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DTSTART:20170511T193000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1764
SUMMARY:Recent results and future plans for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Prof. Reyco Henning\, University of North Carolina\nH
	osted by: Ed Kearns\n\nPart of the HEE Seminar Series.\n\nThe MAJORANA DEMO
	NSTRATOR (MJD) is a 44-kg array of low-background germanium detectors of wh
	ich 30kg is made from detectors enriched to 88% in 76Ge. MJD is operating a
	 mile underground in the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory in Lead\, 
	SD. Its main purpose is to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of
	 76Ge and to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a tonne-scale Ge-base
	d neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. It is also capable of direct s
	earches of a variety of dark matter candidates and other physics beyond the
	 Standard Model. In this talk I will review the motivation\, design and con
	struction of the MJD\, as well as recent results for a the search for boson
	ic dark matter using commissioning data taken in 2015. I will also discuss 
	the current status of MJD and conclude with a discussion of future plans fo
	r MJD.
LOCATION:PRB 595\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215
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