Octupolar-Excitation Penning-Trap Mass Spectrometry for Q-Value Measurement of Double-Electron Capture in Er-164

Oct 7, 2011
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 107 (2011) 152501

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Abstract: (APS)
The theory of octupolar-excitation ion-cyclotron-resonance mass spectrometry is presented which predicts an increase of up to several orders of magnitude in resolving power under certain conditions. The new method has been applied for a direct Penning-trap mass-ratio determination of the Er164−Dy164 mass doublet. Er164 is a candidate for the search for neutrinoless double-electron capture. However, the measured Qϵϵ value of 25.07(12) keV results in a half-life of 1030 years for a 1 eV Majorana-neutrino mass.
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