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1. Searching for beyond the Standard Model physics using the improved description of 100Mo $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral shape with CUPID-Mo

Author: C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, E. Celi, M. Chapellier, D. Chiesa, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, T. Dixon, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, L. Imbert, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, J. Kotila, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, P. de Marcillac, R. Mariam, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, X. F. Navick, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, A. Rojas, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, J. A. Scarpaci, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, F. Šimkovic, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, B. Ware, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, M. Zarytskyy, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract The current experiments searching for neutrinoless double- $$\beta $$ β ( $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β ) decay also collect large statistics of Standard Model allowed two-neutrino double- $$\beta $$ β ( $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β ) decay events. These can be used to search for Beyond Standard Model (BSM) physics via $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral distortions. 100Mo has a natural advantage due to its relatively short half-life, allowing higher $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay statistics at equal exposures compared to the other isotopes. We demonstrate the potential of the dual read-out bolometric technique exploiting a 100Mo exposure of 1.47 kg $$\times $$ × years, acquired in the CUPID-Mo experiment at the Modane underground laboratory (France). We set limits on $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decays with the emission of one or more Majorons, on $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay with Lorentz violation, and $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay with a sterile neutrino emission. In this analysis, we investigate the systematic uncertainty induced by modeling the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay spectral shape parameterized through an improved model, an effect never considered before. This work motivates searches for BSM processes in the upcoming CUPID experiment, which will collect the largest amount of $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay events among the next-generation experiments.
Published: 2024
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2. The background model of the CUPID-Mo $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β experiment

Author: C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, E. Celi, M. Chapellier, D. Chiesa, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, P. de Marcillac, T. Dixon, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, L. Imbert, J. Johnston, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, J. Kotila, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, R. Mariam, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, X.-F. Navick, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, A. Rojas, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, J. A. Scarpaci, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, M. Zarytskyy, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract CUPID-Mo, located in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France), was a demonstrator for the next generation $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decay experiment, CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 enriched Li $$_{2}$$ 2 $$^{100}$$ 100 MoO $$_4$$ 4 bolometers and 20 Ge light detectors and has demonstrated that the technology of scintillating bolometers with particle identification capabilities is mature. Furthermore, CUPID-Mo can inform and validate the background prediction for CUPID. In this paper, we present a detailed model of the CUPID-Mo backgrounds. This model is able to describe well the features of the experimental data and enables studies of the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2 ν β β decay and other processes with high precision. We also measure the radio-purity of the Li $$_{2}$$ 2 $$^{100}$$ 100 MoO $$_4$$ 4 crystals which are found to be sufficient for the CUPID goals. Finally, we also obtain a background index in the region of interest of 3.7 $$^{+0.9}_{-0.8}$$ - 0.8 + 0.9 (stat) $$^{+1.5}_{-0.7}$$ - 0.7 + 1.5 (syst) $$\times ~10 ^{-3}$$ × 10 - 3 counts/ $$\Delta E_{\text {FWHM}}/\text {mol}_{\text {iso}}/\text {year},$$ Δ E FWHM / mol iso / year , the lowest in a bolometric $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decay experiment.
Published: 2023
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3. Fast neutron background characterization of the future Ricochet experiment at the ILL research nuclear reactor

Author: C. Augier, G. Baulieu, V. Belov, L. Berge, J. Billard, G. Bres, J-. L. Bret, A. Broniatowski, M. Calvo, A. Cazes, D. Chaize, M. Chapellier, L. Chaplinsky, G. Chemin, R. Chen, J. Colas, M. De Jesus, P. de Marcillac, L. Dumoulin, O. Exshaw, S. Ferriol, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. -B. Filippini, J. A. Formaggio, S. Fuard, J. Gascon, A. Giuliani, J. Goupy, C. Goy, C. Guerin, E. Guy, P. Harrington, S. T. Heine, S. A. Hertel, M. Heusch, C. F. Hirjibehedin, Z. Hong, J.-C. Ianigro, Y. Jin, J. P. Johnston, A. Juillard, D. Karaivanov, S. Kazarcev, J. Lamblin, H. Lattaud, M. Li, A. Lubashevskiy, S. Marnieros, D. W. Mayer, J. Minet, D. Misiak, J-.L. Mocellin, A. Monfardini, F. Mounier, W. D. Oliver, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, P. K. Patel, E. Perbet, H. D. Pinckney, D. Poda, D. Ponomarev, F. Rarbi, J.-S. Real, T. Redon, A. Robert, S. Rozov, I. Rozova, T. Salagnac, V. Sanglard, B. Schmidt, Ye. Shevchik, V. Sibille, T. Soldner, J. Stachurska, A. Stutz, L. Vagneron, W. Van De Pontseele, F. Vezzu, S. Weber, L. Winslow, E. Yakushev, D. Zinatulina, and the Ricochet Collaboration
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract The future Ricochet experiment aims at searching for new physics in the electroweak sector by providing a high precision measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CENNS) process down to the sub-100 eV nuclear recoil energy range. The experiment will deploy a kg-scale low-energy-threshold detector array combining Ge and Zn target crystals 8.8 m away from the 58 MW research nuclear reactor core of the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France. Currently, the Ricochet Collaboration is characterizing the backgrounds at its future experimental site in order to optimize the experiment’s shielding design. The most threatening background component, which cannot be actively rejected by particle identification, consists of keV-scale neutron-induced nuclear recoils. These initial fast neutrons are generated by the reactor core and surrounding experiments (reactogenics), and by the cosmic rays producing primary neutrons and muon-induced neutrons in the surrounding materials. In this paper, we present the Ricochet neutron background characterization using $$^3$$ 3 He proportional counters which exhibit a high sensitivity to thermal, epithermal and fast neutrons. We compare these measurements to the Ricochet Geant4 simulations to validate our reactogenic and cosmogenic neutron background estimations. Eventually, we present our estimated neutron background for the future Ricochet experiment and the resulting CENNS detection significance. Our results show that depending on the effectiveness of the muon veto, we expect a total nuclear recoil background rate between 44 ± 3 and 9 ± 2 events/day/kg in the CENNS region of interest, i.e. between 50 eV and 1 keV. We therefore found that the Ricochet experiment should reach a statistical significance of 4.6 to 13.6 $$\sigma $$ σ for the detection of CENNS after one reactor cycle, when only the limiting neutron background is considered.
Published: 2023
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4. Final results on the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β decay half-life limit of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo from the CUPID-Mo experiment

