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1. Ricochet Progress and Status

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Augier, C., Beaulieu, G., Belov, V., Berge, L., Billard, J., Bres, G., Bret, J. -L., Broniatowski, A., Calvo, M., Cazes, A., Chaize, D., Chapellier, M., Chaplinsky, L., Chemin, G., Chen, R., Colas, J., de Jesus, M., de Marcillac, P., Dumoulin, L., Exshaw, O., Ferriol, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Filippini, J. -B., Formaggio, J. A., Fuard, S., Gascon, J., Giuliani, A., Goupy, J., Goy, C., Guerin, C., Hirjibehedin, C. F., Harrington, P., Heine, S. T., Hertel, S. A., Heusch, M., Hoarau, C., Hong, Z., Ianigro, J. -C., Jin, Y., Johnston, J. P., Juillard, A., Kazarcev, S., Lamblin, J., Lattaud, H., Lubashevskiy, A., Mayer, D. W., Marnieros, S., Minet, J., Misiak, D., Monfardini, A., Mounier, F., Olivieri, E., Oriol, C., Patel, P. K., Perbet, E., Pinckney, H. D., Ponomarev, D., Poda, D., Rarbi, F., Real, J. -S., Ricol, J. -S., Redon, T., Robert, A., Rozov, S., Rozova, I., Salagnac, T., Sanglard, V., Schmidt, B., Shevchik, Ye., Sibille, V., Soldner, T., Stachurska, J., Stutz, A., Vagneron, L., van de Pontseele, W., Vezzu, F., Weber, S., Winslow, L., Yakushev, E., and Zinatulina, D.

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2023
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2. CUPID: The Next-Generation Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiment

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Alfonso, K., Armatol, A., Augier, C., Avignone, III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Barabash, A. S., Bari, G., Barresi, A., Baudin, D., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Beretta, M., Bettelli, M., Biassoni, M., Billard, J., Boldrini, V., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camilleri, J., Campani, A., Capelli, C., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Celi, E., Chang, C., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Colantoni, I., Copello, S., Craft, E., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cruciani, A., D’Addabbo, A., D’Imperio, G., Dabagov, S., Dafinei, I., Danevich, F. A., De Jesus, M., De Marcillac, P., Dell’Oro, S., Domizio, S. Di, Lorenzo, S. Di, Dixon, T., Dompè, V., Drobizhev, A., Dumoulin, L., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferri, F., Ferroni, F., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Foggetta, L., Formaggio, J., Franceschi, A., Fu, C., Fu, S., Fujikawa, B. K., Gallas, A., Gascon, J., Ghislandi, S., Giachero, A., Gianvecchio, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Grant, C., Gras, P., Guillaumon, P. V., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Hansen, E. V., Heeger, K. M., Helis, D. L., Huang, H. Z., Imbert, L., Johnston, J., Juillard, A., Karapetrov, G., Keppel, G., Khalife, H., Kobychev, V. V., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Konovalov, S. I., Kowalski, R., Langford, T., Lefevre, M., Liu, R., Liu, Y., Loaiza, P., Ma, L., Madhukuttan, M., Mancarella, F., Marini, L., Marnieros, S., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mas, Ph., Mauri, B., Mayer, D., Mazzitelli, G., Mei, Y., Milana, S., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novosad, V., Nutini, I., O’Donnell, T., Olivieri, E., Olmi, M., Ouellet, J. L., Pagan, S., Pagliarone, C., Pagnanini, L., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Peng, H., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Poda, D. V., Polischuk, O. G., Ponce, I., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Quitadamo, S., Ressa, A., Rizzoli, R., Rosenfeld, C., Rosier, P., Scarpaci, J. A., Schmidt, B., Sharma, V., Shlegel, V. N., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Slocum, P., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Tomei, C., Torres, J. A., Tretyak, V. I., Tsymbaliuk, A., Velazquez, M., Vetter, K. J., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, G., Wang, L., Wang, R., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Xue, M., Yan, L., Yang, J., Yefremenko, V., Umatov, V. I., Zarytskyy, M. M., Zhang, J., Zolotarova, A., and Zucchelli, S.

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2022
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3. Enriched TeO2 bolometers with active particle discrimination: Towards the CUPID experiment

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Artusa, DR, Avignone, FT, Beeman, JW, Dafinei, I, Dumoulin, L, Ge, Z, Giuliani, A, Gotti, C, de Marcillac, P, Marnieros, S, Nagorny, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, EB, Novati, V, Olivieri, E, Orlandi, D, Pagnanini, L, Pattavina, L, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Poda, DV, Rusconi, C, Schäffner, K, Scielzo, ND, and Zhu, Y

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Double beta decay, Bolometers, Isotope enrichment, Cherenkov emission, Neganov-Luke effect, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
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We present the performances of two 92% enriched 130TeO2 crystals operated as thermal bolometers in view of a next generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te. The crystals, 435 g each, show an energy resolution, evaluated at the 2615 keV γ-line of 208Tl, of 6.5 and 4.3 keV FWHM. The only observable internal radioactive contamination arises from 238U (15 and 8 μBq/kg, respectively). The internal activity of the most problematic nuclei for neutrinoless double beta decay, 226Ra and 228Th, are both evaluated as

Published
2017

5. Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the 0νββ decay search.

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Ahmine, A., Armatol, A., Bandac, I., Bergé, L., Calvo-Mozota, J. M., Carniti, P., Chapellier, M., Dixon, T., Dumoulin, L., Giuliani, A., Gras, Ph., Ferri, F., Imbert, L., Khalife, H., Loaiza, P., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Marrache-Kikuchi, C. A., Nones, C., and Olivieri, E.

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BOLOMETERS, COINCIDENCE, PHOTODETECTORS, SCINTILLATORS, SCINTILLATION counters, SIGNAL-to-noise ratio
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Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of 100 Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their modest time resolution. Scintillating bolometers as those based on Li 2 MoO 4 crystals and employed in the CROSS and CUPID experiments can eventually exploit the coincident fast signal detected in a light detector to reduce this background. However, the scintillation provides a modest signal-to-noise ratio, making difficult a pile-up pulse-shape recognition and rejection at timescales shorter than a few ms. Neganov–Trofimov–Luke assisted light detectors (NTL-LDs) offer the possibility to effectively increase the signal-to-noise ratio, preserving a fast time-response, and enhance the capability of pile-up rejection via pulse shape analysis. In this article we present: (a) an experimental work performed with a Li 2 MoO 4 scintillating bolometer, studied in the framework of the CROSS experiment, and utilizing a NTL-LD; (b) a simulation method to reproduce, synthetically, randomly coincident two-neutrino double-beta decay events; (c) a new analysis method based on a pulse-shape discrimination algorithm capable of providing high pile-up rejection efficiencies. We finally show how the NTL-LDs offer a balanced solution between performance and complexity to reach background index ∼ 10 - 4 counts/keV/kg/year with 280 g Li 2 MoO 4 ( 100 Mo enriched) bolometers at 3034 keV, the Q β β of the double-beta decay, and target the goal of a next generation experiment like CUPID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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8. QUBIC: Exploring the Primordial Universe with the Q&U Bolometric Interferometer

