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1. Double-beta decay of $^{130}\hbox {Te}$ to the first $0^+$ excited state of $^{130}\hbox {Xe}$ with CUORE-0

Author

Alan R. Smith, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, Oliviero Cremonesi, L. Canonica, L. Marini, Kevin Hickerson, L. Gladstone, M. Faverzani, C. Rosenfeld, R. Hennings-Yeomans, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, B. X. Zhu, C. Tomei, S. Zucchelli, R. J. Creswick, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, C. Brofferio, James R. Wilson, P. J. Mosteiro, S. Zimmermann, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, Miriam Lucio Martinez, S. Morganti, D. R. Artusa, Monica Sisti, V. Palmieri, C. J. Davis, L. Carbone, N. Casali, A. Camacho, S. Copello, Eric B. Norman, T. Napolitano, Jeremy S. Cushman, G. Piperno, G. Bari, L. Zanotti, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, Davide Chiesa, K. E. Lim, Paolo Carniti, N. D. Scielzo, S. L. Wagaarachchi, Stuart J. Freedman, L. Taffarello, M. Maino, Lorenzo Cassina, Jeffrey W. Beeman, S. Trentalange, M. Biassoni, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, Y. Mei, I. Dafinei, Guimin Zhang, A. Bersani, A. D'Addabbo, N. Moggi, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, M. Pavan, L. Gironi, F. T. Avignone, Claudio Gotti, H. Z. Huang, B. K. Fujikawa, S. Pirro, Stefano Dell'Oro, Carlo Ligi, Stefano Pozzi, C. Pira, Samuele Sangiorgio, H. W. Wang, G. Keppel, Xi-Guang Cao, A. Leder, F. Bellini, A. Nucciotti, Yu-Gang Ma, T. O'Donnell, A. Caminata, Ezio Previtali, T. I. Banks, K. M. Heeger, M. Vignati, A. Woodcraft, X. Liu, A. Giuliani, G. Fernandes, C. Alduino, F. Orio, Vasundhara Singh, J. Feintzeig, D. Santone, F. Terranova, Ettore Fiorini, E. V. Hansen, N. Chott, M. Tenconi, B. S. Wang, Marco Pallavicini, O. Azzolini, G. Pessina, K. Alfonso, M. L. Di Vacri, C. Nones, C. Rusconi, V. Pettinacci, L. Cardani, Lindley Winslow, L. Pattavina, A. Drobizhev, M. A. Franceschi, A. Giachero, D. Q. Fang, J. L. Ouellet, C. Pagliarone, T. Wise, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CUORE, and Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP)

Subjects
Semileptonic decay, topology, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), energy levels: splitting, data acquisition, detector: mass, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, energy: transition, CUORE, background: low, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Physics, S076H0N, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, excited state: energy, particle: Majorana, semileptonic decay, Excited state, xenon: nuclide, tellurium: nuclide, Neutrino, Atomic physics, Radioactive decay
Abstract

We report on a search for double beta decay of $$^{130}\hbox {Te}$$130Te to the first $$0^{+}$$0+ excited state of $$^{130}\hbox {Xe}$$130Xe using a $$9.8\,\hbox {kg}\cdot \hbox {yr}$$9.8kg·yr exposure of $$^{130}\hbox {Te}$$130Te collected with the CUORE-0 experiment. In this work we exploit different topologies of coincident events to search for both the neutrinoless and two-neutrino double beta decay modes. We find no evidence for either mode and place lower bounds on the half-lives: $$T^{0\nu }_{0^+_1}>7.9\cdot 10^{23}\hbox {yr}$$T01+0ν>7.9·1023yr and $$T^{2\nu }_{0^+_1}>2.4\cdot 10^{23}\hbox {yr}$$T01+2ν>2.4·1023yr ($$90\%\,\hbox {CL}$$90%CL). Combining our results with those obtained by the CUORICINO experiment, we achieve the most stringent constraints available for these processes: $$T^{0\nu }_{0^+_1}>1.4\cdot 10^{24}\hbox {yr}$$T01+0ν>1.4·1024yr and $$T^{2\nu }_{0^+_1}>2.5\cdot 10^{23}\hbox {yr}$$T01+2ν>2.5·1023yr ($$90\%\,\hbox {CL}$$90%CL).