Author: C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, D. Chiesa, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, P. de Marcillac, T. Dixon, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, L. Imbert, J. Johnston, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, R. Mariam, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, X.-F. Navick, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, A. Rojas, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, J. A. Scarpaci, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, M. Zarytskyy, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract The CUPID-Mo experiment to search for 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay in $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo has been recently completed after about 1.5 years of operation at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France). It served as a demonstrator for CUPID, a next generation 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay experiment. CUPID-Mo was comprised of 20 enriched $$\hbox {Li}_{{2}}$$ Li 2 $$^{100}$$ 100 $$\hbox {MoO}_4$$ MoO 4 scintillating calorimeters, each with a mass of $$\sim 0.2$$ ∼ 0.2 kg, operated at $$\sim 20$$ ∼ 20 mK. We present here the final analysis with the full exposure of CUPID-Mo ( $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo exposure of 1.47 $$\hbox {kg} \times \hbox {year}$$ kg × year ) used to search for lepton number violation via 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay. We report on various analysis improvements since the previous result on a subset of data, reprocessing all data with these new techniques. We observe zero events in the region of interest and set a new limit on the $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo 0 $$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay half-life of $$T_{1/2}^{0\nu }$$ T 1 / 2 0 ν $$> {1.8}\times 10^{24}$$ > 1.8 × 10 24 year (stat. + syst.) at 90% CI. Under the light Majorana neutrino exchange mechanism this corresponds to an effective Majorana neutrino mass of $$\left$$ m β β $$
Published: 2022
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5. Precise measurement of $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2νββ decay of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo with the CUPID-Mo detection technology

Author: E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, A. Benoît, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, Ch. Bourgeois, M. Briere, V. Brudanin, P. Camus, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, F. Charlieux, M. de Combarieu, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, E. Elkhoury, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, E. Guerard, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, J. Johnston, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, A. Leder, J. Kotila, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, P. de Marcillac, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, D. Misiak, X.-F. Navick, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, P. Pari, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, S. Rozov, C. Rusconi, V. Sanglard, K. Schäffner, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, B. Siebenborn, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, M. Weber, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract We report the measurement of the two-neutrino double-beta ($$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2νββ ) decay of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo to the ground state of $$^{100}$$ 100 Ru using lithium molybdate ($$\hbox {Li}_2^{\;\;100}\hbox {MoO}_4$$ Li2100MoO4 ) scintillating bolometers. The detectors were developed for the CUPID-Mo program and operated at the EDELWEISS-III low background facility in the Modane underground laboratory (France). From a total exposure of 42.235 kg$$\times $$ × day, the half-life of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo is determined to be $$T_{1/2}^{2\nu }=[7.12^{+0.18}_{-0.14}\,\mathrm {(stat.)}\pm 0.10\,\mathrm {(syst.)}]\times 10^{18}$$ T1/22ν=[7.12-0.14+0.18(stat.)±0.10(syst.)]×1018 years. This is the most accurate determination of the $$2\nu \beta \beta $$ 2νββ half-life of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo to date.
Published: 2020
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6. The CUPID-Mo experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay: performance and prospects

Author: E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, A. Benoît, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, Ch. Bourgeois, M. Briere, V. B. Brudanin, P. Camus, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, F. Charlieux, M. de Combarieu, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, E. Elkhoury, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, E. Guerard, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, J. Johnston, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, A. Leder, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, P. de Marcillac, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, D. Misiak, X. -F. Navick, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, P. Pari, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, S. Rozov, C. Rusconi, V. Sanglard, K. Schäffner, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, B. Siebenborn, V. Singh, S. Sorbino, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, M. Weber, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract CUPID-Mo is a bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0νββ ) of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100Mo . In this article, we detail the CUPID-Mo detector concept, assembly and installation in the Modane underground laboratory, providing results from the first datasets. The CUPID-Mo detector consists of an array of 20 $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100Mo -enriched 0.2 kg $$\hbox {Li}_2\hbox {MoO}_4$$ Li2MoO4 crystals operated as scintillating bolometers at $$\sim 20\hbox { mK}$$ ∼20mK . The $$\hbox {Li}_2\hbox {MoO}_4$$ Li2MoO4 crystals are complemented by 20 thin Ge optical bolometers to reject $$\alpha $$ α events by the simultaneous detection of heat and scintillation light. We observe a good detector uniformity and an excellent energy resolution of 5.3 keV (6.5 keV) FWHM at 2615 keV, in calibration (physics) data. Light collection ensures the rejection of $$\alpha $$ α particles at a level much higher than 99.9% – with equally high acceptance for $$\gamma $$ γ /$$\beta $$ β events – in the region of interest for $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100Mo $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0νββ . We present limits on the crystals’ radiopurity: $$\le 3~\mu \hbox {Bq/kg}$$ ≤3μBq/kg of $$^{226}\hbox {Ra}$$ 226Ra and $$\le 2~\mu \hbox {Bq/kg}$$ ≤2μBq/kg of $$^{232}\hbox {Th}$$ 232Th . We discuss the science reach of CUPID-Mo, which can set the most stringent half-life limit on the $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100Mo $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0νββ decay in half-a-year’s livetime. The achieved results show that CUPID-Mo is a successful demonstrator of the technology developed by the LUMINEU project and subsequently selected for the CUPID experiment, a proposed follow-up of CUORE, the currently running first tonne-scale bolometric $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0νββ experiment.
Published: 2020
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7. Development of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search