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Mennella, A, Ade, P, Amico, G, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Banfi, S, Barbaran, G, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, Dg, Berge, L, Bernard, Jp, Bersanelli, M, Sazy, Mab, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Buzzelli, A, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppi, G, Coppolecchia, A, D'Agostino, R, D'Aless, Giuseppe, R, De Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Di Donato, A, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, Mm, Garcia, B, Garrido, X, Gaspard, M, Gault, A, A, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Heraud, Yg, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Sire, L, Guerard, E, Hamilton, Jc, Harari, D, Haynes, V, Versille, Sh, Duc Thuong Hoang, Holtzer, N, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Korotkov, A, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Lowitz, A, Lukovic, V, Horacio Luterstein, R, Maffei, B, Marnieros, S, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Clementina Medina, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, Sj, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mariano Mundo, L, Murphy, Ja, Murphy, Jd, O'Sullivan, C, Olivieri, E, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, Ge, Salatino, M, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, Cg, Scully, Sp, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Suarez, F, Tartari, A, Thermeau, Jp, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, Sa, Tristram, M, Tucker, Ce, Tucker, Gs, Vanneste, S, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Watson, R, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - 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[SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], General Physics and Astronomy, cosmic background radiation: polarization, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], law, Cosmic Microwave Background, Astronomical interferometer, B-modes, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, media_common, Physics, bolometers, inflation, polarimetry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, imaging, Interferometry, B-mode, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:QC793-793.5, Frequency band, media_common.quotation_subject, interferometer, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radio spectrum, microwaves, cosmic background radiation: B-mode, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Physics and Astronomy (all), Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, bolometer, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, lcsh:Elementary particle physics, Astronomy, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], polarization: monitoring, Spectral imaging, Astronomía, detector: sensitivity, Sky, engCORE - IT Carlow, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Bolometers, Inflation, Polarimetry
Abstract

In this paper, we describe QUBIC, an experiment that will observe the polarized microwave sky with a novel approach, which combines the sensitivity of state-of-the-art bolometric detectors with the systematic effects control typical of interferometers. QUBIC’s unique features are the so-called “self-calibration”, a technique that allows us to clean the measured data from instrumental effects, and its spectral imaging power, i.e., the ability to separate the signal into various sub-bands within each frequency band. QUBIC will observe the sky in two main frequency bands: 150 GHz and 220 GHz. A technological demonstrator is currently under testing and will be deployed in Argentina during 2019, while the final instrument is expected to be installed during 2020., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo., Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas

Published
2018

9. First results from CUORE: a search for lepton number violation via 0νββ Decay of Te130

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Alduino, C., Alessandria, F., Alfonso, K., Andreotti, E., Arnaboldi, C., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Bandac, I., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Barucci, M., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Bersani, A., Biare, D., Biassoni, M., Bragazzi, F., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bryant, A., Buccheri, A., Bucci, C., Bulfon, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Capodiferro, M., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Cariello, M., Carniti, P., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Cereseto, R., Ceruti, G., Chiarini, A., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Conventi, D., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Crescentini, C., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., D’Addabbo, A., D’Aguanno, D., Dafinei, I., Datskov, V., Davis, C. J., Del Corso, F., Dell’Oro, S., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Di Paolo, L., Drobizhev, A., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Fang, D. Q., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Gaigher, R., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gladstone, L., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Guandalini, C., Guerzoni, M., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Hansen, E. V., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. Z., Iannone, M., Ioannucci, L., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kogler, L., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Leder, A., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Y. G., Ma, Maiano, C., Maino, M., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Martinez Amaya, C., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Mosteiro, P. J., Nagorny, S. S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O’Donnell, T., Olcese, M., Olivieri, E., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pedrotta, R., Pelosi, A., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Reindl, F., Rimondi, F., Risegari, L., Rosenfeld, C., Rossi, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sala, E., Salvioni, C., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Schaeffer, D., Schmidt, B., Schmidt, J., Scielzo, N. D., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Stivanello, F., Taffarello, L., Tatananni, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tessaro, M., Tomei, C., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wallig, J., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., Zimmermann, S., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
contamination, double beta decay, response stabilization, rare decays, detectors, bolometers, limits
Published
2018

10. Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Searches with Enriched 116CdWO4 Scintillating Bolometers.

Author

Helis, D. L., Bandac, I. C., Barabash, A. S., Billard, J., Chapellier, M., de Combarieu, M., Danevich, F. A., Dumoulin, L., Gascon, J., Giuliani, A., Kasperovych, D. V., Kobychev, V. V., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Novati, V., Olivieri, E., Poda, D. V., Polischuk, O. G., and Redon, Th.

Subjects
SCINTILLATORS, BOLOMETERS, PHOTODETECTORS, CADMIUM crystals, RADIOCHEMICAL purification, DETECTORS, CRYSTALS
Abstract

Cadmium-116 is one of the favorable candidates for neutrinoless double-beta decay ( 0 ν β β ) searches from both theoretical and experimental points of view, in particular thanks to the high energy of the decay (2813.49 keV), the possibility of the industrial enrichment in 116 Cd and its use in the well-established production of cadmium tungstate crystal scintillators. In this work, we present low-temperature tests of two 0.6 kg 116 CdWO 4 crystals enriched in 116 Cd to 82 % as scintillating bolometers. These detectors were operated underground, with one at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) in France and the second at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (LSC) in Spain. The two crystals are coupled to bolometric Ge light detectors in order to register the scintillation light. The double readout of heat and scintillation enables reduction in the background in the region of interest by discriminating between different populations of particles. The main goal of these tests is the study of the crystals' radiopurity and the detectors' performance. The achieved results are extremely promising, in particular, the detectors demonstrate a high energy resolution (11–16 keV FWHM at 2615 keV) and a high-efficiency discrimination of the alpha background ( ∼ 20 σ ). These results, achieved for the first time with large mass enriched 116 CdWO 4 crystals, demonstrate prospects of the bolometric technology for high-sensitivity searches of 116 Cd 0 ν β β decay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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11. Results from a search for the 0 νββ-decay of Te130

Author

ARNABOLDI, CLAUDIO, BROFFERIO, CHIARA, CAPELLI, SILVIA, CLEMENZA, MASSIMILIANO, CREMONESI, OLIVIERO, FIORINI, ETTORE, GIACHERO, ANDREA, GIULIANI, ANDREA, GORLA, PAOLO, NONES, CLAUDIA, NUCCIOTTI, ANGELO ENRICO LODOVICO, PAVAN, MAURA, PESSINA, GIANLUIGI EZIO, PREVITALI, EZIO, SISTI, MONICA, Artusa, DR, Avignone III, FT, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, JW, Bellini, F, Bucci, C, Carbone, L, Cebrian, S, Creswick, RJ, de Waard, A, Di Domizio, S, Dolinski, MJ, Farach, HA, Frossati, G, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, TD, Haller, EE, Maruyama, RH, McDonald, RJ, Nisi, S, Norman, EB, Olivieri, E, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, E, Pasca, E, Pedretti, M, Pirro, S, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Smith, AR, Torres, L, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Arnaboldi, C., Arnaboldi, C, Artusa, D, Avignone III, F, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cebrian, S, Clemenza, M, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, de Waard, A, Di Domizio, S, Dolinski, M, Farach, H, Fiorini, E, Frossati, G, Giachero, A, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Maruyama, R, Mcdonald, R, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Olivieri, E, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, E, Pasca, E, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Torres, L, Ventura, G, and Vignati, M

Subjects
FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Weak-interaction and lepton (including neutrino) aspects of 0nu beta beta-decay, Properties of nuclei with 90, Nuclear lifetimes, width, 0nu beta beta-decay relation with nuclear matrix elements and nuclear structure, Tellurium-130, Double Beta Decay, Bolometers, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
Abstract

A detailed description of the CUORICINO Te130 neutrinoless double-beta (0 νββ) decay experiment is given and recent results are reported. CUORICINO is an array of 62 tellurium oxide (TeO2) bolometers with an active mass of 40.7 kg. It is cooled to ~8-10 mK by a dilution refrigerator shielded from environmental radioactivity and energetic neutrons. It is running in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Assergi, Italy. These data represent an exposure of 11.83 kg yr or 91 mole-years of Te130. No evidence for 0νββ-decay was observed and a limit of T1/20ν(130Te)≥3. 0×1024y (90% CL) is set. This corresponds to an upper limit on the effective mass, mν, between 0.19 and 0.68 eV when analyzed with the many published nuclear structure calculations. In the context of these nuclear models, the values fall within the range corresponding to the claim of evidence of 0νββ-decay by H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus The experiment continues to acquire data.

