First-results-on-double-beta-decay-modes-of-Cd，-Te-and-Zn-isotopes-with-the-COBRA-experimen.pdf

First Results on Double Beta Decay Modes of Cd, Te and Zn Isotopes with the COBRA Experiment T. Bloxham,1 A. Boston,4 J. Dawson,5 D. Dobos,2 S.P. Fox,7 M. Freer,1 B.R. Fulton,7 C. G¨oßling,2 P.F. Harrison,6 M. Junker,3 H. Kiel,2 J. McGrath,7 B. Morgan,6 D. M¨unstermann,2 P. Nolan,4 S. Oehl,2 Y. Ramachers,6 C. Reeve,5 D. Stewart,6 R. Wadsworth,7 J.R. Wilson,5 and K. Zuber5 1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK 2Lehrstuhl f¨ur Experimentelle Physik IV, Universit¨at Dortmund, Otto–Hahn Str. 4,44227 Dortmund, Germany 3Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, S.S. 17 BIS km. 18.910, 67010, Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy 4 Dept. of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK 5Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK 6Dept. of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 7Dept. of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK 7 (Dated: February 5, 2008) 0 0 Four 1 cm3 CdZnTe semiconductor detectors were operated in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory 2 to explore the feasibility of such devices for double beta decay searches as proposed for the COBRA l experiment. The research involved background studies accompanied by measurements of energy u resolution performed at the surface. Energy resolutions sufficient to reduce the contribution of two- J neutrino double beta decay events to a negligible level for a large scale experiment