Varner",
    "S. Vasilyev",
    "K. Vetter",
    "K. Vorren",
    "B. R. White",
    "J. F. Wilkerson",
    "C. Wiseman",
    "W. Xu",
    "E. Yakushev",
    "C. -H. Yu",
    "V. Yumatov",
    "I. Zhitnikov"
  ],
  "comment": "Neutrino 2016 proceeding",
  "categories": [
    "nucl-ex",
    "hep-ex",
    "physics.ins-det"
  ],
  "abstract": "Neutrinoless double-beta decay searches seek to determine the nature of neutrinos, the existence of a lepton violating process, and the effective Majorana neutrino mass. The {\\sc Majorana} Collaboration is assembling an array of high purity Ge detectors to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{76}$Ge. The {\\sc Majorana Demonstrator} is composed of 44.8~kg (29.7 kg enriched in $^{76}$Ge) of Ge detectors in total, split between two modules contained in a low background shield at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The initial goals of the {\\sc Demonstrator} are to establish the required background and scalability of a Ge-based, next-generation, tonne-scale experiment. Following a commissioning run that began in 2015, the first detector module started physics data production in early 2016. We will discuss initial results of the Module 1 commissioning and first physics run, as well as the status and potential physics reach of the full {\\sc Majorana Demonstrator} experiment. The collaboration plans to complete the assembly of the second detector module by mid-2016 to begin full data production with the entire array.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-10-04T21:21:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "majorana demonstrator",
      "initial results",
      "double-beta decay searches seek",
      "detector module started physics",
      "neutrinoless double-beta decay"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}