Published
2008

12. Vibrations on pulse tube based Dry Dilution Refrigerators for low noise measurements.

Author

Olivieri, E., Billard, J., De Jesus, M., Juillard, A., and Leder, A.

Subjects
*PULSE tube refrigerators, *NOISE measurement, *ACOUSTIC vibrations, *ACCELEROMETERS, *BOLOMETERS
Abstract

Dry Dilution Refrigerators (DDR) based on pulse tube cryo-coolers have started to replace Wet Dilution Refrigerators (WDR) due to the ease and low cost of operation. However these advantages come at the cost of increased vibrations, induced by the pulse tube. In this work, we present the vibration measurements performed on three different commercial DDRs. We describe in detail the vibration measurement system we assembled, based on commercial accelerometers, conditioner and DAQ, and examined the effects of the various damping solutions utilized on three different DDRs, both in the low and high frequency regions. Finally, we ran low temperature, pseudo-massive (30 and 250 g) germanium bolometers in the best vibration-performing system under study and report on the results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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13. Rejection of randomly coinciding events in Li2100 MoO4 scintillating bolometers using light detectors based on the Neganov-Luke effect.

Author

Chernyak, D. M., Danevich, F. A., Dumoulin, L., Giuliani, A., Mancuso, M., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Poda, D. V., and Tretyak, V. I.

Subjects
BOLOMETERS, SCINTILLATORS, LITHIUM spectra, PHOTODETECTORS, DOUBLE beta decay, NEUTRINO scattering, MOLYBDENUM oxides
Abstract

Random coincidences of nuclear events can be one of the main background sources in low-temperature calorimetric experiments looking for neutrinoless doublebeta decay, especially in those searches based on scintillating bolometers embedding the promising double-beta candidate 100 Mo, because of the relatively short half-life of the twoneutrino double-beta decay of this nucleus. We show in this work that randomly coinciding events of the two-neutrino double-beta decay of 100 Mo in enriched Li2100 MoO4 detectors can be effectively discriminated by pulse-shape analysis in the light channel if the scintillating bolometer is provided with a Neganov-Luke light detector, which can improve the signal-to-noise ratio by a large factor, assumed here at the level of~750 on the basis of preliminary experimental results obtained with these devices. The achieved pile-up rejection efficiency results in a very low contribution, of the order of ~6 × 10-5 counts/(keV·kg·y), to the background counting rate in the region of interest for a large volume (~90 cm³) Li2100 MoO4 detector. This background level is very encouraging in view of a possible use of the Li2100 MoO4 solution for a bolometric tonne-scale next-generation experiment as that proposed in the CUPID project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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14. Background Suppression in Massive TeO $$_2$$ Bolometers with Neganov-Luke Amplified Light Detectors.

Author

Pattavina, L., Casali, N., Dumoulin, L., Giuliani, A., Mancuso, M., Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nagorny, S., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Pagnanini, L., Pirro, S., Poda, D., Rusconi, C., Schäeffner, K., and Tenconi, M.

Subjects
TELLURIUM oxides, BOLOMETERS, PHOTODETECTORS, NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, CP violation, PARTICLE decays, LEPTONS (Nuclear physics)
Abstract

Bolometric detectors are excellent devices for the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta decay ( $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ ). The observation of such decay would demonstrate the violation of lepton number, and at the same time, it would necessarily imply that neutrinos are Majorana particles. The sensitivity of cryogenic detectors based on TeO $$_2$$ is strongly limited by the $$\alpha $$ -background in the region of interest for the 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ of $$^{130}$$ Te. It has been demonstrated that particle identification in TeO $$_2$$ bolometers is possible, measuring the Cherenkov light produced by particle interactions. However, the discrimination efficiency is low, and an event-by-event identification with NTD-based light detectors has to be demonstrated. We will discuss the performance of a highly sensitive light detector exploiting the Neganov-Luke effect for signal amplification. The detector, being operated with NTD thermistor and coupled to a 750 g TeO $$_2$$ crystal, shows the ability for an event-by-event identification of electron/gamma and $$\alpha $$ particles. The obtained results demonstrate the possibility to enhance the sensitivity of TeO $$_2$$ -based 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ experiment to an unprecedented level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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15. An experimental study of antireflective coatings in Ge light detectors for scintillating bolometers.

Author

Mancuso, M., Beeman, J. W., Giuliani, A., Dumoulin, L., Olivieri, E., Pessina, G., Plantevin, O., Rusconi, C., and Tenconi, M.

Subjects
SURFACE coatings, PHOTODETECTORS, BOLOMETERS, SILICA, SILICON oxide, RADIOCHEMICAL purification
Abstract

Luminescent bolometers are double-readout devices able to measure simultaneously the phonon and the light yields after a particle interaction in the detector. This operation allows in some cases to tag the type of the interacting quantum, crucial issue for background control in rare event experiments such as the search for neutrinoless double beta decay and for interactions of particle dark matter candidates. The light detectors used in the LUCIFER and LUMINEU searches (projects aiming at the study of the double beta interesting candidates 82Se and 100Mo using ZnSe and ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers) consist of hyper-pure Ge thin slabs equipped with NTD thermistors. A substantial sensitivity improvement of the Ge light detectors can be obtained applying a proper anti-re?ective coatings on the Ge side exposed to the luminescent bolometer. The present paper deals with the investigation of this aspect, proving and quantifying the positive effect of a SiO2 and a SiO coating and setting the experimental bases for future tests of other coating materials. The results confirm that an appropriate coating procedure helps in improving the sensitivity of bolometric light detectors by an important factor (in the range 20% - 35%) and needs to be included in the recipe for the development of an optimized radio-pure scintillating bolometer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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17. An Aboveground Pulse-Tube-Based Bolometric Test Facility for the Validation of the LUMINEU $$\hbox {ZnMoO}_4$$ Crystals.

Author

Mancuso, M., Chernyak, D., Danevich, F., Dumoulin, L., Giachero, A., Giuliani, A., Godfrin, H., Gotti, C., Ivanov, I., Maino, M., Makarov, E., Olivieri, E., Pessina, G., Shlegel, V., Sultan, A., Tenconi, M., and Vasiliev, Ya.

