MOON (Mo Observatory Of Neutrinos) for double beta decay

• Published in: Nuclear physics. Section B, Proceedings supplement Proceedings supplement, 2005, Vol.138, p.221-223
• Main Authors: Nomachi, M., Doe, P., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S.R., Engel, J., Finger, M., Formaggio, J.A., Fushimi, K., Gehman, V., Gorin, A., Greenfield, M., Hazama, R., Ichihara, K., Ikegami, Y., Ishii, H., Itahashi, T., Kavitov, P., Kekelidze, V., Kuroda, K., Kutsalo, V., Manouilov, I., Matsuoka, K., Nakamura, H., Ogama, T., Para, A., Rielage, K., Rjazantsev, A., Robertson, R.G.H., Shichijo, Y., Shima, T., Shimada, Y., Shirkov, G., Sissakian, A., Sugaya, Y., Titov, A., Vatulin, V., Vilches, O.E., Voronov, V., Wilkerson, J.F., Will, D.I., Yoshida, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0920-5632; 1873-3832
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.11.053

The MOON (Molybdenum Observatory Of Neutrinos) project aims at studies of double beta decays with a high sensitivity of < m ν > ∼ 0.03  eV and real-time studies of low-energy solar neutrinos. Two β rays from 100Mo are measured in coincidence for the 0 νββ studies. The inverse β rays from solar neutrino captures of 100Mo are measured in delayed coincidence with the following β decay of 100Tc. Measurements with good energy resolution and good position resolution enable one to select true signals. A prototype MOON detector (MOON 1) is now under development. The present report describes briefly the outline of the MOON project and the status of MOON 1.