Searches for neutrinoless resonant double electron captures at LNGS
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Several experiments were performed during last years at underground (3600 m w.e.) Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the INFN (Italy) to search for resonant 2ε0ν captures in Ru, Cd, Ce, Dy, Dy, W, Os, Pt with the help of HP Ge semiconductor detectors, and ZnWO4 and 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators. No evidence for r-2ε0ν decays was found, and only T1/2 limits were established in the range of 10 14 − 10 yr.
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