Subjects
BOLOMETERS, PULSE tube refrigerators, CRYSTAL detectors, SCINTILLATION counters, DOUBLE beta decay, NEUTRINO mass
Abstract

The LUMINEU project aims at developing a pilot double beta decay experiment using scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO $$_4$$ crystals enriched in $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ . In the next months regular deliveries of large-mass $$\hbox {ZnMoO}_4$$ crystals are expected from the Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Novosibirsk, Russia). It is therefore crucial for the LUMINEU program to test systematically and in real time these samples in terms of bolometric properties, light yield and internal radioactive contamination. In this paper we describe an aboveground cryogenic facility based on a dilution refrigerator coupled to a pulse-tube cooler capable performing these measurements. A 23.8 g $$\hbox {ZnMoO}_4$$ crystal was fully characterised in this setup. We show also that macro-bolometers can be operated with high signal-to-noise ratio in liquid-free dilution refrigerators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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18. Rejection of randomly coinciding events in ZnMoO $$_4$$ scintillating bolometers.

Author

Chernyak, D., Danevich, F., Giuliani, A., Mancuso, M., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Tenconi, M., and Tretyak, V.

Subjects
ZINC compounds, SCINTILLATORS, BOLOMETERS, NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, SIGNAL-to-noise ratio
Abstract

Random coincidence of events (particularly from two neutrino double beta decay) could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrinoless double beta decay with cryogenic bolometers due to their poor time resolution. Pulse-shape discrimination by using front edge analysis, mean-time and $$\chi ^2$$ methods were applied to discriminate randomly coinciding events in ZnMoO $$_4$$ cryogenic scintillating bolometers. These events can be effectively rejected at the level of 99 % by the analysis of the heat signals with rise-time of about 14 ms and signal-to-noise ratio of 900, and at the level of 92 % by the analysis of the light signals with rise-time of about 3 ms and signal-to-noise ratio of 30, under the requirement to detect 95 % of single events. These rejection efficiencies are compatible with extremely low background levels in the region of interest of neutrinoless double beta decay of $$^{100}$$ Mo for enriched ZnMoO $$_4$$ detectors, of the order of $$10^{-4}$$ counts/(y keV kg). Pulse-shape parameters have been chosen on the basis of the performance of a real massive ZnMoO $$_4$$ scintillating bolometer. Importance of the signal-to-noise ratio, correct finding of the signal start and choice of an appropriate sampling frequency are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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19. An Improved ZnMoO Scintillating Bolometer for the Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Mo.

Author

Beeman, J., Danevich, F., Degoda, V., Galashov, E., Giuliani, A., Ivanov, I., Mancuso, M., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Pessina, G., Olivieri, E., Rusconi, C., Shlegel, V., Tretyak, V., and Vasiliev, Y.

Subjects
MOLYBDENUM oxides, NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, ZINC compounds, BOLOMETERS, SCINTILLATION counters, METAL crystals, TEMPERATURE effect, NEUTRINO mass
Abstract

We present a prototype scintillating bolometer for the search for neutrinoless double β decay of Mo, consisting of a single ≈5 g ZnMoO crystal operated aboveground in the 20-30 mK temperature range. The scintillation light is read out by two thin Ge bolometers. The phonon signals are collected by NTD Ge thermistors. The ZnMoO crystal was grown with an advanced method (low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique) and after purification of molybdenum. The results are very encouraging: the intrinsic energy resolution of the heat channel is ≈800 eV FWHM, the α/ β rejection factor (crucial for background suppression) is better than 99.9% in the region of interest for double β decay (≈3 MeV), and the radiopurity of ZnMoO looks substantially improved with respect to previous devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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20. Characterization of cubic Li 2100 MoO 4 crystals for the CUPID experiment

