(1) Collaboration with the Universitá di Firenze and INFN (Italy):
(1.1) Since 1998, the physicists from Universitá di Firenze and INFN (Italy) take part in
the experiment with 116CdWO4 detector in the Solotvina UL [3(1998),
2(2000), 2(2003), 3(2003),
4(2003), 2(2006)];
(1.2) Investigations of scintillation detectors were carried out: CdWO4 2(2006), PbWO4 3(2008);
(1.3) Study of CdWO4 scintillators responce to low energy electrons and few MeV ions is in progress.
(2) Collaboration with Universitá di Roma I, II and INFN (Italy) (the DAMA group):
(2.01) search for 106Cd 2β decays by using a thin 106Cd foil between two NaI(Tl) (Gran Sasso UL) [1(1999)];
(2.02) studies of 2β processes in 40Ca, 46Ca (Gran Sasso UL) [5(1999)];
(2.03) experiments with NaI and liquid Xe detectors to search for processes related with
the electron instabilities (Gran Sasso UL) [2(1999), 3(1999),
4(1999), 1(2000)];
(2.04) search for nucleon, di-nucleon and tri-nucleon decays into invisible channels (Gran Sasso UL) [3(2000), 6(2006)];
(2.05) experiments with CaF2(Eu) detectors to study β and 2β decays
in 48Ca [5(2002)];
(2.06) search for 2β processes in 136Ce, 138Ce and α decay
of 142Ce with CeF3 [8(2003)] and CeCl3 [6(2011)] detectors;
(2.07) search for cluster decays of 127I [9(2005)]
and La isotopes [10(2005)];
(2.08) search for CNC β decay of 136Xe [7 (2002)];
(2.09) search for CNC β decay of 139La [5 (2006)];
(2.10) first observation of α decay of 151Eu [1(2007)];
(2.11) measurement of β decay of 113Cd with high accuracy [2(2007)];
(2.12) study of intrinsic radioactivity of Li6Eu(BO3)3 crystal and search for α decays of Eu [3(2007)];
(2.13) search for 2β processes in 64Zn, 70Zn, 180W and 186W with the help of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators [1(2008), 2(2009), 5(2011)];
(2.14) search for 7Li solar axions [6(2008)] (the data analysis of the experiment is in progress);
(2.15) search for double-β decay processes in 108Cd and 114Cd with the help of the low-background CdWO4 crystal scintillator [7(2008)];
(2.16) search for double-β decays of 96Ru and 104Ru by ultra-low background HPGe γ spectrometry [29(2011), 13(2010)] (the data analysis of the experiment is in progress);
(2.17) study of intrinsic radiopurity of Li2MoO4 [9(2009)] and ZnWO4 [13(2011)] crystal scintillators;
(2.18) new observation of 2ν2β decay of 100Mo to the 0+1 level of 100Ru in the ARMONIA experiment [3(2010)];
(2.19) search for double β processes in 106Cd [28(2011)] with the help of enriched 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators [6(2011)] (the experiment is in progress);
(2.20) first observation of α decay of 190Pt to the first excited level (Eexc = 137 keV) of 186Os [4(2011)];
(2.21) first search for double-β processes in dysprosium [7(2011)] and platinum [8(2011)] by ultra-low background HPGe γ spectrometry;
(2.22) search for double β decay of 116Cd (in progress) with the help of enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators [10(2011)].
(3) BOREXINO Collaboration (Italy, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine). The main goal of the experiment is detection of sub-MeV solar neutrinos in real time. Besides, collaboration:
(3.01) observed geo-neutrino [2(2010)];
(3.02) realized search for nucleon and di-nucleon instabilities [5(2003)];
(3.03) searched for violation of Pauli exclusion principle [3(2004)];
(3.04) carried out investigation of neutrino properties [6(2003), 7(2003)];
(3.05) investigated production of cosmogenic 11C in an organic liquid scintillator [3(2006)];
(3.06) searched for antineutrino component in the Solar and other unknown anti-neutrino fluxes [4(2006), 2(2011)].