Published
2019

2. Study of Rare Nuclear Processes with CUORE

Author

C. Pira, L. Canonica, L. Marini, T. Wise, L. Taffarello, C. Pagliarone, Vasundhara Singh, A. Bersani, B. Schmidt, B. S. Wang, O. Azzolini, Carlo Cosmelli, L. Gladstone, H. Z. Huang, G. Keppel, K. E. Lim, C. Brofferio, Davide Chiesa, C. Rusconi, A. Drobizhev, R. J. Creswick, M. Faverzani, Oliviero Cremonesi, M. M. Deninno, M. A. Franceschi, Marco Pallavicini, L. Pattavina, L. Gironi, F. Bellini, F. T. Avignone, Jeremy S. Cushman, G. Pessina, M. Pavan, C. Rosenfeld, S. Pirro, Nicholas Scielzo, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, C. Tomei, Emanuele Ferri, C. J. Davis, A. Camacho, James R. Wilson, Giovanni Benato, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, H. W. Wang, T. O'Donnell, Monica Sisti, V. Palmieri, S. Di Domizio, D. Q. Fang, N. Casali, S. Zucchelli, Eric B. Norman, Laura Cardani, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, T. Napolitano, N. Moggi, Silvia Capelli, F. Reindl, M. Vignati, Massimiliano Nastasi, V. Novati, M. Biassoni, C. Nones, Samuele Sangiorgio, A. Nucciotti, C. Alduino, K. Wilson, Ettore Fiorini, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, Andrea Giachero, K. Alfonso, M. I. Martínez, M. L. Di Vacri, Lorenzo Cassina, Yu. G. Kolomensky, D. Santone, S. Zimmermann, Ioan Dafinei, S. Copello, L. Zanotti, Paolo Carniti, Claudio Gotti, Stefano Dell'Oro, M. Clemenza, A. Giuliani, N. Chott, S. L. Wagaarachchi, D. D'Aguanno, S. Morganti, S. S. Nagorny, Lindley Winslow, L. Cappelli, A. Leder, Irene Nutini, Y. Mei, V. Dompè, Yu-Gang Ma, A. Caminata, M. Sakai, Ezio Previtali, R. Hennings-Yeomans, Xi-Guang Cao, A. D'Addabbo, B. Welliver, K. M. Heeger, Carlo Ligi, J. Schmidt, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, Stuart J. Freedman, F. Terranova, Guimin Zhang, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CUORE, Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F.T., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X.G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R.J., Cushman, J.S., D'Addabbo, A., D'Aguanno, D., Dafinei, I., Davis, C.J., Dell'Oro, S., Deninno, M.M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M.L., Dompe, V., Drobizhev, A., Fang, D.Q., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M.A., Freedman, S.J., Fujikawa, B.K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gladstone, L., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T.D., Han, K., Heeger, K.M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Huang, H.Z., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu.G., Leder, A., Ligi, C., Lim, K.E., Ma, Y.G., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R.H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Nagorny, S.S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nones, C., Norman, E.B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O'Donnell, T., Ouellet, J.L., Pagliarone, C.E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Reindl, F., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Schmidt, B., Schmidt, J., Scielzo, N.D., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S.L., Wang, B.S., Wang, H.W., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L.A., Wise, T., Zanotti, L., Zhang, G.Q., Zimmermann, S., Zucchelli, S., Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière ( CSNSM ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) ( DPP ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D’Addabbo, A, D’Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell’Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, M, Dompè, V, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Nagorny, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O’Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Reindl, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, J, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zhang, G, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, and Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP)

Subjects
Second-order weak decay, Particle physics, CUORE, Double beta decay, Low-temperature detectors, Rare events searches, Second-order weak decays, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optic, rare events searches, FOS: Physical sciences, double beta decay, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Low-temperature detector, low-temperature detectors, 23.40.-s, 07.57.Kp, second-order weak decays, Atomic and Molecular Physics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Detector array, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Neutrino, and Optics, Rare events searche, Tellurium compounds, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE, Radioactive decay, 07.20.Mc
Abstract

TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 130-Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitive limit on the half-life, $T_{1/2}^{0��} > 1.5 \times 10^{25}\,$yr, which corresponds to an upper bound of $140-400$~meV on the effective Majorana mass of the neutrino. While it makes CUORE a world-leading experiment looking for neutrinoless double beta decay, it is not the only study that CUORE will contribute to in the field of nuclear and particle physics. As already done over the years with many small-scale experiments, CUORE will investigate both rare decays (such as the two-neutrino double beta decay of 130-Te and the hypothesized electron capture in 123-Te), and rare processes (e.g., dark matter and axion interactions). This paper describes some of the achievements of past experiments that used TeO2 bolometers, and perspectives for CUORE., 36 pages, 13 figures, sumbitted to IJMPA Special Issue "Results and Developments in the investigation of rare nuclear decays and processes"