Author

Federico Ferri, Stefano Dell'Oro, J. Camilleri, V. Shlegel, N. Casali, R. Rizzoli, F. Bellini, A. Ressa, J. A. Scarpaci, C. Augier, Goran Karapetrov, G. Fantini, P. Gras, M. I. Martínez, F.A. Danevich, L. Pagnanini, P. T. Surukuchi, A. Drobizhev, S. H. Fu, C. Oriol, I. Dafinei, T. O'Donnell, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, P. Loaiza, Jie Yang, S. Copello, Haiping Peng, Oliviero Cremonesi, L. Wang, A. Franceschi, C. Pagliarone, Davide Chiesa, Paolo Carniti, A. Juillard, Andrea Barresi, V.I. Tretyak, E. V. Hansen, M. Xue, S. Zucchelli, C. Pira, O. G. Polischuk, X. F. Navick, R. J. Creswick, L. Marini, K. Wilson, I. Colantoni, D. Misiak, C. Rusconi, J. Billard, D. V. Poda, J. Johnston, Jonathan Ouellet, A. Charrier, A. Cruciani, S. L. Wagaarachchi, G. Bari, F. Collamati, V. Yumatov, J. Gascon, C. C. Chang, Stefano Nisi, Changbo Fu, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, L. Pattavina, S. Marnieros, Jie Zhang, G. Wang, G. D'Imperio, A. Cazes, Yuting Liu, E. Celi, Massimiliano Clemenza, A. Tsymbaliuk, Monica Sisti, Valentyn Novosad, I. Nutini, S. Milana, R. Nipoti, C. Nones, A. Puiu, M. Chapellier, H. Z. Huang, V. G. Yefremenko, R. Mariam, B. Schmidt, G. Keppel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, D. Mayer, O. Tellier, L. Ma, Y. Mei, R. G. Huang, F. Mancarella, M. Faverzani, L. Dumoulin, M. Madhukuttan, H. Khalife, M. Gros, Kai Vetter, S. Di Domizio, D. Baudin, P. Pari, A. Armatol, Giovanni Benato, M. Beretta, Tomas Polakovic, L. Taffarello, Virendra Singh, Danielle Speller, Laura Cardani, K. M. Heeger, B. K. Fujikawa, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, L. Yan, T. Napolitano, S. Pagan, M. Biassoni, B. Mauri, V. Pettinacci, M. de Combarieu, O. Azzolini, M. M. Zarytskyy, A. Giachero, Claudio Gotti, S. I. Konovalov, L. Gironi, Lindley Winslow, M. Pavan, James Nikkel, F. T. Avignone, Whitney Armstrong, V. Sanglard, L. Imbert, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, C. Brofferio, A. S. Barabash, Ezio Previtali, B. Welliver, P. de Marcillac, D. L. Helis, A. S. Zolotarova, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, B. Paul, A. Giuliani, Silvia Capelli, Massimiliano Nastasi, James R. Wilson, M. De Jesus, E. Armengaud, V. Sharma, Matias Velázquez, V. V. Kobychev, L. Bergé, A. Branca, C. Rosenfeld, V. Boldrini, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, C. Tomei, Emanuele Ferri, Joseph A. Formaggio, S. Pozzi, V. Dompè, A. D'Addabbo, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Service de physique de l'état condensé (SPEC - UMR3680), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CUPID, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Armatol A., Armengaud E., Armstrong W., Augier C., Avignone F.T., Azzolini O., Barabash A., Bari G., Barresi A., Baudin D., Bellini F., Benato G., Beretta M., Berge L., Biassoni M., Billard J., Boldrini V., Branca A., Brofferio C., Bucci C., Camilleri J., Capelli S., Cappelli L., Cardani L., Carniti P., Casali N., Cazes A., Celi E., Chang C., Chapellier M., Charrier A., Chiesa D., Clemenza M., Colantoni I., Collamati F., Copello S., Cremonesi O., J.Creswick R., Cruciani A., D'Addabbo A., D'Imperio G., Dafinei I., A.Danevich F., deCombarieu M., DeJesus M., deMarcillac P., Dell'Oro S., DiDomizio S., Dompe V., Drobizhev A., Dumoulin L., Fantini G., Faverzani M., Ferri E., Ferri F., Ferroni F., Figueroa-Feliciano E., Formaggio J., Franceschi A., Fu C., Fu S., Fujikawa B.K., Gascon J., Giachero A., Gironi L., Giuliani A., Gorla P., Gotti C., Gras P., Gros M., Gutierrez T.D., Han K., Hansen E.V., Heeger K.M., Helis D.L., Huang H.Z., Huang R.G., Imbert L., Johnston J., Juillard A., Karapetrov G., Keppel G., Khalife H., Kobychev V.V., Kolomensky Y.G., Konovalov S., Liu Y., Loaiza P., Ma L., Madhukuttan M., Mancarella F., Mariam R., Marini L., Marnieros S., Martinez M., Maruyama R.H., Mauri B., Mayer D., Mei Y., Milana S., Misiak D., Napolitano T., Nastasi M., Navick X.F., Nikkel J., Nipoti R., Nisi S., Nones C., Norman E.B., Novosad V., Nutini I., O'Donnell T., Olivieri E., Oriol C., Ouellet J.L., Pagan S., Pagliarone C., Pagnanini L., Pari P., Pattavina L., Paul B., Pavan M., Peng H., Pessina G., Pettinacci V., Pira C., Pirro S., V.Poda D., Polakovic T., Polischuk O.G., Pozzi S., Previtali E., Puiu A., Ressa A., Rizzoli R., Rosenfeld C., Rusconi C., Sanglard V., Scarpaci J.A., Schmidt B., Sharma V., Shlegel V., Singh V., Sisti M., Speller D., Surukuchi P.T., Taffarello L., Tellier O., Tomei C., Tretyak V.I., Tsymbaliuk A., Velazquez M., Vetter K.J., Wagaarachchi S.L., Wang G., Wang L., Welliver B., Wilson J., Wilson K., Winslow L.A., Xue M., Yan L., Yang J., Yefremenko V., Yumatov V., Zarytskyy M.M., Zhang J., Zolotarova A., Zucchelli S., Armatol, A, Armengaud, E, Armstrong, W, Augier, C, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Barabash, A, Bari, G, Barresi, A, Baudin, D, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Biassoni, M, Billard, J, Boldrini, V, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camilleri, J, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Celi, E, Chang, C, Chapellier, M, Charrier, A, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Colantoni, I, Collamati, F, Copello, S, Cremonesi, O, J. Creswick, R, Cruciani, A, D'Addabbo, A, D'Imperio, G, Dafinei, I, A. Danevich, F, Decombarieu, M, Dejesus, M, Demarcillac, P, Dell'Oro, S, Didomizio, S, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Dumoulin, L, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferri, F, Ferroni, F, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Formaggio, J, Franceschi, A, Fu, C, Fu, S, Fujikawa, B, Gascon, J, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gras, P, Gros, M, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Hansen, E, Heeger, K, Helis, D, Huang, H, Huang, R, Imbert, L, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Karapetrov, G, Keppel, G, Khalife, H, Kobychev, V, Kolomensky, Y, Konovalov, S, Liu, Y, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Madhukuttan, M, Mancarella, F, Mariam, R, Marini, L, Marnieros, S, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mauri, B, Mayer, D, Mei, Y, Milana, S, Misiak, D, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Navick, X, Nikkel, J, Nipoti, R, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novosad, V, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Ouellet, J, Pagan, S, Pagliarone, C, Pagnanini, L, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Pavan, M, Peng, H, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, V. Poda, D, Polakovic, T, Polischuk, O, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Ressa, A, Rizzoli, R, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sanglard, V, Scarpaci, J, Schmidt, B, Sharma, V, Shlegel, V, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Surukuchi, P, Taffarello, L, Tellier, O, Tomei, C, Tretyak, V, Tsymbaliuk, A, Velazquez, M, Vetter, K, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, G, Wang, L, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Xue, M, Yan, L, Yang, J, Yefremenko, V, Yumatov, V, Zarytskyy, M, Zhang, J, Zolotarova, A, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Mo-100, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), background: induced, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, measurement methods, bolometers, neutrinoless double beta decay, energy resolution, Parameter space, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Double Beta Decay, Nuclear Experiment, background: suppression, Physics, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), molybdenum: oxygen, Double-beta decay detector, Low Temperature Detector, lithium, Scintillation counter, Neutrino, photon: yield, numerical calculations: Monte Carlo, bolometers, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenic detector, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], neutrinoless double beta decay, Particle identification method, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), Double beta decay, CUPID, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), scintillation counter, Scintillation, molybdenum: nuclide, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, bibliography, crystal: geometry, Computational physics, efficiency, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

The CUPID Collaboration is designing a tonne-scale, background-free detector to search for double beta decay with sufficient sensitivity to fully explore the parameter space corresponding to the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy scenario. One of the CUPID demonstrators, CUPID-Mo, has proved the potential of enriched Li$$_{2}$$ 2 $$^{100}$$ 100 MoO$$_4$$ 4 crystals as suitable detectors for neutrinoless double beta decay search. In this work, we characterised cubic crystals that, compared to the cylindrical crystals used by CUPID-Mo, are more appealing for the construction of tightly packed arrays. We measured an average energy resolution of ($$6.7\pm 0.6$$ 6.7 ± 0.6 ) keV FWHM in the region of interest, approaching the CUPID target of 5 keV FWHM. We assessed the identification of $$\alpha $$ α particles with and without a reflecting foil that enhances the scintillation light collection efficiency, proving that the baseline design of CUPID already ensures a complete suppression of this $$\alpha $$ α -induced background contribution. We also used the collected data to validate a Monte Carlo simulation modelling the light collection efficiency, which will enable further optimisations of the detector.

Published
2021

21. Charge-to-heat transducers exploiting the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect for light detection in rare-event searches.

Author

Novati, V., Bergé, L., Dumoulin, L., Giuliani, A., Mancuso, M., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Olivieri, E., Poda, D.V., Tenconi, M., and Zolotarova, A.S.

Subjects
*INFRARED detectors, *TRANSDUCERS, *PHOTODETECTORS, *BOLOMETERS, *LOW temperatures, *INFRARED radiation
Abstract

In this work we present how to fabricate large-area (15 cm 2), ultra-low threshold germanium bolometric photo-detectors and how to operate them to detect few (optical) photons. These detectors work at temperatures as low as few tens of mK and exploit the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke (NTL) effect. They are operated as charge-to-heat transducers: the heat signal is linearly increased by simply changing a voltage bias applied to special metal electrodes, fabricated onto the germanium absorber, and read by a (NTD-Ge) thermal sensor. We fabricated a batch of five prototypes and ran them in different facilities with dilution refrigerators. We carefully studied how impinging spurious infrared radiation impacts the detector performances, by shining infrared photons via optical-fiber-guided LED signals, in a controlled manner, into the bolometers. We hence demonstrated how the radiation-tightness of the test environment tremendously enhances the detector performances, allowing to set electrode voltage bias up to 90 volts without any leakage current and signal-to-noise gain as large as a factor 12 (for visible photons). As consequence, for the first time we could operate large-area NTD-Ge-sensor-equipped NTL bolometric photo-detectors capable to reach sub 10-eV baseline noise (RMS). Such detectors open new frontiers for rare-event search experiments based on low light yield Ge-NTD equipped scintillating bolometers, such the CUPID neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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22. Growth and characterization of a Li[formula omitted]Mg[formula omitted](MoO[formula omitted])[formula omitted] scintillating bolometer.

