The GERDA experiment for the search of 0νββ decay in ^{76}Ge
Creators: name: GERDA Collaboration
name: Ackermann, K. -H.
name: Agostini, M.
name: Allardt, M.
name: Altmann, M.
name: Andreotti, E.
name: Bakalyarov, A. M.
name: Balata, M.
name: Barabanov, I.
name: Heider, M. Barnabe
name: Barros, N.
name: Baudis, L.
name: Bauer, C.
name: Becerici-Schmidt, N.
name: Bellotti, E.
name: Belogurov, S.
name: Belyaev, S. T.
name: Benato, G.
name: Bettini, A.
name: Bezrukov, L.
name: Bode, T.
name: Brudanin, V.
name: Brugnera, R.
name: Budjas, D.
name: Caldwell, A.
name: Cattadori, C.
name: Chernogorov, A.
name: Chkvorets, O.
name: Cossavella, F.
name: D`Andragora, A.
name: Demidova, E. V.
name: Denisov, A.
name: di Vacri, A.
name: Domula, A.
name: Egorov, V.
name: Falkenstein, R.
name: Ferella, A.
name: Freund, K.
name: Froborg, F.
name: Frodyma, N.
name: Gangapshev, A.
name: Garfagnini, A.
name: Gasparro, J.
name: Gazzana, S.
name: de Orduna, R. Gonzalez
name: Grabmayr, P.
name: Gurentsov, V.
name: Gusev, K.
name: Guthikonda, K. K.
name: Hampel, W.
name: Hegai, A.
name: Heisel, M.
name: Hemmer, S.
name: Heusser, G.
name: Hofmann, W.
name: Hult, M.
name: Inzhechik, L. V.
name: Ioannucci, L.
name: Csalty, J. Janicsko
name: Jochum, J.
name: Junker, M.
name: Kankanyan, R.
name: Kianovsky, S.
name: Kihm, T.
name: Kiko, J.
name: Kirpichnikov, I. V.
name: Kirsch, A.
name: Klimenko, A.
name: Knapp, M.
name: Knöpfle, K. T.
name: Kochetov, O.
name: Kornoukhov, V. N.
name: Kröninger, K.
name: Kusminov, V.
name: Laubenstein, M.
name: Lazzaro, A.
name: Lebedev, V. I.
name: Lehnert, B.
name: Lenz, D.
name: Liao, H.
name: Lindner, M.
name: Lippi, I.
name: Liu, J.
name: Liu, X.
name: Lubashevskiy, A.
name: Lubsandorzhiev, B.
name: Machado, A. A.
name: Majorovits, B.
name: Maneschg, W.
name: Marissens, G.
name: Mayer, S.
name: Meierhofer, G.
name: Nemchenok, I.
name: Niedermeier, L.
name: Nisi, S.
name: Oehm, J.
name: O'Shaughnessy, C.
name: Pandola, L.
name: Peiffer, P.
name: Pelczar, K.
name: Pullia, A.
name: Riboldi, S.
name: Ritter, F.
name: Alvarez, C. Rossi
name: Sada, C.
name: Salathe, M.
name: Schmitt, C.
name: Schönert, S.
name: Schreiner, J.
name: Schubert, J.
name: Schulz, O.
name: Schwan, U.
name: Schwingenheuer, B.
name: Seitz, H.
name: Shevchik, E.
name: Shirchenko, M.
name: Simgen, H.
name: Smolnikov, A.
name: Stanco, L.
name: Stelzer, F.
name: Strecker, H.
name: Tarka, M.
name: Trunk, U.
name: Ur, C. A.
name: Vasenko, A. A.
name: Vogt, S.
name: Volynets, O.
name: von Sturm, K.
name: Wagner, V.
name: Walter, M.
name: Wegmann, A.
name: Wojcik, M.
name: Yanovich, E.
name: Zavarise, P.
name: Zhitnikov, I.
name: Zhukov, S. V.
name: Zinatulina, D.
name: Zuber, K.
name: Zuzel, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The GERDA collaboration is performing a search for neutrinoless double beta decay of ^{76}Ge with the eponymous detector. The experiment has been installed and commissioned at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and has started operation in November 2011. The design, construction and first operational results are described, along with detailed information from the R&amp;D phase.
description: 31 pages, 23 figures, submitted to EPJC