Published
2018

3. CUORE: first results and prospects

Author

A. Leder, A. Bersani, T. Wise, D. Santone, Giovanni Benato, Ioan Dafinei, M. Faverzani, Y. u. G. Kolomensky, Ettore Fiorini, J. S. Wilson, L. Taffarello, Oliviero Cremonesi, Andrea Giachero, C. Pagliarone, Laura Cardani, V. Palmieri, R. Hennings-Yeomans, Eric B. Norman, Silvio Morganti, T. D. Gutierrez, F. Terranova, T. Napolitano, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, M. Biassoni, S. S. Nagorny, Vivek Singh, N. Chott, Ezio Previtali, B. Welliver, K. Alfonso, Luigi Cappelli, Davide Chiesa, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, M. Vignati, K. E. Lim, A. Drobizhev, H. Z. Huang, L. Zanotti, Lindley Winslow, Nicholas Scielzo, Lorenzo Cassina, Laura Gladstone, Deqing Fang, C. Brofferio, Claudia Nones, J. Schmidt, Hongwei Wang, Carlo Ligi, K. Wilson, R. J. Creswick, M. A. Franceschi, T. O'Donnell, C. Rusconi, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, Claudio Gotti, Marco Pallavicini, L. Pattavina, Irene Nutini, N. Casali, Yu-Gang Ma, G. Pessina, M. M. Deninno, F. Reindl, Lucia Canonica, F. Bellini, Guoqiang Zhang, V. Novati, G. Keppel, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, Stefano Pirro, L. Marini, D. D'Aguanno, Y. Mei, M. Sakai, Xi-Guang Cao, K. M. Heeger, M. I. Martínez, A. Giuliani, N. Moggi, V. Dompè, Jeremy S. Cushman, C. Pira, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Dell'Oro, A. Nucciotti, Claudia Tomei, C. Alduino, S. Zimmermann, S. Copello, S. L. Wagaarachchi, Paolo Carniti, Stefano Zucchelli, C. Bucci, B. S. Wang, O. Azzolini, L. Gironi, F. T. Avignone, Silvia Capelli, Massimiliano Nastasi, C. Rosenfeld, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, Emanuele Ferri, Monica Sisti, C. J. Davis, A. Camacho, Maria Laura Di Vacri, B. Schmidt, A. Caminata, M. Pavan, Sergio Di Domizio, A. D'Addabbo, S. J. Freedman, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Novati, V, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D'Addabbo, A, D'Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, M, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Nagorny, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Reindl, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, J, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zhang, G, Zimmermann, S, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
7. Clean energy, law.invention, crystal, Nuclear physics, CUORE, bolometer, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), law, Double beta decay, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Cherenkov, Sensitivity (control systems), talk: Uppsala 2017/09/25, Cherenkov radiation, scintillation counter, Physics, lifetime, Scintillation, background, Bolometer, sensitivity, Upgrade, cryogenics, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Cryogenic detector, Scintillating bolometer, Scintillation counter, upgrade, upper limit, experimental results
Abstract

International audience; CUORE is the first bolometric tonne-scale experiment aiming at the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta (0$\nu$2$\beta$) decay of $^{130}$Te. The cryogenic commissioning followed by the detector installation and cool down took place during 2016. After the optimisation of all the detectors, the data-taking started in spring 2017. We report about the results of the first dataset acquired in May, which led to a limit on the 0$\nu$2$\beta$ half-life of $^{130}$Te of 6.6$\times$10$^{24}$ yr. An upgrade of CUORE, named CUPID, is planned to improve the 0$\nu$2$\beta$-decay sensitivity via passive and active background reduction and crystal enrichment. Some technologies for CUPID are currently under study and two of them are presented here, involving the detection of Cherenkov and scintillation light emitted by enriched $^{130}$TeO$_2$ and Li$^{100}_2$MoO$_4$ crystals respectively. This will allow us to reject the currently dominant a background.

Published
2017

4. Initial performance of the CUORE detector

Author

D. Santone, L. Zanotti, Carlo Ligi, Ettore Fiorini, L. Gladstone, N. Chott, K. Wilson, H. Z. Huang, Lorenzo Cassina, T. Wise, C. Pagliarone, M. Faverzani, G. Keppel, K. E. Lim, N. D. Scielzo, Stuart Freedman, R. J. Creswick, A. Drobizhev, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, K. Alfonso, M. L. Di Vacri, Davide Chiesa, L. Canonica, Y. Mei, M. A. Franceschi, B. Schmidt, L. Marini, L. Taffarello, Monica Sisti, H. W. Wang, L. Gironi, F. T. Avignone, T. O'Donnell, B. S. Wang, A. Bersani, A. Giuliani, Virendra Singh, O. Azzolini, S. Morganti, M. Sakai, S. Copello, M. Pavan, Y. G. Ma, M. M. Deninno, S. S. Nagorny, Paolo Carniti, Xi-Guang Cao, K. M. Heeger, S. Zimmermann, C. Pira, I. Dafinei, John Wilson, Claudio Gotti, F. Bellini, V. Palmieri, N. Moggi, C. Rosenfeld, V. Novati, Silvia Capelli, Samuele Sangiorgio, S. L. Wagaarachchi, Massimiliano Nastasi, S. Zucchelli, A. Nucciotti, Lindley Winslow, Eric B. Norman, C. Alduino, Oliviero Cremonesi, A. Giachero, A. D'Addabbo, Guoqiang Zhang, T. Napolitano, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, C. Tomei, Stefano Dell'Oro, S. Pirro, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, Miriam Lucio Martinez, D. Q. Fang, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, Jeremy S. Cushman, Emanuele Ferri, M. Biassoni, N. Casali, D. D'Aguanno, C. J. Davis, F. Reindl, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, L. Pattavina, Giovanni Benato, Irene Nutini, A. Camacho, J. Schmidt, C. Nones, R. Hennings-Yeomans, S. Di Domizio, F. Terranova, A. Caminata, Ezio Previtali, B. Welliver, Laura Cardani, Marco Pallavicini, B. K. Fujikawa, Massimiliano Clemenza, Stefano Pozzi, Carlo Cosmelli, G. Pessina, M. Vignati, C. Brofferio, C. Rusconi, A. Leder, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Cushman, J, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, D'Addabbo, A, D'Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, M, Domizio, S, Vacri, M, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Nagorny, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Reindl, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, J, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zhang, G, Zimmermann, S, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Cryostat, History, Cryogenics, 01 natural sciences, tellurium: oxygen, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Cryogenic detector, bolometer, Education, law.invention, Nuclear physics, CUORE, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Observatory, law, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, activity report, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Bolometer, calibration, Computer Science Applications, cryogenics, tellurium: nuclide, performance
Abstract

CUORE, the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events, is an experiment searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 130Te. The first CUORE dataset was acquired in May and June 2017 and consisted of 10.6 kg-yr of TeO2 exposure, with several days of calibration data before and after the physics dataset. We discuss here the initial performance of the CUORE detector and cryostat in this first dataset.