Author

Danevich, F.A., Degoda, V.Ya., Dulger, L.L., Dumoulin, L., Giuliani, A., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Novati, V., Olivieri, E., Pavlyuk, A.A., Poda, D.V., Trifonov, V.A., Yushina, I.V., and Zolotarova, A.S.

Subjects
*LITHIUM, *BOLOMETERS, *SCINTILLATORS, *LUMINESCENCE, *NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay
Abstract

Lithium magnesium molybdate (Li 2 Mg 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 ) crystals were grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski method. Luminescence properties of the material (emission spectra, thermally stimulated luminescence, dependence of intensity on temperature, phosphorescence) have been studied under X-ray excitation in the temperature interval from 8 to 400 K, while at the same being operated as a scintillating bolometer at 20 mK for the first time. We demonstrated that Li 2 Mg 2 (MoO 4 ) 3 crystals are a potentially promising detector material to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 100 Mo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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23. Enriched TeO2 bolometers with active particle discrimination: Towards the CUPID experiment.

Author

Artusa, D.R., Iiiavignone, F.T., Beeman, J.W., Dafinei, I., Dumoulin, L., Ge, Z., Giuliani, A., Gotti, C., De Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nagorny, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E.B., Novati, V., Olivieri, E., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pattavina, L., and Pessina, G.

Subjects
*BOLOMETERS, *TELLURIUM isotopes, *CHERENKOV radiation
Abstract

We present the performances of two 92% enriched 130 TeO 2 crystals operated as thermal bolometers in view of a next generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te. The crystals, 435 g each, show an energy resolution, evaluated at the 2615 keV γ -line of 208 Tl, of 6.5 and 4.3 keV FWHM. The only observable internal radioactive contamination arises from 238 U (15 and 8 μBq/kg, respectively). The internal activity of the most problematic nuclei for neutrinoless double beta decay, 226 Ra and 228 Th, are both evaluated as <3.1 μBq/kg for one crystal and <2.3 μBq/kg for the second. Thanks to the readout of the weak Cherenkov light emitted by β / γ particles by means of Neganov–Luke bolometric light detectors we were able to perform an event-by-event identification of β / γ events with a 95% acceptance level, while establishing a rejection factor of 98.21% and 99.99% for α particles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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24. An innovative bolometric Cherenkov-light detector for a double beta decay search.

Author

Novati, V., Artusa, D.R., Avignone III, F.T., Beeman, J.W., Dafinei, I., Dumoulin, L., Ge, Z., Giuliani, A., Gotti, C., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nagorny, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E.B., Olivieri, E., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pattavina, L., and Pessina, G.

Subjects
*BOLOMETERS, *CHERENKOV radiation, *DOUBLE beta decay, *SIGNAL processing, *WAVE amplification
Abstract

Abstract We present here an innovative cryogenic light detector capable to measure a few tens of eV signal thanks to the amplification assisted by the Neganov–Luke effect. The thermal signal boost in the presence of an electric field allows us to improve the signal-to-noise ratio reaching a baseline noise of around 20 eV. This device – coupled to an enriched 130 TeO 2 bolometer (435 g) – registered 160 eV Cherenkov light signal induced by 2615 keV 208Tl with a signal to noise ratio about 6:1. Since α particles emitted in decays of natural radionuclides do not produce the Cherenkov radiation, we were able to achieve an efficient α ∕ γ separation in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te (Q -value is 2527 keV). Specifically, a rejection factor of 99.9% for α particles was obtained with a 98.3% acceptance of β ∕ γ events. The achieved α rejection efficiency is required to reduce the dominant α background in the follow-up of the CUORE experiment (CUPID), a ton-scale bolometric search with particle identification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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25. Aboveground test of an advanced Li2MoO4 scintillating bolometer to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo.

Author

Bekker, T.B., Coron, N., Danevich, F.A., Degoda, V.Ya., Giuliani, A., Grigorieva, V.D., Ivannikova, N.V., Mancuso, M., de Marcillac, P., Moroz, I.M., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Pessina, G., Poda, D.V., Shlegel, V.N., Tretyak, V.I., and Velazquez, M.

Subjects
*LITHIUM compounds, *MOLYBDATES, *CRYSTAL growth, *SCINTILLATORS, *BOLOMETERS, *NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, *LUMINESCENCE, *RADIOCHEMICAL purification
Abstract

Large lithium molybdate (Li 2 MoO 4 ) crystal boules were produced by using the low thermal gradient Czochralski growth technique from deeply purified molybdenum. A small sample from one of the boules was preliminary characterized in terms of X-ray-induced and thermally-excited luminescence. A large cylindrical crystalline element (with a size of ⊘40 × 40 mm) was used to fabricate a scintillating bolometer, which was operated aboveground at ∼15 mK by using a pulse-tube cryostat housing a high-power dilution refrigerator. The excellent detector performance in terms of energy resolution and α background suppression along with preliminary positive indications on the radiopurity of this material show the potentiality of Li 2 MoO 4 scintillating bolometers for low-counting experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 100 Mo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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26. Optical, luminescence and thermal properties of radiopure ZnMoO4 crystals used in scintillating bolometers for double beta decay search.

Author

Chernyak, D.M., Danevich, F.A., Degoda, V.Ya., Dmitruk, I.M., Ferri, F., Galashov, E.N., Giuliani, A., Ivanov, I.M., Kobychev, V.V., Mancuso, M., Marnieros, S., Mokina, V.M., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Pessina, G., Rusconi, C., Shlegel, V.N., Stanovyi, O.P., Tenconi, M., and Tretyak, V.I.

Subjects
*ZINC compounds, *METAL crystals, *OPTICAL properties of metals, *LUMINESCENCE, *THERMAL properties of metals, *DOUBLE beta decay, *BOLOMETERS
Abstract

Abstract: Zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) crystals are an excellent candidate material to fabricate scintillating bolometers for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo, provided that the crystal quality meets strict optical, thermal and radiopurity requirements. This paper addresses the characterization of improved crystalline samples grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique. Transmittance measurements confirm significant improvement of the material with respect to previously developed samples. Luminescence properties (emission spectra, dependence of intensity on temperature, thermally stimulated luminescence and phosphorescence) have been studied under X-ray excitation from liquid-helium to room temperature. The index of refraction was measured in the wavelength interval 406–655nm. Samples of ZnMoO4 crystals with masses of 5.07g and 23.8g were operated as scintillating bolometers at temperatures below 30mK, with simultaneous detection of scintillation and heat signals, confirming an excellent alpha/beta rejection power. Background measurements allowed encouraging radiopurity level estimations. The light collection from ZnMoO4 scintillators was Monte Carlo simulated, analysing different crystal size, shape and surface properties and different photodetector sizes. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2013
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27. A next-generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment based on ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers

Author

Beeman, J.W., Danevich, F.A., Degoda, V.Ya., Galashov, E.N., Giuliani, A., Kobychev, V.V., Mancuso, M., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Olivieri, E., Pessina, G., Rusconi, C., Shlegel, V.N., Tretyak, V.I., and Vasiliev, Ya.V.