Author: E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, J. W. Beeman, T. B. Bekker, F. Bellini, A. Benoît, L. Bergé, T. Bergmann, J. Billard, R. S. Boiko, A. Broniatowski, V. Brudanin, P. Camus, S. Capelli, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, F. Charlieux, D. M. Chernyak, M. de Combarieu, N. Coron, F. A. Danevich, I. Dafinei, M. De Jesus, L. Devoyon, S. Di Domizio, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, C. Enss, F. Ferroni, A. Fleischmann, N. Foerster, J. Gascon, L. Gastaldo, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, L. Hehn, S. Hervé, V. Humbert, N. V. Ivannikova, I. M. Ivanov, Y. Jin, A. Juillard, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, S. I. Konovalov, F. Koskas, V. Kozlov, H. Kraus, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Laubenstein, H. Le Sueur, M. Loidl, P. Magnier, E. P. Makarov, M. Mancuso, P. de Marcillac, S. Marnieros, C. Marrache-Kikuchi, S. Nagorny, X-F. Navick, M. O. Nikolaichuk, C. Nones, V. Novati, E. Olivieri, L. Pagnanini, P. Pari, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, B. Paul, Y. Penichot, G. Pessina, G. Piperno, S. Pirro, O. Plantevin, D. V. Poda, E. Queguiner, T. Redon, M. Rodrigues, S. Rozov, C. Rusconi, V. Sanglard, K. Schäffner, S. Scorza, V. N. Shlegel, B. Siebenborn, O. Strazzer, D. Tcherniakhovski, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, Ya. V. Vasiliev, M. Velázquez, M. Vignati, M. Weber, E. Yakushev, and A. S. Zolotarova
Subjects: Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract This paper reports on the development of a technology involving $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Large mass ( $$\sim 1~\hbox {kg}$$ ∼ 1 kg ), high optical quality, radiopure $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -containing zinc and lithium molybdate crystals have been produced and used to develop high performance single detector modules based on 0.2–0.4 kg scintillating bolometers. In particular, the energy resolution of the lithium molybdate detectors near the Q-value of the double-beta transition of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo (3034 keV) is 4–6 keV FWHM. The rejection of the $$\alpha $$ α -induced dominant background above 2.6 MeV is better than $$8\sigma $$ 8 σ . Less than $$10~\upmu \hbox {Bq/kg}$$ 10 μ Bq/kg activity of $$^{232}\hbox {Th}\, (^{228}\hbox {Th})$$ 232 Th ( 228 Th ) and $$^{226}\hbox {Ra}$$ 226 Ra in the crystals is ensured by boule recrystallization. The potential of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -enriched scintillating bolometers to perform high sensitivity double-beta decay searches has been demonstrated with only $$10~\hbox {kg}\times \hbox {d}$$ 10 kg × d exposure: the two neutrino double-beta decay half-life of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo has been measured with the up-to-date highest accuracy as $$T_{1/2}$$ T 1 / 2 = [6.90 ± 0.15(stat.) ± 0.37(syst.)] $$\times ~10^{18}~\hbox {years}$$ × 10 18 years . Both crystallization and detector technologies favor lithium molybdate, which has been selected for the ongoing construction of the CUPID-0/Mo demonstrator, containing several kg of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo .
Published: 2017
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8. High Impedance TES Bolometers for EDELWEISS

Author: S. Marnieros, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud, C. Augier, A. Benoît, L. Bergé, J. Billard, A. Broniatowski, P. Camus, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, F. Charlieux, M. De Jésus, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, J.-B. Fillipini, D. Filosofov, J. Gascon, A. Giuliani, M. Gros, Y. Jin, A. Juillard, M. Kleifges, H. Lattaud, D. Misiak, X.-F. Navick, C. Nones, E. Olivieri, C. Oriol, P. Pari, B. Paul, D. Poda, S. Rozov, T. Salagnac, V. Sanglard, L. Vagneron, E. Yakushev, A. Zolotarova, 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 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), 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)-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), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
Subjects: detector: cryogenics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, superconductivity, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), dark matter: direct detection, sensitivity, calibration, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, phonon: detector, EDELWEISS, bolometer, alloy, impedance, amplifier, germanium: detector, General Materials Science, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], detector: design, niobium: silicon
Abstract: The EDELWEISS collaboration aims for direct detection of light dark matter using germanium cryogenic detectors with low threshold phonon sensor technologies and efficient charge readout designs. We describe here the development of Ge bolometers equipped with high impedance thermistors based on a NbxSi1-x TES alloy. High aspect ratio spiral designs allow the TES impedance to match with JFET or HEMT front-end amplifiers. We detail the behavior of the superconducting transition properties of these sensors and the detector optimization in terms of sensitivity to out-of-equilibrium phonons. We report preliminary results of a 200 g Ge detector that was calibrated using 71Ge activation by neutrons at the LSM underground laboratory., Submitted to Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Special Issue for the 19th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors 19-29 July 2021 (Virtual event hold by NIST)
Published: 2022
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9. Final results on the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ decay half-life limit of $$^{100}$$Mo from the CUPID-Mo experiment

