SEARCH FOR A 17 KEV NEUTRINO IN THE ELECTRON-CAPTURE DECAY OF FE-55

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WIETFELDT, FE
CHAN, YD
DACRUZ, MTF
GARCIA, A
LARIMER, RM
LESKO, KT
NORMAN, EB
STOKSTAD, RG
ZLIMEN, I
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV SAO PAULO,INST PHYS,SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
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Using a chemically purified sample of Fe-55 and a coaxial Ge detector, we collected a high-statistics internal-bremsstrahlung photon spectrum, and conducted a local search for departures from a smooth shape near the end point. We find no evidence for emission of a neutrino in the mass range 5-25 keV. In particular, a 17 keV neutrino with sin2 theta = 0.008 is excluded at the 7sigma level.
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