Review Article

Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay: 2015 Review

Table 7

In this table, the main features and performances of some past, present, and future experiments are listed.

Experiment IsotopeTechniqueTotal mass [kg] Exposure [kg yr]FWHM @ [keV] Background [counts/keV/kg/yr] [1025 yr]

Past
 Cuoricino [72] 130Te Bolometers 40.7 (TeO2) 19.755.8 ± 2.10.153 ± 0.0060.24
 CUORE-0 [73] 130Te Bolometers 39 (TeO2) 9.85.1 ± 0.30.058 ± 0.0060.29
 Heidelberg-Moscow [74] 76Ge Ge diodes 11 (Ge) 35.54.23 ± 0.140.06 ± 0.011.9
 IGEX [75, 76] 76Ge Ge diodes 8.1 (Ge) 8.9~40.061.57
 GERDA-I [77, 78] 76Ge Ge diodes 17.7 (Ge) 21.643.2 ± 0.2~0.012.1
 NEMO-3 [79] 100Mo Tracker + calorimeter6.9 (100Mo) 34.70.0130.11

Present
 EXO-200 [80] 136Xe LXe TPC 175 (Xe) 10089 ± 3(1.7 ± 0.2) ⋅ 10−31.1
 KamLAND-Zen [81, 82] 136Xe Loaded liquid scintillator348 (Xe) 89.5244 ± 11~0.011.9

Future
 CUORE [83] 130Te Bolometers 741 (TeO2) 103050.019.5
 GERDA-II [84] 76Ge Ge diodes 37.8 (Ge) 10030.00115
 LUCIFER [85] 82Se Bolometers 17 (Zn82Se) 18100.0011.8
 MAJORANA D. [86] 76Ge Ge diodes 44.8 (Ge) 10040.00312
 NEXT [87, 88]136Xe Xe TPC 100 (Xe) 30012.3–17.25 ⋅ 10−45

 AMoRE [89] 100Mo Bolometers 200 (CaMoO4) 29591 ⋅ 10−45
 nEXO [90] 136Xe LXe TPC 4780 (Xe) 121505866
 PandaX-III [91] 136Xe Xe TPC 1000 (Xe) 300012–760.00111
 SNO+ [92] 130Te Loaded liquid scintillator2340 (Te) 39802702 ⋅ 10−49
 SuperNEMO [93, 94] 82Se Tracker + calorimeter100 (82Se) 5001200.0110

Our assumption (corresponding sensitivity from Figure of [86]).
We assume 3 tons of fiducial volume.
Our assumption by rescaling NEXT.