Author: C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini, G. Benato, M. Beretta, L. Bergé, J. Billard, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Cardani, N. Casali, A. Cazes, M. Chapellier, D. Chiesa, I. Dafinei, F. A. Danevich, M. De Jesus, P. de Marcillac, T. Dixon, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, F. Ferri, B. K. Fujikawa, J. Gascon, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, V. D. Grigorieva, M. Gros, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, R. Huang, L. Imbert, J. Johnston, A. Juillard, H. Khalife, M. Kleifges, V. V. Kobychev, Yu. G. Kolomensky, S. I. Konovalov, P. Loaiza, L. Ma, E. P. Makarov, R. Mariam, L. Marini, S. Marnieros, X.-F. Navick, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, E. Olivieri, J. L. Ouellet, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, B. Paul, M. Pavan, H. Peng, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, D. V. Poda, O. G. Polischuk, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, Th. Redon, A. Rojas, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, J. A. Scarpaci, B. Schmidt, Y. Shen, V. N. Shlegel, V. Singh, C. Tomei, V. I. Tretyak, V. I. Umatov, L. Vagneron, M. Velázquez, B. Welliver, L. Winslow, M. Xue, E. Yakushev, M. Zarytskyy, A. S. Zolotarova, 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), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Augier, C, Barabash, A, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Billard, J, Borovlev, Y, Cardani, L, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Chapellier, M, Chiesa, D, Dafinei, I, Danevich, F, De Jesus, M, de Marcillac, P, Dixon, T, Dumoulin, L, Eitel, K, Ferri, F, Fujikawa, B, Gascon, J, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Grigorieva, V, Gros, M, Helis, D, Huang, H, Huang, R, Imbert, L, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Khalife, H, Kleifges, M, Kobychev, V, Kolomensky, Y, Konovalov, S, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Makarov, E, Mariam, R, Marini, L, Marnieros, S, Navick, X, Nones, C, Norman, E, Olivieri, E, Ouellet, J, Pagnanini, L, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Pavan, M, Peng, H, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Poda, D, Polischuk, O, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Redon, T, Rojas, A, Rozov, S, Sanglard, V, Scarpaci, J, Schmidt, B, Shen, Y, Shlegel, V, Singh, V, Tomei, C, Tretyak, V, Umatov, V, Vagneron, L, Velazquez, M, Welliver, B, Winslow, L, Xue, M, Yakushev, E, Zarytskyy, M, and Zolotarova, A
Subjects: radiopurity, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Double-beta decay, energy spectrum, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], angular momentum, thermal, X-ray, cryogenic detector, enriched materials, muon, cryogenic detectors, calorimeter, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], scintillating calorimeter, scintillator, 100Mo, Lithium molybdate, high performance, particle identification, low background, dimension: 2, 100 Mo, Majorana neutrino, Engineering (miscellaneous), lepton number: violation, Nuclear Experiment, scintillation counter, background, neutrino: Majorana: mass, nucleus, temperature, neutrino: exchange, lithium, gamma ray, efficiency, neutrino: Majorana, numerical calculations: Monte Carlo, double beta decay, neutrino
Abstract: The CUPID-Mo experiment to search for 0$$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay in $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo has been recently completed after about 1.5 years of operation at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France). It served as a demonstrator for CUPID, a next generation 0$$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay experiment. CUPID-Mo was comprised of 20 enriched $$\hbox {Li}_{{2}}$$ Li 2 $$^{100}$$ 100 $$\hbox {MoO}_4$$ MoO 4 scintillating calorimeters, each with a mass of $$\sim 0.2$$ ∼ 0.2 kg, operated at $$\sim 20$$ ∼ 20 mK. We present here the final analysis with the full exposure of CUPID-Mo ($$^{100}$$ 100 Mo exposure of 1.47 $$\hbox {kg} \times \hbox {year}$$ kg × year ) used to search for lepton number violation via 0$$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay. We report on various analysis improvements since the previous result on a subset of data, reprocessing all data with these new techniques. We observe zero events in the region of interest and set a new limit on the $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo 0$$\nu \beta \beta $$ ν β β decay half-life of $$T_{1/2}^{0\nu }$$ T 1 / 2 0 ν $$> {1.8}\times 10^{24}$$ > 1.8 × 10 24 year (stat. + syst.) at 90% CI. Under the light Majorana neutrino exchange mechanism this corresponds to an effective Majorana neutrino mass of $$\left$$ m β β $$ < ( 0.28 - 0.49 ) eV, dependent upon the nuclear matrix element utilized.
Published: 2022
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10. New Limit for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Mo100 from the CUPID-Mo Experiment

Author: F. Charlieux, B. Schmidt, V. B. Brudanin, X. F. Navick, Luc Bergé, Jonathan Ouellet, B. Siebenborn, M. Pavan, I. Dafinei, V.I. Umatov, O. G. Polischuk, Virendra Singh, S. Pirro, M. de Combarieu, Yu. A. Borovlev, L. Gironi, C. Augier, S. V. Rozov, L. Ma, L. Dumoulin, V. Sanglard, M. Beretta, V. I. Tretyak, A. Leder, Davide Chiesa, M. De Jesus, K. Schäffner, Giovanni Benato, K. Eitel, H. Khalife, V.V. Kobychev, D. L. Helis, H. Z. Huang, D. Misiak, A. S. Barabash, A. S. Zolotarova, Ezio Previtali, P. Loaiza, A. Rojas, Ph. Camus, G. Pessina, B. Welliver, S. I. Konovalov, V.D. Grigorieva, J. A. Scarpaci, P. de Marcillac, N. Casali, E. Guerard, F.A. Danevich, E. Yakushev, L. Marini, D. V. Poda, F. Bellini, Haiping Peng, C. Nones, C. Tomei, Yao Shen, J. Johnston, R. G. Huang, E. Olivieri, M. Xue, P. Pari, Eric B. Norman, Laura Cardani, C. Rusconi, M. Gros, J. Gascon, L. Pattavina, B. K. Fujikawa, M. Kleifges, Federico Ferri, S. Marnieros, M. M. Zarytskyy, Alain Benoit, Ch. Bourgeois, E. Armengaud, S. Pozzi, M. Chapellier, T. Dixon, Lindley Winslow, A. Juillard, Matias Velázquez, L. Vagneron, A. Cazes, E. P. Makarov, R. Mariam, V.N. Shlegel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, B. Paul, A. Giuliani, Th. Redon, J. Billard, L. Pagnanini, and V. Novati
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear physics, MAJORANA, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Limit (mathematics), Neutrino, 010306 general physics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences
Abstract: The CUPID-Mo experiment at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France) is a demonstrator for CUPID, the next-generation ton-scale bolometric 0νββ experiment. It consists of a 4.2 kg array of 20 enriched Li_{2}^{100}MoO_{4} scintillating bolometers to search for the lepton-number-violating process of 0νββ decay in ^{100}Mo. With more than one year of operation (^{100}Mo exposure of 1.17 kg×yr for physics data), no event in the region of interest and, hence, no evidence for 0νββ is observed. We report a new limit on the half-life of 0νββ decay in ^{100}Mo of T_{1/2}>1.5×10^{24} yr at 90% C.I. The limit corresponds to an effective Majorana neutrino mass ⟨m_{ββ}⟩
Published: 2021
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11. Pulse Shape Discrimination in CUPID-Mo using Principal Component Analysis