Published
2017

5. First results from the CUORE experiment

Author

M. Faverzani, N. Casali, A. Bersani, C. Nones, Davide Chiesa, Ettore Fiorini, S. L. Wagaarachchi, C. Rosenfeld, K. Wilson, S. S. Nagorny, F. Reindl, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, Miriam Lucio Martinez, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, A. Giuliani, C. Tomei, Jonathan Ouellet, Andrea Giachero, Guoqiang Zhang, G. Bari, Emanuele Ferri, Yu. G. Kolomensky, N. Chott, T. Wise, Marco Pallavicini, S. Di Domizio, J. Schmidt, C. J. Davis, A. Camacho, Jeremy S. Cushman, L. Gladstone, H. Z. Huang, Lindley Winslow, S. Morganti, C. Pagliarone, L. Gironi, Laura Cardani, Carlo Cosmelli, L. Taffarello, B. K. Fujikawa, G. Pessina, G. Keppel, K. E. Lim, F. T. Avignone, Monica Sisti, Stefano Pozzi, Carlo Ligi, Giovanni Benato, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, Virendra Singh, K. Alfonso, Stuart J. Freedman, N. Moggi, Lorenzo Cassina, M. L. Di Vacri, V. Palmieri, S. Zucchelli, C. Pira, Samuele Sangiorgio, A. Drobizhev, S. Zimmermann, Eric B. Norman, N. D. Scielzo, M. Vignati, A. Nucciotti, L. Pattavina, B. Schmidt, T. Napolitano, F. Terranova, Stefano Dell'Oro, C. Alduino, R. J. Creswick, B. S. Wang, M. Clemenza, Claudio Gotti, V. Novati, Silvia Capelli, Massimiliano Nastasi, O. Azzolini, C. Brofferio, V. Dompè, M. Biassoni, A. D'Addabbo, Y. Mei, C. Rusconi, I. Dafinei, John Wilson, H. W. Wang, M. Sakai, T. O'Donnell, Xi-Guang Cao, M. A. Franceschi, K. M. Heeger, Oliviero Cremonesi, S. Copello, A. Caminata, Ezio Previtali, Paolo Carniti, B. Welliver, M. M. Deninno, M. Pavan, Y. G. Ma, Irene Nutini, F. Bellini, R. Hennings-Yeomans, L. Cappelli, Stefano Pirro, D. D'Aguanno, D. Q. Fang, L. Canonica, L. Marini, A. Leder, D. Santone, L. Zanotti, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D'Addabbo, A, D'Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, M, Domizio, S, Vacri, M, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Nagorny, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Reindl, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, J, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zhang, G, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, and Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP)

Subjects
History, Cryogenic system, hierarchy, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Education, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Cryogenic detector, bolometer, Combinatorics, decoupling, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, CUORE, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), bolometer, Double beta decay, tellurium, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Physics, lifetime, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, temperature, sensitivity, Double beta decay - Cryogenic equipment - Majorana neutrino, Computer Science Applications, talk: Sudbury 2017/07/24, observatory, cryogenics, mass: Majorana, experimental results
Abstract

Author(s): Alduino, C; Alfonso, K; Avignone, FT; Azzolini, O; Bari, G; Bellini, F; Benato, G; Bersani, A; Biassoni, M; Branca, A; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Camacho, A; Caminata, A; Canonica, L; Cao, XG; Capelli, S; Cappelli, L; Cardani, L; Carniti, P; Casali, N; Cassina, L; Chiesa, D; Chott, N; Clemenza, M; Copello, S; Cosmelli, C; Cremonesi, O; Creswick, RJ; Cushman, JS; D'Addabbo, A; D'Aguanno, D; Dafinei, I; Davis, CJ; Dell'Oro, S; Deninno, MM; Domizio, SD; Vacri, MLD; Dompe, V; Drobizhev, A; Fang, DQ; Faverzani, M; Ferri, E; Ferroni, F; Fiorini, E; Franceschi, MA; Freedman, SJ; Fujikawa, BK; Giachero, A; Gironi, L; Giuliani, A; Gladstone, L; Gorla, P; Gotti, C; Gutierrez, TD; Han, K; Heeger, KM; Hennings-Yeomans, R; Huang, HZ; Keppel, G; Kolomensky, YG; Leder, A; Ligi, C; Lim, KE; Ma, YG; Marini, L; Martinez, M; Maruyama, RH; Mei, Y; Moggi, N; Morganti, S; Nagorny, SS; Napolitano, T; Nastasi, M; Nones, C; Norman, EB; Novati, V; Nucciotti, A; Nutini, I; O'Donnell, T; Ouellet, JL; Pagliarone, CE; Pallavicini, M; Palmieri, V; Pattavina, L | Abstract: CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) is a ton-scale experiment aiming to the search of neutrino-less double beta decay in 130Te with a projected sensitivity on the Majorana effective mass close to the inverted hierarchy region. The CUORE detector consists of a segmented array of 988 TeO2 bolometers, organized in 19 towers and operated at a temperature of about 10 mK thanks to a custom cryogenic system which, besides the uncommon scale, observes several constraints from the radio-purity of the materials to the mechanical decoupling of the cooling systems. The successful commissioning of the CUORE cryogenic system has been completed early in 2016 and represents an outstanding achievement by itself. The installation of the detector proceeded along 2016 followed by the cooldown to base temperature at the beginning of 2017. The CUORE detector is now operational and has been taking science data since Spring 2017. With the first ∼3 weeks of collected data, we present here the most stringent constraint on the 130Te half-live for the neutrino-less double beta decay.