(4) Collaboration with the JINR (Dubna) to search for CNC β decay of 73Ge [3(2002)] (in collaboration with the INR (Moscow)); CARVEL experiment [2(2005)]; investigation of properties of CaWO4 [5(2005)] and PbWO4 scintillators [1(2006)]; participation in the TGV2 experiment [7(2006), 9(2006)], search for double β processes in 106Cd [28(2011)] with the help of enriched 106CdWO4 crystal scintillators [6(2011)] (the experiment is in progress).
(5) SuperNEMO Collaboration: participation in research and development of large scale experiment to search for double β decay of 82Se (event generator, development of scintillation calorimeter) [8(2006), 10(2006), 11(2007), 14(2007), 9(2008), 11(2008), 12(2008), 8(2009), 14(2009), 17(2009), 18(2009), 7(2010), 12(2010), 15(2010), 17(2010), 11(2011), 19(2011), 20(2011), 22(2011), 24(2011)].
(6) Participation in the EURECA project for development of crystal scintillators for massive (ton) cryogenic detector to search for dark matter [6(2009), 10(2009), 8(2010), 19(2010), 13(2011), 23(2011)].
(7) Participation in the AMoRE project of high sensitivity search for neutrino-less double beta decay of 100Mo with the help of CaMoO4 crystal scintillators [4(2008), 10(2010), 3(2011)].
(8) Collaboration with the Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Novosibirsk, Russia) to develop enriched crystal scintillators to seach for double decay of 106Cd [6(2010)], 116Cd [10(2011)] and 100Mo (arXiv:1112.3672v1 [hep-ex]).
(9) Collaboration with the ITEP (Moscow, Russia) to search for double decay of 116Cd with the help of enriched 116CdWO4 crystal scintillators [10(2011); 25(2011)].
(10) Collaboration with the Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse (CSNSM, Orsay, France) to search for double decay of 100Mo with the help of ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers (arXiv:1112.3672v1 [hep-ex]).
(1990-1999, 2009-2011) NEMO Collaboration (France, Ukraine, Russia, USA, Finland, Czech Republic): development of the NEMO set-up [5(1992)], measurements of 2β2ν decays of 82Se [4(1998)], 94Zr [6(1999)], 96Zr [6(1999)], 100Mo [7(1995)] and 116Cd [6(1995), 10(1996)] with the NEMO-2 set-up (Frejus UL); measurement of the background in the NEMO 3 double beta decay experiment [12(2011)].
(1994) Collaboration with the Osaka University (Japan): observation of 116Cd 2β2ν decay with the ELEGANTS-V set-up (Kamioka UL) [4(1994), 9(1995)];
(1993-1994, 2000-2001, 2010) Collaboration with the Milano University and INFN (Italy):
(6.01) testing a small (58 g) CdWO4 crystal as a bolometer at ~20 mK,
and measurements of 4th forbidden β decay of 113Cd (Gran Sasso UL,
340 h) [3(1993), 2(1994)];
(6.02) participation of the Italian physicists in the CAMEO project
[4(2000), 1(2001)];
(6.03) study of Li2MoO4 [5(2010)] and ZnMoO4 [9(2010)] crystals as cryogenic scintillating bolometers to search for double beta decay of molybdenum.
(1996-1999) Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik (Heidelberg, Germany):
(4.1) search for 106Cd 2β decay (Gran Sasso UL) [9(1996)];
(4.2) proposal for solar neutrino detector on the base of 131Xe [3(1997)];
(4.3) participation in the GENIUS project (new generation detector for 2β0ν
decay search with sensitivity to the neutrino mass on the level of 0.01-0.001 eV): development
of the shielding [6(1998), 13(1999)]
and calculation of backgrounds [13(1999)];
(2002) XMASS Collaboration: development of a massive liquid Xe detector for solar neutrinos, 2β decay and dark matter investigation [12(2002), 13(2002), 14(2002)];
(2005-2007) LENS Collaboration: search for 115In CNC β decay and the first observation of β decay 115In → 115Sn* [4 (2005), 9 (2007)];
Last updated 06 Jan 2012