Author: L. Pattavina, F.A. Danevich, Vasundhara Singh, B. Schmidt, L. Marini, A. S. Barabash, Ezio Previtali, B. Welliver, K. Schäffner, P. de Marcillac, J. Johnston, V.I. Umatov, Jonathan Ouellet, Ph. Camus, D. Misiak, E. Yakushev, K. Eitel, H. Khalife, S. V. Rozov, C. Rusconi, P. Pari, Laura Cardani, S. Pirro, B. K. Fujikawa, V.D. Grigorieva, V.V. Kobychev, F. Charlieux, B. Siebenborn, I. Dafinei, V. I. Tretyak, M. De Jesus, A. Juillard, Yu. A. Borovlev, Matias Velázquez, Federico Ferri, Alexandre Benoit, D.V. Poda, M. Beretta, L. Vagneron, P. Loaiza, M. de Combarieu, J. A. Scarpaci, L. Bergé, E. P. Makarov, R. Mariam, V.N. Shlegel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, E. Armengaud, Th. Redon, M. Kleifges, C. Tomei, J. Billard, D. L. Helis, C. Augier, O. G. Polischuk, M. M. Zarytskyy, E. Guerard, L. Ma, L. Dumoulin, A. S. Zolotarova, Marc Weber, F. Bellini, B. Paul, T. Dixon, Lindley Winslow, H. Z. Huang, A. Giuliani, M. Pavan, R. Huang, X-F. Navick, Giovanni Benato, L. Pagnanini, E. Olivieri, Eric B. Norman, G. Pessina, C. Nones, V. B. Brudanin, A. Cazes, V. Sanglard, L. Gironi, M. Xue, J. Gascon, N. Casali, S. Marnieros, Haiping Peng, Y. Shen, S. I. Konovalov, M. Gros, Ch. Bourgeois, M. Chapellier, 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), 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), Institut Néel (NEEL), 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), 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), 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 ), CUPID, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-7450, USA (SSL), Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, principal component analysis, shape analysis, nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, Signal, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, law.invention, helium: background, physics.data-an, 0302 clinical medicine, Engineering, law, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Instrumentation, Nuclear Experiment, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Physics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, background: suppression, Analysis and statistical methods, calorimeters, data processing methods, double-beta decay detectors, Physics, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Nuclear & Particles Physics, molybdenum: oxygen, lithium, Principal component analysis, Data processing methods, Physical Sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-DATA-AN]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability [physics.data-an], Shape analysis (digital geometry), data analysis method, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 03 medical and health sciences, Calorimeters, Optics, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), bolometer, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], molybdenum: nuclide, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Bolometer, Filter (signal processing), Double-beta decay detectors, calibration, Pulse (physics), pile-up, Physics - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability, scintillation counter: crystal, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
Abstract: CUPID-Mo is a cryogenic detector array designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) of 100Mo. It uses 20 scintillating 100Mo-enriched Li2MoO4 bolometers instrumented with Ge light detectors to perform active suppression of α backgrounds, drastically reducing the expected background in the 0νββ signal region. As a result, pileup events and small detector instabilities that mimic normal signals become non-negligible potential backgrounds. These types of events can in principle be eliminated based on their signal shapes, which are different from those of regular bolometric pulses. We show that a purely data-driven principal component analysis based approach is able to filter out these anomalous events, without the aid of detector response simulations.
Published: 2021
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12. Improvement of contact-less KID design using multilayered Al/Ti material for resonator

Author: J. Colas, M. Calvo, J. Goupy, A. Monfardini, M. De Jesus, J. Billard, A. Juillard, L. Vagneron, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), 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), Institut Néel (NEEL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, General Materials Science, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract: The necessity to increase exposure in rare event searches experiments by maintaining a low energy threshold and a good energy resolution leads to segmented detectors as in EDELWEISS (Dark Matter), CUORE (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) or RICOCHET (CE{\nu}NS) for example. However, the large number of sub-elements can dramatically increase the complexity of such detector arrays. In this work we report on our progress towards designing a flexible detector technology based on KID resonators evaporated on massive target crystals readout by a contact-less feed-line. Providing that we achieve O(100) eV energy threshold, such approach could easily be scaled to tens of kilogram detector arrays thanks to the intrinsic multiplexing capability of mKIDs. Using a 30 g silicon target absorber with Al/Ti multilayers for the KID resonator, we report a significant improvement of our detector response exhibiting a keV-scale energy resolution combined with the absence of position dependence on the event location. Indeed, compared to our previous work, we are now able to properly identify calibration lines from surface (20 keV X-rays) and bulk events (60 keV gamma rays). This significant improvement is an important step toward a better understanding of phonons and quasiparticles dynamics which is pivotal in optimizing this technology.
Published: 2021
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13. Precise measurement of $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{100}$Mo with the CUPID-Mo detection technology