Subjects
*NEUTRINOS, *BETA decay, *CHEMISTRY experiments, *SCINTILLATORS, *BOLOMETERS, *ZINC compounds
Abstract

Abstract: The search for neutrinoless double β decay probes lepton number conservation with high sensitivity and investigates the neutrino nature and mass scale. Experiments presently in preparation will cover the quasi-degeneracy region of the neutrino mass pattern. Probing the inverted hierarchy region requires improved sensitivities and next-generation experiments, based either on large expansions of the present searches or on new ideas. We examine here a novel technology relying on ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers, which can provide an experiment with background close to zero in the ton × year exposure scale. The promising performance of a pilot detector is presented, both in terms of energy resolution and background control. A preliminary study of the sensitivities of future experiments shows that the inverted hierarchy region is within the reach of the technique here proposed. A realistic phased approach program towards a next-generation search is presented and briefly discussed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2012
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28. Bolometers in magnetic field: Use of NTD Ge sensors

Author

Pasca, E., Barucci, M., Giuliani, A., Olivieri, E., Risegari, L., and Ventura, G.

Subjects
*BOLOMETERS, *MAGNETIC fields, *NEUTRON transmutation doping of semiconductors, *GERMANIUM
Abstract

Abstract: In this paper we report about the properties of Neutron Transmutation Doped (NTD) Ge in magnetic fields, focusing on the electrical conduction properties and magnetoresistance, in view of a use as sensors for bolometers in magnetic field. Samples of two different doping density were studied in magnetic field up to 5T and temperature down to 65mK. NTD sensors show a reproducible gigantic magnetoresistance that leads to an enhancement of their sensitivity to temperature variations. We discuss preliminarily the possible use of NTD sensors in magnetic field in particle detector developments, in particular for the KATRIN experiment. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Published
2007
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29. Enriched TeO$_2$ bolometers with active particle discrimination: towards the CUPID experiment

Author

F. T. Avignone, D. Orlandi, G. Pessina, L. Dumoulin, A. Giuliani, K. Schäffner, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, Nicholas Scielzo, Z. Ge, Ioan Dafinei, C. Nones, D. R. Artusa, S. Pirro, Y. C. Zhu, S. Marnieros, D.V. Poda, Claudio Gotti, J. W. Beeman, S. S. Nagorny, V. Novati, Stefano Nisi, C. Rusconi, L. Pagnanini, P. de Marcillac, L. Pattavina, 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, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Beeman, J, Dafinei, I, Dumoulin, L, Ge, Z, Giuliani, A, Gotti, C, de Marcillac, P, Marnieros, S, Nagorny, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Olivieri, E, Orlandi, D, Pagnanini, L, Pattavina, L, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Poda, D, Rusconi, C, Sch�ffner, K, Scielzo, N, Zhu, Y, 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), 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 ), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay

Subjects
radium: admixture, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Neganov-Luke effect, energy resolution, Bolometers, Cherenkov emission, Double beta decay, Isotope enrichment, Neganov–Luke effect, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Crystal, Particle and Plasma Physics, law, thorium: admixture, [ PHYS.NEXP ] Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, Physics, uranium: admixture, Neganovâ Luke effect, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear & Particles Physics, lcsh:QC1-999, Full width at half maximum, tellurium: nuclide, α particles, Astronomical and Space Sciences, performance, FOS: Physical sciences, Neganov–Luke effect, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], tellurium: oxygen, crystal, Nuclear physics, bolometer, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), 0103 physical sciences, Thermal, Nuclear, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, background: radioactivity, Cherenkov radiation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, Molecular, Particle, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

We present the performances of two 92% enriched $^{130}$TeO$_2$ crystals operated as thermal bolometers in view of a next generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{130}$Te. The crystals, 435 g each, show an energy resolution, evaluated at the 2615 keV $\gamma$-line of $^{208}$Tl, of 6.5 and 4.3 keV FWHM. The only observable internal radioactive contamination arises from $^{238}$U (15 and 8 $\mu$Bq/kg, respectively). The internal activity of the most problematic nuclei for neutrinoless double beta decay, $^{226}$Ra and $^{228}$Th, are both evaluated as $

Published
2017

30. Experimental and numerical investigations of the Czochralski growth of Li2MoO4 crystals for heat-scintillation cryogenic bolometers.

Author

Stelian, C., Velazquez, M., Veber, P., Ahmine, A., Duffar, T., de Marcillac, P., Giuliani, A., Poda, D.V., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Novati, V., Olivieri, E., Zolotarova, A.S., Cabane, H., and Redon, T.

Subjects
*CRYSTAL growth, *BOLOMETERS, *ELASTICITY, *MASS production, *SCINTILLATORS, *THERMAL stresses, *RAYLEIGH number
Abstract

• 820 g LMO crystal grown by the Czochralski method. • LMO elastic properties and stress anisotropies evaluated. • Concave tail shape generates more stresses than convex ones. A new technology for the mass production of lithium molybdate (Li 2 MoO 4) crystals needed for the realization of the cryogenic neutrinoless double-beta decay detectors is under development within the framework of the CLYMENE project. Crystals with 4 and 5 cm in diameter were grown in two different Czochralski configurations. The first configuration, based on inductive heating of a RF coil coupled with a platinum crucible, was used to grow crystals of 4 cm in diameter. Bolometric tests performed with two samples cut from a 230 g crystal have shown less performances of the large sample (158 g), which had a cleavage, as compared to the small non-cracked sample (13.5 g). Numerical modeling was applied to investigate the temperature field in the furnace, the melt convection and thermo-elastic stresses in the crystal. Numerical results reveal 30% higher thermal stress at the bottom part of the ingot in the case of a concave shape of the crystal tail (experimental case) as compared to the case of a convex shaped tail. This could explain why the fracture started at the bottom part of the 230 g crystal boule, and highlights the importance of the crystal shape in the last stage of growth process. The furnace configuration used to grow 5 cm-diameter crystals was numerically optimized in order to reduce the thermal stress in the crystals. The first kg-mass Li 2 MoO 4 ingot grown in the optimized configuration exhibit regular shape and good structural quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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31. First test of a CdMoO4 scintillating bolometer for neutrinoless double beta decay experiments with 116Cd and 100Mo nuclides.

Author

Xue, M., Poda, D.V., Zhang, Y., Khalife, H., Giuliani, A., Peng, H., de Marcillac, P., Olivieri, E., Wen, S., Zhao, K., Wei, Y., Novati, V., Zolotarova, A.S., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Redon, T., Xu, Z., Wang, X., Chen, P., and Chen, H.

