https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2330-0
Regular Article - Experimental Physics
The Gerda experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in 76Ge
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INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGS, Assergi, Italy
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Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
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Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium
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Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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INFN Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano e INFN Milano, Milano, Italy
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Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia
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National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow, Russia
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Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany
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Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell‘Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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INFN Padova, Padova, Italy
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Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Physik Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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CEGEP St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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Department of Neurosciences and Imaging, University “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Nat. Physical Laboratory, Teddigton, UK
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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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II. Physikalisches Institut, U. Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Department Physik, U. Siegen, Siegen, Germany
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Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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TÜV-SÜD, München, Germany
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany
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Photon-Science Detector Group, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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Dipartimento di Fisica, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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Received:
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November
2012
Revised:
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February
2013
Published online:
1
March
2013
Abstract
The Gerda collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 76Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and has started operation in November 2011. The design, construction and first operational results are described, along with detailed information from the R&D phase.
Present address: CEGEP St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Present address: Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
Present address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
Present address: Department of Neurosciences and Imaging, University “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
Present address: Nat. Physical Laboratory, Teddigton, UK
Present address: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
Present address: II. Physikalisches Institut, U. Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Present address: Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Present address: TÜV-SÜD, München, Germany
Present address: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Present address: Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany
Present address: Photon-Science Detector Group, DESY, Hamburg, Germany
Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and Società Italiana di Fisica, 2013