Published
2017

6. CUORE sensitivity to $0\nu \beta \beta $ decay

Author

L. Gladstone, T. I. Banks, James R. Wilson, D. R. Artusa, Vasundhara Singh, R. J. Creswick, Monica Sisti, M. Faverzani, B. Schmidt, B. S. Wang, Ettore Fiorini, S. Copello, K. Alfonso, M. L. Di Vacri, Lindley Winslow, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, O. Azzolini, Paolo Carniti, A. Bersani, L. Zanotti, G. Piperno, Claudio Gotti, L. Pattavina, M. M. Deninno, A. D'Addabbo, Stefano Dell'Oro, Guimin Zhang, Jeremy S. Cushman, M. Maino, Massimiliano Nastasi, L. Gironi, S. L. Wagaarachchi, E. V. Hansen, N. Casali, F. T. Avignone, H. W. Wang, F. Bellini, S. Zimmermann, S. Pirro, Carlo Ligi, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, T. O'Donnell, M. Tenconi, C. Pira, S. Trentalange, A. Leder, C. Pagliarone, N. Moggi, T. Wise, M. Pavan, Oliviero Cremonesi, H. Z. Huang, G. Keppel, Davide Chiesa, C. Rosenfeld, D. Santone, Samuele Sangiorgio, K. E. Lim, Ioan Dafinei, C. Nones, P. Gorla, A. Nucciotti, F. Ferroni, Jeffrey W. Beeman, C. Tomei, C. Alduino, B. X. Zhu, V. Novati, V. Pettinacci, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, S. Morganti, M. I. Martínez, Nicholas Scielzo, A. Giuliani, G. Fernandes, A. Camacho, N. Chott, Alan R. Smith, C. J. Davis, Marco Pallavicini, G. Pessina, L. Taffarello, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, C. Brofferio, P. J. Mosteiro, C. Rusconi, Y. Mei, M. Sakai, S. Di Domizio, R. Hennings-Yeomans, Xi-Guang Cao, Laura Cardani, K. M. Heeger, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, A. Drobizhev, M. Vignati, Giovanni Benato, M. A. Franceschi, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, Stuart J. Freedman, S. Zucchelli, A. Woodcraft, V. Palmieri, Eric B. Norman, T. Napolitano, F. Terranova, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, M. Biassoni, A. Giachero, D. Q. Fang, L. Canonica, L. Marini, Kevin Hickerson, Y. G. Ma, J. Schmidt, L. Carbone, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, Lorenzo Cassina, A. Caminata, Ezio Previtali, B. Welliver, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, CUORE, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière ( CSNSM ), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) ( DPP ), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers ( IRFU ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay, and Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP)

Subjects
Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Data division, energy resolution, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, statistics: Bayesian, CUORE, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Beta (velocity), Sensitivity (control systems), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, background, sensitivity, Beta decay, Background level, numerical calculations: Monte Carlo, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

We report a study of the CUORE sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay. We used a Bayesian analysis based on a toy Monte Carlo (MC) approach to extract the exclusion sensitivity to the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life ($T_{1/2}^{0\nu}$) at $90\%$ credibility interval (CI) -- i.e. the interval containing the true value of $T_{1/2}^{0\nu}$ with $90\%$ probability -- and the $3 \sigma$ discovery sensitivity. We consider various background levels and energy resolutions, and describe the influence of the data division in subsets with different background levels. If the background level and the energy resolution meet the expectation, CUORE will reach a $90\%$ CI exclusion sensitivity of $2\cdot10^{25}$ yr with $3$ months, and $9\cdot10^{25}$ yr with $5$ years of live time. Under the same conditions, the discovery sensitivity after $3$ months and $5$ years will be $7\cdot10^{24}$ yr and $4\cdot10^{25}$ yr, respectively., Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables

Published
2017

7. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events: Status and Prospects