Author: Matthias Kleifges, S. Marnieros, A. S. Barabash, J. Kotila, Ezio Previtali, E. Guerard, B. Welliver, Lindley Winslow, P. de Marcillac, Claudia Tomei, A. S. Zolotarova, L. Marini, R. G. Huang, O. G. Polischuk, D. Misiak, Th. Redon, J. Billard, L. Cardani, Stefano Pirro, Federico Ferri, Yao Shen, J. Johnston, M. Pavan, P. Camus, V. Novati, B. K. Fujikawa, M. de Combarieu, L. Pattavina, Alain Benoit, B. Siebenborn, Yu. A. Borovlev, F. Charlieux, H. Z. Huang, S. V. Rozov, B. Paul, E. Armengaud, E. P. Makarov, L. Ma, Vasundhara Singh, F.A. Danevich, M. Briere, P. Loaiza, B. Schmidt, E. Elkhoury, M. De Jesus, A. Giuliani, V. I. Umatov, D. L. Helis, S. I. Konovalov, C. Rusconi, M. Gros, C. Nones, L. Dumoulin, V.N. Shlegel, K. Eitel, H. Khalife, Marc Weber, X. F. Navick, Francesca Bellini, G. Pessina, A. Leder, D.V. Poda, V.I. Tretyak, M. Beretta, P. Pari, L. Pagnanini, Yu G. Kolomensky, Ioan Dafinei, Jonathan Ouellet, C. Augier, Giovanni Benato, K. Schäffner, V. Sanglard, A. Juillard, Matias Velázquez, V. V. Kobychev, L. Vagneron, L. Bergé, E. Yakushev, L. Gironi, E. Olivieri, J. Gascon, A. Cazes, Ch. Bourgeois, V.B. Brudanin, M. Chapellier, N. Casali, M. Xue, V. D. Grigorieva, Haiping Peng, 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), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 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), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Armengaud, E, Augier, C, Barabash, A, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Benoit, A, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Billard, J, Borovlev, Y, Bourgeois, C, Briere, M, Brudanin, V, Camus, P, Cardani, L, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Chapellier, M, Charlieux, F, de Combarieu, M, Dafinei, I, Danevich, F, De Jesus, M, Dumoulin, L, Eitel, K, Elkhoury, E, Ferri, F, Fujikawa, B, Gascon, J, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Grigorieva, V, Gros, M, Guerard, E, Helis, D, Huang, H, Huang, R, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Khalife, H, Kleifges, M, Kobychev, V, Kolomensky, Y, Konovalov, S, Leder, A, Kotila, J, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Makarov, E, de Marcillac, P, Marini, L, Marnieros, S, Misiak, D, Navick, X, Nones, C, Novati, V, Olivieri, E, Ouellet, J, Pagnanini, L, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Pavan, M, Peng, H, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Poda, D, Polischuk, O, Previtali, E, Redon, T, Rozov, S, Rusconi, C, Sanglard, V, Schaffner, K, Schmidt, B, Shen, Y, Shlegel, V, Siebenborn, B, Singh, V, Tomei, C, Tretyak, V, Umatov, V, Vagneron, L, Velazquez, M, Weber, M, Welliver, B, Winslow, L, Xue, M, Yakushev, E, Zolotarova, A, 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), 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), 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), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), and Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo)
Subjects: Lithium molybdate, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Analytical chemistry, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], nucl-ex, 01 natural sciences, Atomic, chemistry.chemical_compound, Particle and Plasma Physics, two-neutrino double-beta decay, scintillating bolometers, 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, Beta (velocity), Nuclear, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), physics.ins-det, S076H2N, Physics, Quantum Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Molecular, Beta decay, Nuclear & Particles Physics, 3. Good health, chemistry, double beta decays, bolometers, Underground laboratory, Ground state
Abstract: We report the measurement of the two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{100}$Mo to the ground state of $^{100}$Ru using lithium molybdate (\crystal) scintillating bolometers. The detectors were developed for the CUPID-Mo program and operated at the EDELWEISS-III low background facility in the Modane underground laboratory. From a total exposure of $42.235$ kg$\times$d, the half-life of $^{100}$Mo is determined to be $T_{1/2}^{2\nu}=[7.12^{+0.18}_{-0.14}\,\mathrm{(stat.)}\pm0.10\,\mathrm{(syst.)}]\times10^{18}$ years. This is the most accurate determination of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $^{100}$Mo to date. We also confirm, with the statistical significance of $>3\sigma$, that the single-state dominance model of the $2\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{100}$Mo is favored over the high-state dominance model., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables
Published: 2020
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14. First data from the CUPID-Mo neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

Author: K. Schäffner, N. Casali, Matthias Kleifges, M. De Jesus, S. Marnieros, S. V. Rozov, Alexandre Benoit, V. Singh, J. Gascon, Haiping Peng, P. Camus, Federico Ferri, R. G. Huang, C. Rusconi, M. de Combarieu, C. Augier, M. Gros, A. Cazes, P. Pari, L. Pagnanini, Yu G. Kolomensky, L. Dumoulin, A. S. Barabash, E. Olivieri, V. Sanglard, V. Novati, Marc Weber, A. Juillard, B. Paul, Matias Velázquez, V. V. Kobychev, L. Vagneron, Ezio Previtali, L. Bergé, O. G. Polischuk, M. Xue, B. K. Fujikawa, X.-F. Navick, K. Eitel, H. Khalife, V.N. Shlegel, B. Welliver, D. L. Helis, F. Charlieux, H. Z. Huang, D. Misiak, Ioan Dafinei, E. P. Makarov, V. D. Grigorieva, L. Cardani, Stefano Pirro, Giovanni Benato, E. Elkhoury, Francesca Bellini, P. de Marcillac, E. Yakushev, L. Gironi, Jonathan Ouellet, A. Giuliani, S. I. Konovalov, L. Pattavina, Ch. Bourgeois, V.B. Brudanin, M. Chapellier, M. Beretta, Lindley Winslow, Th. Redon, J. Billard, M. Pavan, L. Marini, Yao Shen, J. Johnston, A. Leder, Yu. A. Borovlev, E. Armengaud, E. Guerard, L. Ma, Claudia Tomei, F.A. Danevich, P. Loaiza, V. I. Umatov, S. Sorbino, A. S. Zolotarova, G. Pessina, B. Siebenborn, M. Briere, B. Schmidt, C. Nones, D.V. Poda, and V.I. Tretyak
Subjects: Physics, History, Particle physics, Scintillation, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Light detection, Bolometer, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), High Energy Physics - Experiment, Computer Science Applications, Education, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Full width at half maximum, CUORE, law, Double beta decay, Background suppression, ddc:530, Sensitivity (control systems), Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The CUPID-Mo experiment is searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in $^{100}$Mo, evaluating the technology of cryogenic scintillating Li$_{2}^{100}$MoO$_4$ detectors for CUPID (CUORE Upgrade with Particle ID). CUPID-Mo detectors feature background suppression using a dual-readout scheme with Li$_{2}$MoO$_4$ crystals complemented by Ge bolometers for light detection. The detection of both heat and scintillation light signals allows the efficient discrimination of $\alpha$ from $\gamma$&$\beta$ events. In this proceedings, we discuss results from the first 2 months of data taking in spring 2019. In addition to an excellent bolometric performance of 6.7$\,$keV (FWHM) at 2615$\,$keV and an $\alpha$ separation of better than 99.9\% for all detectors, we report on bulk radiopurity for Th and U. Finally, we interpret the accumulated physics data in terms of a limit of $T_{1/2}^{0\nu}\,> 3\times10^{23}\,$yr for $^{100}$Mo and discuss the sensitivity of CUPID-Mo until the expected end of physics data taking in early 2020., Comment: Proceedings for TAUP 2019, submitted to IOP Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Published: 2020
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15. Development of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search