Subjects
*NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, *BOLOMETERS, *CADMIUM crystals, *NUCLIDES, *EARTH temperature
Abstract

A large cylindrical cadmium molybdate crystal with natural isotopic abundance has been used to fabricate a scintillating bolometer. The measurement was performed above ground at milli-Kelvin temperature, with simultaneous readout of the heat and the scintillation light. The energy resolution as FWHM has achieved from 5 keV (at 238 keV) to 13 keV (at 2615 keV). We present the results of the α versus β / γ events discrimination. The low internal trace contamination of the CdMoO 4 crystal was evaluated as well. The detector performance with preliminary positive indications proves that cadmium molybdate crystal is a promising absorber for neutrinoless double beta decay scintillating bolometric experiments with 116Cd and 100Mo nuclides in the next-generation technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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32. NEW CUORICINO RESULTS AND THE CUORE PROJECT

Author

Monica Sisti, C. Brofferio, M. Balata, A. Morales, S. Pirro, Raffaele Ardito, C. Rosenfeld, Marco Barucci, Marco Pallavicini, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, D. R. Artusa, E. Previtali, M. Pedretti, Reina H. Maruyama, L. Carbone, F. Capozzi, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, M. Pavan, C. Gargiulo, L. Torres, E. Fiorini, E. Guardincelli, A. Nucciotti, G. Pessina, I. C. Bandac, Giorgio Frossati, G. Ventura, R. J. Creswick, M. J. Dolinski, A. de Waard, P. Ottonello, T. D. Gutierrez, Jeffrey W. Beeman, C. Bucci, E. E. Haller, H. A. Farach, C. Arnaboldi, Edoardo Pasca, B. Quiter, Oliviero Cremonesi, V. Palmieri, A. Giuliani, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, Giulio Maier, F. T. Avignone, Simone Capelli, N. Xu, A. R. Smith, S. Cebrián, Lara Risegari, S. Morganti, I. G. Irastorza, E. Longo, R. J. McDonald, Cremonesi, O, Ardito, R, Arnaboldi, C, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, J, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Capelli, S, Capozzi, F, Carbone, L, Cebrian, S, Creswick, R, de Waard, A, Dolinski, M, Farach, H, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Frossati, G, Gargiulo, C, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Guardincelli, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Irastorza, I, Longo, E, Maier, G, Morganti, S, Maruyama, R, Mcdonald, R, Morales, A, Norman, E, Nisi, S, Nucciotti, A, Olivieri, E, Ottonello, P, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pasca, E, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Quiter, B, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Torres, L, Ventura, G, and Xu, N

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, CUORE, law, Double beta decay, Neutrino, Bolometer, Double Beta Decay, Bolometers, law.invention
Abstract

CUORICINO is an array of 62 TeO2 bolometers with a total mass of 40.7 Kg (10.4 Kg of 130Te), the largest operating one for a cryogenic experiment. Organized as a 14 storey tower, it is meant as a slightly modified version of one of the 25 towers of the CUORE project, a proposed tightly packed array of 1000 TeO2 bolometers (750 kg of total mass of TeO2) for ultralow-background searches on neutrinoless double beta decay, cold dark matter, solar axions, and rare nuclear decays. CUORICINO data taking started on April 2003 at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and was stopped in November 2003 to repair the readout wiring system of the 62 bolometers. Detector performance and early background analysis results are reviewed. Preliminary results on ββ(0ν) of 130Te are presented. The expected performance and sensitivity of CUORE is also discussed.

Published
2005

33. RESULTS FROM CUORICINO AND PROSPECTS FOR CUORE

Author

R. J. McDonald, Monica Sisti, C. Brofferio, M. Balata, R. J. Creswick, E. Fiorini, C. Gargiulo, L. Torres, H. A. Farach, C. Cosmelli, C. Rosenfeld, P. Gorla, C. Bucci, F. Ferroni, Reina H. Maruyama, F. Bellini, Simone Capelli, Oliviero Cremonesi, E. Longo, P. Ottonello, F. T. Avignone, Giulio Maier, E. E. Haller, F. Capozzi, M. J. Dolinski, T. D. Gutierrez, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, I. G. Irastorza, A. Nucciotti, Edoardo Pasca, G. Ventura, B. Quiter, Giorgio Frossati, S. Morganti, L. Carbone, S. Pirro, A. Giuliani, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, G. Pessina, Marco Barucci, A. R. Smith, Stefano Toffanin, S. Cebrián, D. R. Artusa, E. Palmieri, Lara Risegari, M. Pavan, E. Guardincerri, N. Xu, M. Pedretti, I. C. Bandac, C. Arnaboldi, Jeffrey W. Beeman, Raffaele Ardito, Marco Pallavicini, E. Previtali, A. de Waard, Cebrian, S, Ardito, R, Arnaboldi, C, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Capelli, S, Capozzi, F, Carbone, L, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, DE WAARD, A, Dolinski, M, Farach, H, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Frossati, G, Gargiulo, C, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Irastorza, I, Longo, E, Maier, G, Maruyama, R, Mcdonald, R, Morganti, S, Nisi, S, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Olivieri, E, Ottonello, P, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, E, Pasca, E, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Quiter, B, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Toffanin, S, Torres, L, Ventura, G, and Xu, N

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Particle physics, CUORE, law, Double beta decay, Bolometer, Neutrino ma, Double Beta Decay, Bolometers, law.invention
Abstract

CUORE will be an observatory for rare events consisting of a tightly packed array of TeO2 bolometers, with a total mass of similar to 740 kg, operating in the underground Gran Sasso laboratory. A first step towards CUORE is CUORICINO, a running experiment with 40.7 kg of TeO2. Present results from CUORICINO for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Te-130 will be presented here (T-1/2(0 nu) >= 1.0x10(24) y, < m(nu)>

Published
2005

34. CUORICINO AND CUORE: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS

Author

R. J. Creswick, Carlos Pobes, A. R. Smith, C. Bucci, S. Cebrián, L. Torres, M. Pedretti, M. Pyle, A. Giuliani, Lara Risegari, M. Balata, Monica Sisti, A. de Waard, L. Carbone, Jeffrey W. Beeman, Edoardo Pasca, A. Nucciotti, C. Brofferio, Marco Barucci, C. Rosenfeld, Giorgio Frossati, P. Gorla, Oliviero Cremonesi, D. R. Artusa, E. E. Haller, H. A. Farach, F. T. Avignone, A. Fascilla, R. J. McDonald, S. Pirro, I. G. Irastorza, M. Pavan, E. Previtali, G. Pessina, A. Morales, C. Arnaboldi, G. Ventura, I. C. Bandac, Simone Capelli, E. Fiorini, V. Palmieri, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, Suzuki, Y, Nakahata, M, Itow, Y, Shiozawa, M, Obayashi, Y, Giuliani, A, Fascilla, A, Pedretti, M, Arnaboldi, C, Brofferio, C, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cremonesi, O, Fiorini, E, Nucciotti, A, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Sisti, M, Torres, L, Artusa, D, AVIGNONE III, F, Bandac, I, Creswick, R, Farach, H, Rosenfeld, C, Balata, M, Bucci, C, Pyle, M, Barucci, M, Pasca, E, Olivieri, E, Risegari, L, Ventura, G, Beeman, J, Mcdonald, R, Haller, E, Norman, E, Smith, A, Cebrian, S, Gorla, P, Irastorza, I, Morales, A, Pobes, C, Frossati, G, Waard, A, and Palmieri, V

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, CUORE, Double-Beta Decay, law, Double beta decay, Bolometer, bolometers, law.invention
Abstract

After a short introduction on Double Beta Decay (DBD), general features of a bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (Ov-DBD) of Te-130 are outlined. The appeal of Te-130 as a DBD emitter is emphazized. After a brief description of the now closed Mi-DBD experiment, the CUORICINO experiment, an expansion of Mi-DBD, is presented and the first experimental results are given, together with a discussion on the background issues and the consequent sensitivity. CUORE experiment, a new generation Ov-DBD search, is proposed on the basis of the experience and information gathered with the realization and running of Mi-DBD and CUORICINO. The CUORE structure is presented and the ultimate sensitivity to Majorana neutrino mass is discussed. In case of inverse neutrino mass hierarchy, the CUORE discovery potential is shown to be large.

Published
2004

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