Author

L. Cardani, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, Y. Mei, K. M. Heeger, L. Gladstone, A. Bersani, N. Moggi, A. Woodcraft, Lorenzo Cassina, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, Stuart J. Freedman, F. Terranova, N. Casali, Samuele Sangiorgio, A. Nucciotti, R. J. Creswick, Marco Pallavicini, C. Alduino, L. Zanotti, G. Piperno, G. Pessina, M. Faverzani, C. Brofferio, P. J. Mosteiro, Carlo Ligi, Yu-Gang Ma, Jeremy S. Cushman, M. Pavan, Oliviero Cremonesi, A. R. Smith, A. Caminata, Xu Cao, C. Nones, M. M. Deninno, I. Dafinei, E. Previtali, L. Canonica, A. Drobizhev, Davide Chiesa, K. E. Lim, S. Zucchelli, L. Marini, Kevin Hickerson, M. Tenconi, M. A. Franceschi, S. Morganti, R. Hennings-Yeomans, A. Giachero, V. Palmieri, Jeffrey W. Beeman, G. Fernandes, D. Q. Fang, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, Eric B. Norman, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, Miriam Lucio Martinez, Jonathan Ouellet, T. Napolitano, A. Leder, N. Chott, G. Bari, L. Pattavina, Claudio Gotti, A. Giuliani, M. Biassoni, L. Carbone, S. Trentalange, D. Santone, C. Pagliarone, H. C. Huang, N. D. Scielzo, James R. Wilson, T. Wise, G. Keppel, D. R. Artusa, Monica Sisti, L. Gironi, S. Zimmermann, B. S. Wang, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini, S. Copello, Paolo Carniti, Stefano Dell'Oro, A. D'Addabbo, L. Taffarello, M. Maino, H. W. Wang, T. O'Donnell, Virendra Singh, Ettore Fiorini, C. Rosenfeld, Guimin Zhang, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, C. Tomei, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, C. Pira, A. Camacho, K. Alfonso, M. L. Di Vacri, E. V. Hansen, T. I. Banks, C. Rusconi, B. X. Zhu, V. Novati, V. Pettinacci, Stefano Pirro, C. J. Davis, S. L. Wagaarachchi, Lindley Winslow, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, F. Bellini, S. Di Domizio, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, M. Vignati, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Physics, CUORE, nucleus, Solar neutrino problem, tellurium: oxygen, Gran Sasso, Nuclear physics, observatory, MAJORANA, talk: Adelaide 2016/09/11, mass: hierarchy, bolometer, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Observatory, Double-beta decay: (0neutrino) | observatory | neutrino: Majorana | neutrino: mass | mass: hierarchy | Gran Sasso | nucleus | CUORE | tellurium: oxygen | bolometer | experimental results, Double beta decay, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], neutrino: Majorana, Dilution refrigerator, neutrino: mass, Neutrino, Neutrino oscillation, experimental results
Abstract

International audience; The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a large-scale double beta decay experiment utilizing cryogenic bolometers that is currently being commissioned at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. Its primary focus is to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te with a projected sensitivity to Majorana neutrino masses near the inverted mass hierarchy region. The detector is composed of 988 5x5x5-cm3 TeO2 crystals of natural isotopic composition arranged in 19 towers of 52 crystals each, all housed in a common dilution refrigerator. A single CUORE-like tower, CUORE-0, was assembled and operated as a stand-alone detector for a period of approximately two years. In this report, the results from CUORE-0 and the current status and physics potential of CUORE are presented.

Published
2016

8. Status and prospects for CUORE

Author

Claudio Gotti, L. Canonica, L. Marini, Kevin Hickerson, A. D'Addabbo, M. Faverzani, A. Leder, A. Giachero, Lindley Winslow, Jeremy S. Cushman, S. Zimmermann, D. Q. Fang, D. Santone, N. Casali, L. Taffarello, Virendra Singh, Jonathan Ouellet, James R. Wilson, A. Bersani, B. X. Zhu, G. Bari, E. V. Hansen, M. M. Deninno, F T Avignone Iii., C. J. Davis, Guimin Zhang, A. Caminata, G. Keppel, D. R. Artusa, A. Drobizhev, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, I. Dafinei, Monica Sisti, N. D. Scielzo, Ezio Previtali, S. Morganti, L. Gironi, M. A. Franceschi, C. Rusconi, F. Bellini, S. L. Wagaarachchi, Oliviero Cremonesi, L. Carbone, S. Copello, N. Moggi, A. Giuliani, G. Fernandes, F. Orio, L. Gladstone, Samuele Sangiorgio, N. Chott, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, A. Nucciotti, V. Pettinacci, Paolo Carniti, B. S. Wang, L. Cardani, M. L. Di Vacri, C. Alduino, Ke Han, A. Branca, Reina H. Maruyama, L. Zanotti, S. Di Domizio, O. Azzolini, S. Trentalange, Stuart J. Freedman, A. Woodcraft, Carlo Ligi, Lorenzo Cassina, S. Pirro, C. Brofferio, P. J. Mosteiro, Simone Capelli, R. Hennings-Yeomans, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, M. Pavan, A. R. Smith, Davide Chiesa, R. W. Kadel, R. J. Creswick, F. Terranova, S. Zucchelli, K. E. Lim, Jeffrey W. Beeman, V. Palmieri, M. Vignati, G. Piperno, C. Rosenfeld, Y. Mei, Eric B. Norman, P. Gorla, T. Napolitano, Xi-Guang Cao, F. Ferroni, C. Tomei, Ettore Fiorini, K. M. Heeger, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, Miriam Lucio Martinez, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, V. Novati, Yu-Gang Ma, M. Biassoni, A. Camacho, M. Maino, K. Alfonso, M. Tenconi, H. W. Wang, T. O'Donnell, Stefano Dell'Oro, X. Liu, C. Pagliarone, T. Wise, H. Z. Huang, L. Pattavina, T. I. Banks, Marco Pallavicini, G. Pessina, C. Nones, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Canonica, L., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Artusa, D. R., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., A., Camacho, Caminata, A., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., D'Addabbo, A., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell'Oro, S., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Fang, D. Q., Faverzani, M., G., Fernande, Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gladstone, L., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Hansen, E., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Leder, A., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maino, M., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Mosteiro, P. J., Napolitano, T., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Scielzo, N. D., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., S., Zimmermann, Zucchelli, S., Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Canonica, L, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D'Addabbo, A, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, M, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Faverzani, M, Fernandes, G, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Hansen, E, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hickerson, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maino, M, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Mosteiro, P, Napolitano, T, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, O'Donnell, T, Orio, F, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Piperno, G, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wilson, J, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zhang, G, Zhu, B, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)

