{"paper":{"title":"Search for neutrinoless quadruple-$\\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd with the NEMO-3 detector","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["nucl-ex"],"primary_cat":"hep-ex","authors_text":"A. Basharina-Freshville, A. Chapon, A. Chopra, A. Huber, A.J. Caffrey, A. Klimenko, A. Remoto, A. S. Barabash, A. Smetana, A. Smolnikov, A. \\v{Z}ukauskas, B. Guillon, B. Morgan, B. Soul\\'e, C. Augier, C. Cerna, C. Hugon, C. L. Riddle, C. Macolino, C. Marquet, C. Patrick, C. S. Sutton, C. Vilela, D. Boursette, D. Duchesneau, D. Durand, D. Filosofov, D. Lalanne, D. \\v{S}tef\\'anik, D. Waters, E. Chauveau, E. Rukhadze, F. Mamedov, F. Mauger, F. Nova, F. Nowacki, F. Perrot, F. Piquemal, F. \\v{S}imkovic, F. Xie, G. Eurin, G. Lutter, G. Szklarz, H. G\\'omez, H. Ohsumi, I. Nemchenok, I. Vanushin, I. \\v{S}tekl, J. Busto, J. J. Evans, J. L. Reyss, J. Mott, J. P. Cesar, J. Suhonen, J. Thomas, K. Lang, K. Smolek, L. Dawson, L. Fajt, L. Simard, M. Bongrand, M. Cascella, M. Macko, M. Nomachi, O. Kochetov, P. Guzowski, P. Hubert, P. Loaiza, P. Povinec, P. P\\v{r}idal, R. Arnold, R. B. Pahlka, R. Flack, R. Hod\\'ak, R. Saakyan, R. Salazar, S. Blondel, S. Blot, S. Calvez, S. I. Konovalov, S. Jullian, S. S\\\"oldner-Rembold, S. Torre, T. Le Noblet, V. Brudanin, V. Egorov, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, V. Kovalenko, Vl. I. Tretyak, V. Timkin, V. Vorobel, X. Garrido, X. R. Liu, X. Sarazin, Y. A. Ramachers, Y. Lemi\\`ere, Yu. Shitov, Z. Liptak","submitted_at":"2017-05-24T16:30:38Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report the results of a first experimental search for lepton number violation by four units in the neutrinoless quadruple-$\\beta$ decay of $^{150}$Nd using a total exposure of $0.19$ kg$\\cdot$y recorded with the NEMO-3 detector at the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM). We find no evidence of this decay and set lower limits on the half-life in the range $T_{1/2}>(1.1-3.2)\\times10^{21}$ y at the $90\\%$ CL, depending on the model used for the kinematic distributions of the emitted electrons."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1705.08847","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}