Author: C. Augier, T. Bergmann, V. Sanglard, S. Di Domizio, M. Vignati, B. Paul, L. Hehn, X. F. Navick, J. W. Beeman, A. Giuliani, E. Queguiner, J. Billard, Andreas Fleischmann, Matthias Laubenstein, H. le Sueur, L. Cardani, L. Dumoulin, L. Devoyon, L. Pattavina, J. Gascon, A. S. Zolotarova, Stefano Pirro, V. Kozlov, L. Gastaldo, A. Cazes, T. Redon, Francesca Bellini, E. Yakushev, G. Piperno, O. Strazzer, Y. Penichot, I.M. Ivanov, S. Scorza, P. Pari, L. Pagnanini, V. D. Grigorieva, Noël Coron, A. Juillard, Matias Velázquez, F. Koskas, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, P. Camus, V.N. Shlegel, K. Eitel, M. de Combarieu, S. V. Rozov, V. V. Kobychev, L. Vagneron, L. Bergé, Vl.I. Tretyak, Matias Rodrigues, R. S. Boiko, V. A. Kudryavtsev, E. Armengaud, F. Ferroni, A. Broniatowski, M. Pavan, Yong Jin, A. S. Barabash, N. Foerster, D. Tcherniakhovski, Alain Benoit, O. Plantevin, N.V. Ivannikova, Martin Loidl, P. de Marcillac, K. Schäffner, Matthias Kleifges, S. Marnieros, P. Magnier, C. Rusconi, M. Gros, C. Nones, D.V. Poda, D. M. Chernyak, B. Siebenborn, M. O. Nikolaichuk, Claudia Tomei, F.A. Danevich, Ya.V. Vasiliev, M. Mancuso, V. I. Umatov, S.I. Konovalov, Christian Enss, E. Olivieri, V. Humbert, S. Hervé, Marc Weber, N. Casali, V.B. Brudanin, M. Chapellier, L. Gironi, I. Dafinei, H. Kraus, G. Pessina, T.B. Bekker, E. P. Makarov, S. Nagorny, M. De Jesus, Silvia Capelli, V. Novati, and F. Charlieux
Subjects: Physics, Lithium molybdate, Recrystallization (geology), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, lcsh:Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Full width at half maximum, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, law, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, lcsh:QB460-466, lcsh:QC770-798, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, Sensitivity (control systems), Neutrino, 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: This paper reports on the development of a technology involving $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Large mass ( $$\sim 1~\hbox {kg}$$ ∼ 1 kg ), high optical quality, radiopure $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -containing zinc and lithium molybdate crystals have been produced and used to develop high performance single detector modules based on 0.2–0.4 kg scintillating bolometers. In particular, the energy resolution of the lithium molybdate detectors near the Q-value of the double-beta transition of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo (3034 keV) is 4–6 keV FWHM. The rejection of the $$\alpha $$ α -induced dominant background above 2.6 MeV is better than $$8\sigma $$ 8 σ . Less than $$10~\upmu \hbox {Bq/kg}$$ 10 μ Bq/kg activity of $$^{232}\hbox {Th}\, (^{228}\hbox {Th})$$ 232 Th ( 228 Th ) and $$^{226}\hbox {Ra}$$ 226 Ra in the crystals is ensured by boule recrystallization. The potential of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo -enriched scintillating bolometers to perform high sensitivity double-beta decay searches has been demonstrated with only $$10~\hbox {kg}\times \hbox {d}$$ 10 kg × d exposure: the two neutrino double-beta decay half-life of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo has been measured with the up-to-date highest accuracy as $$T_{1/2}$$ T 1 / 2 = [6.90 ± 0.15(stat.) ± 0.37(syst.)] $$\times ~10^{18}~\hbox {years}$$ × 10 18 years . Both crystallization and detector technologies favor lithium molybdate, which has been selected for the ongoing construction of the CUPID-0/Mo demonstrator, containing several kg of $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$ 100 Mo .
Published: 2017
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16. Low-noise HEMTs for Coherent Elastic Neutrino Scattering and Low-Mass Dark Matter Cryogenic Semiconductor Detectors

Author: C. Nones, A. Juillard, D. Chaize, A. Phipps, L. Vagneron, Antonella Cavanna, J. Billard, X. de la Broise, D. Misiak, Yong Jin, A. Bounab, Q. Dong, Christian Ulysse, J.-B. Filippini, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-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 National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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 de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), and Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: noise, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, geometry, Cryoelectronics, detector: cryogenics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, High-electron-mobility transistor, neutrino: coherent interaction, EDELWEISS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Capacitance, dark matter, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, High impedance, law, cryogenic detectors, 0103 physical sciences, General Materials Science, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, HEMT, Physics, business.industry, Transistor, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, resolution, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), electrode, semiconductor, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Semiconductor detector, coherence, germanium, Semiconductor, amplifier, Optoelectronics, semiconductor detector, business, performance, electronics: design
Abstract: We present the noise performance of High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMT) developed by CNRS-C2N laboratory. Various HEMT's gate geometries with 2 pF to 230 pF input capacitance have been studied at 4 K. A model for both voltage and current noises has been developed with frequency dependence up to 1 MHz. These HEMTs exhibit low dissipation, excellent noise performance and can advantageously replace traditional Si-JFETs for the readout of high impedance thermal sensor and semiconductor ionization cryogenic detectors. Our model predicts that cryogenic germanium detectors of 30 g with 10 eV heat and 20 eVee baseline resolution are feasible if read out by HEMT based amplifiers. Such resolution allows for high discrimination between nuclear and electron recoils at low threshold. This capability is of major interest for Coherent Elastic Neutrino Scattering and low-mass dark matter experiments such as Ricochet and EDELWEISS., submitted to Journal of Low Temperature Physics, special issue for the 18th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors 22-26 July 2019 - Milano, Italia
Published: 2019
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17. Precise measurement of 2ν2$\beta$ decay of $^{100}$Mo with Li$_2$MoO$_4$ low temperature detectors: Preliminary results