Subjects
Physics, History, CUORE, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, energy resolution, double beta decay, sensitivity, 01 natural sciences, Computer Science Applications, Education, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy (all), double-beta decay: (0neutrino), cryogenics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Activity report | double-beta decay: (0neutrino) | cryogenics | CUORE | energy resolution | sensitivity, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], cryogenic, 010306 general physics, Humanities, activity report
Abstract

Author(s): Canonica, L; Alduino, C; Alfonso, K; Artusa, DR; Avignone, FT; Azzolini, O; Banks, TI; Bari, G; Beeman, JW; Bellini, F; Bersani, A; Biassoni, M; Branca, A; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Camacho, A; Caminata, A; Cao, XG; Capelli, S; Cappelli, L; Carbone, L; Cardani, L; Carniti, P; Casali, N; Cassina, L; Chiesa, D; Chott, N; Clemenza, M; Copello, S; Cosmelli, C; Cremonesi, O; Creswick, RJ; Cushman, JS; D'Addabbo, A; Dafinei, I; Davis, CJ; Dell'Oro, S; Deninno, MM; Di Domizio, S; Di Vacri, ML; Drobizhev, A; Fang, DQ; Faverzani, M; Fernandes, G; Ferri, E; Ferroni, F; Fiorini, E; Franceschi, MA; Freedman, SJ; Fujikawa, BK; Giachero, A; Gironi, L; Giuliani, A; Gladstone, L; Gorla, P; Gotti, C; Gutierrez, TD; Haller, EE; Han, K; Hansen, E; Heeger, KM; Hennings-Yeomans, R; Hickerson, KP; Huang, HZ; Kadel, R; Keppel, G; Kolomensky, YG; Leder, A; Ligi, C; Lim, KE; Liu, X; Ma, YG; Maino, M; Marini, L; Martinez, M; Maruyama, RH; Mei, Y; Moggi, N; Morganti, S; Mosteiro, PJ; Napolitano, T; Nones, C; Norman, EB; Novati, V; Nucciotti, A | Abstract: CUORE is a cryogenic detector consisting of 988 TeO2 crystals, 750 g each, and will be operated at a temperature of ∼10 mK, to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) of 130Te. The detector, in the final stages of construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy), will start its operations in 2016. CUORE-0, its pilot experiment, has proven the feasibility of CUORE, demonstrating that the target background of 0.01 counts/keV/kg/y and the energy resolution of 5 keV are within reach. CUORE-0 also made the most precise measurement of the 2νββ decay. The expected sensitivity of CUORE to the 0νββ 130Te half-life is 9 •1025y, for 5 years of data taking. Here, we report the most recent results of CUORE-0, their implications for CUORE, and the current status of the CUORE experiment.

Published
2016

9. CUORE-0 results and prospects for the CUORE experiment

Author

L. Carbone, C. Pagliarone, T. Wise, D. Q. Fang, N. Casali, A. Drobizhev, D. Orlandi, M. A. Franceschi, Massimiliano Clemenza, N. D. Scielzo, Carlo Cosmelli, M. I. Martínez, C. Bucci, B. X. Zhu, M. Faverzani, C. Maiano, T. D. Gutierrez, Davide Chiesa, R. J. Creswick, A. Dally, M. Maino, A. Woodcraft, F. Orio, L. Pattavina, K. E. Lim, Lorenzo Cassina, Claudio Gotti, G. Bari, H. W. Wang, L. Zanotti, Jeffrey W. Beeman, T. O'Donnell, T. I. Banks, C. Brofferio, M. M. Deninno, Oliviero Cremonesi, V. Palmieri, N. Chott, L. Taffarello, M. Pavan, B. S. Wang, M. Balata, Eric B. Norman, E. Previtali, A. Bersani, C. Rosenfeld, T. Napolitano, Lucia Canonica, V. Pettinacci, Guimin Zhang, James R. Wilson, O. Azzolini, P. Gorla, F. Bellini, F. Ferroni, N. Moggi, S. Di Domizio, Y. L. Li, C. Pira, L. Cardani, C. Tomei, A. Caminata, Emanuele Ferri, F. Terranova, Eugene E. Haller, Kevin Hickerson, H. Z. Huang, M. Tenconi, M. Biassoni, C. Nones, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, C. Zarra, A. Nucciotti, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, J. L. Ouellet, G. Keppel, D. R. Artusa, A. Camacho, Larissa M. Ejzak, L. Wielgus, Monica Sisti, Marisa Pedretti, M. Vignati, S. Zucchelli, Jeremy S. Cushman, S. Pirro, L. Gironi, Vladimir Datskov, F. T. Avignone, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, R. Hennings-Yeomans, Stuart J. Freedman, C. Rusconi, Massimiliano Nastasi, Yu-Gang Ma, A. Giuliani, Lindley Winslow, S. Trentalange, Elena Sala, Y. Mei, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, I. Dafinei, Xi-Guang Cao, K. M. Heeger, Marco Pallavicini, G. Pessina, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, Carlo Ligi, A. R. Smith, H. A. Farach, G. Fernandes, S. Morganti, G. Ventura, G. Piperno, Ettore Fiorini, Andrea Giachero, M. L. Di Vacri, S. Copello, Stefano Dell'Oro, X. Liu, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Analyse et de Mathématiques Appliquées (LAMA), Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-Fédération de Recherche Bézout-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Cremonesi, O., Artusa, D. R., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., Dell’Oro, S., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O’Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., Zucchelli, S., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Kearns, E, Feldman, G, Cremonesi, O, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, di Vacri, M, Drobizhev, A, Ejzak, L, Fang, D, Farach, H, Faverzani, M, Fernandes, G, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hickerson, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Lim, K, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, O'Donnell, T, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Piperno, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sala, E, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wielgus, L, Wilson, J, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhang, G, Zhu, B, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Particle identification, VALIDATION, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Physics and Astronomy (all), neutrino, CUORE, bolometer, Observatory, SIGNALS, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, DETECTORS, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 010306 general physics, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, BOLOMETERS, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), CUORICINO, MAJORANA, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION, RARE EVENTS, Neutrino detector, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], inverted hierarchy, NEUTRON, Neutrino, Bolometer, Inverted hierarchy, Radioactive decay
Abstract

With 741 kg of TeO2 crystals and an excellent energy resolution of 5 keV (0.2%) at the region of interest, the CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment aims at searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te with unprecedented sensitivity. Expected to start data taking in 2015, CUORE is currently in an advanced construction phase at LNGS. CUORE projected neutrinoless double beta decay half-life sensitivity is 1.6E26 y at 1 sigma (9.5E25 y at the 90% confidence level), in five years of live time, corresponding to an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass in the range 40-100 meV (50-130 meV). Further background rejection with auxiliary bolometric detectors could improve CUORE sensitivity and competitiveness of bolometric detectors towards a full analysis of the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy. CUORE-0 was built to test and demonstrate the performance of the upcoming CUORE experiment. It consists of a single CUORE tower (52 TeO2 bolometers of 750 g each, arranged in a 13 floor structure) constructed strictly following CUORE recipes both for materials and assembly procedures. An experiment its own, CUORE-0 is expected to reach a sensitivity to the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of 130Te around 3E24 y in one year of live time. We present an update of the data, corresponding to an exposure of 18.1 kg y. An analysis of the background indicates that the CUORE performance goal is satisfied while the sensitivity goal is within reach., 10 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of NEUTRINO 2014, 26th International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, 2-7 June 2014, held at Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Published
2015

10. Study of the electromagnetic background in the XENON100 experiment

Author

Ethan Brown, R. Santorelli, A. Askin, S. Fattori, João Cardoso, F. Arneodo, E. Pantic, S. E. A. Orrigo, J. Lamblin, Marc Schumann, P. Shagin, K. Arisaka, Hardy Simgen, A. D. Ferella, Y. Mei, A. C. C. Ribeiro, Kaixuan Ni, E. Tziaferi, Laura Baudis, D. Thers, Manfred Lindner, Hongwei Wang, R. F. Lang, A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, David B. Cline, J. A. M. Lopes, K. E. Lim, A. Kish, Qing Lin, B. Choi, J.M.F. dos Santos, K. Bokeloh, Sebastian Lindemann, Elena Aprile, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Ch. Weinheimer, K. L. Giboni, C. W. Lam, Uwe Oberlack, K. Lung, M. Weber, G. Plante, A. Teymourian, A. Behrens, Laboratoire SUBATECH Nantes (SUBATECH), Mines Nantes (Mines Nantes)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and XENON100

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, Dark matter, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Xenon, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Elastic scattering, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], chemistry, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Radioactive decay, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The XENON100 experiment, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei. We present a comprehensive study of the predicted electronic recoil background coming from radioactive decays inside the detector and shield materials, and intrinsic contamination. Based on GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations using a detailed geometry together with the measured radioactivity of all detector components, we predict an electronic recoil background in the WIMP-search energy range (0-100 keV) in the 30 kg fiducial mass of less than 10e-2 events/(kg-day-keV), consistent with the experiment's design goal. The predicted background spectrum is in very good agreement with the data taken during the commissioning of the detector, in Fall 2009., 10 pages, 12 figures The updated version of the paper takes into account the new measurement of $^{136}$Xe 2$\nu$ $\beta\beta$ decay by EXO-200, with a half-life of (2.11$\pm0.04\pm$0.021)$\times10^{21}$ years

Published
2011

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