Author: S. Sorbino, C. Nones, G. Pessina, Yu. A. Borovlev, J. Kotila, L. Dumoulin, E. Queguiner, A. S. Barabash, M. Chapellier, E. Previtali, O. G. Polischuk, M. Xue, J. Gascon, X-F. Navick, P. Pari, B. Schmidt, M. Kleifges, L. Pagnanini, L. Pattavina, F. Bellini, V.V. Kobychev, N. Besson, M. Pavan, C. Tomei, S. Marnieros, H. Z. Huang, A. Cazes, S. Pirro, B. Paul, R.Huang Lbnl, Federico Ferri, R. Maisonobe, K. Schäffner, M. Gros, Ch. Bourgeois, V. I. Tretyak, M. De Jesus, K. Eitel, H. Khalife, P. de Marcillac, L. Vagneron, M. de Combarieu, E. Olivieri, E. Guerard, C. Rusconi, E. P. Makarov, A. Beno, V.N. Shlegel, D. V. Poda, Yao Shen, J. Johnston, Yu. G. Kolomensky, L. Gironi, J. Billard, A. Giuliani, S. I. Konovalov, N. Casali, I. Dafinei, E. Armengaud, V. B. Brudanin, F. Charlieux, T. Redon, C. Augier, Laura Cardani, A. Juillard, Haiping Peng, Lindley Winslow, Matias Velázquez, B.F. Fujikawa, F.A. Danevich, M. Beretta, V. I. Umatov, M. Vignati, A. Leder, E. Yakushev, M. Weber, S. V. Rozov, V. Novati, V.D. Grigorieva, Ph. Camus, A. S. Zolotarova, P. Loaiza, Luc Bergé, B. Siebenborn, V. Sanglard, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), 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 Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux et Procédés (SIMaP ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Armengaud, E, Augier, C, Barabash, A, Bellini, F, Beno, A, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Besson, N, Billard, J, Borovlev, Y, Bourgeois, C, Brudanin, V, Camus, P, Cardani, L, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Chapellier, M, Charlieux, F, De Combarieu, M, Danevich, F, Dafinei, I, De Jesus, M, Dumoulin, L, Eitel, K, Ferri, F, Fujikawa, B, Gascon, J, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Grigorieva, V, Gros, M, Guerard, E, Huang, H, Huang, R, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Khalife, H, Kleifges, M, Kobychev, V, Kolomensky, Y, Konovalov, S, Leder, A, Kotila, J, Loaiza, P, Maisonobe, R, Makarov, E, De Marcillac, P, Marnieros, S, Navick, X, Nones, C, Novati, V, Olivieri, E, Pagnanini, L, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Paul, B, Peng, H, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Poda, D, Polischuk, O, Previtali, E, Queguiner, E, Redon, T, Rozov, S, Rusconi, C, Sanglard, V, Schaffner, K, Shen, Y, Schmidt, B, Shlegel, V, Siebenborn, B, Sorbino, S, Tomei, C, Tretyak, V, Umatov, V, Vagneron, L, Velazquez, M, Vignati, M, Weber, M, Winslow, L, Xue, M, Yakushev, E, and Zolotarova, A
Subjects: Lithium molybdate, Materials science, energy: ground state, Analytical chemistry, lifetime: measured, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, law.invention, chemistry.chemical_compound, background: low, bolometer, temperature: low, law, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, double-beta decay: (2neutrino), 010306 general physics, detector: temperature, molybdenum: nuclide, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, Detector, Beta decay, molybdenum: semileptonic decay, chemistry, Underground laboratory, scintillation counter: crystal, double beta decay, scintillating bolometers, Ground state, experimental results
Abstract: International audience; The half-life of 100Mo relatively to the 2ν2β decay to the ground state of 100Ru was measured as T1/2 = (6.99±0.15) × 1018 yr with the help of enriched in 100Mo lithium molybdate scintillating bolometers in the EDELWEISS-III low background set-up at the Modane underground laboratory. This is the most accurate value of the 2ν2β half-life of 100Mo.
Published: 2019
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18. Contact-less phonon detection with massive cryogenic absorbers

Author: Alessandro Monfardini, Martino Calvo, F. Levy-Bertrand, Johannes Goupy, Maryvonne De Jesus, J. Billard, A. Juillard, R. Germond, L. Vagneron, J. Colas, Philippe Camus, Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Magnétisme et Supraconductivité (NEEL - MagSup), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)
Subjects: Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, experimental methods, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Phonon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, silicon: crystal, energy resolution, FOS: Physical sciences, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Microstrip, High Energy Physics - Experiment, thermal, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Resonator, phonon: detector, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Wafer, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], phonon, detector: design, 010302 applied physics, Superconductivity, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Scattering, business.industry, superconductivity, Detector, Energy conversion efficiency, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics - Applied Physics, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, cryogenics, aluminum, Optoelectronics, 0210 nano-technology, business
Abstract: We have developed a contact-less technique for the real time measurement of a-thermal (Cooper-pair breaking) phonons in an absorber held at sub-Kelvin temperatures. In particular, a thin-film aluminum superconducting resonator was realized on a 30-grams high-resistivity silicon crystal. The lumped-element resonator is inductively excited/read-out by a radio-frequency microstrip feed-line deposited on another wafer; the sensor, a Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID), is read-out without any physical contact or wiring to the absorber. The resonator demonstrates excellent electrical properties, particularly in terms of its internal quality factor. The detection of alphas and gammas in the massive absorber is achieved, with an RMS energy resolution of about 1.4 keV, which is already interesting for particle physics applications. The resolution of this prototype detector is mainly limited by the low (about 0.3%) conversion efficiency of deposited energy to superconducting excitations (quasi-particles). The demonstrated technique can be further optimized, and used to produce large arrays of a-thermal phonon detectors, for use in rare events searches such as: dark matter direct detection,neutrino-less double beta decay, or coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering., Accepted for publication on Applied Physics Letters
Published: 2019
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19. Searches for electron interactions induced by new physics in the EDELWEISS-III germanium bolometers

Author: M. De Jesus, M. Chapellier, A. Giuliani, F. Charlieux, J. Gascon, L. Dumoulin, R. Maisonobe, B. Paul, C. Augier, Ph. Camus, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Kleifges, C. Nones, A. Juillard, J. Billard, S. Scorza, Luc Bergé, V. Kozlov, Alain Benoit, D. Misiak, Denis Tcherniakhovski, K. Eitel, M. Weber, P. Pari, E. Olivieri, S. Marnieros, H. Kraus, E. Queguiner, A. Cazes, H. Le Sueur, M. Gros, E. Armengaud, Yong Jin, L. Vagneron, D.V. Poda, B. Siebenborn, A. S. Zolotarova, V. Sanglard, S. V. Rozov, A. Broniatowski, X-F. Navick, E. Yakushev, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), EDELWEISS, 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), and Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Dark matter, galaxy: dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, coupling constant: upper limit, S029AEC, Electron, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, EDELWEISS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Galactic halo, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), galaxy: halo, bolometer, cosmic rays, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Experiments in gravity, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], axion: coupling, 010306 general physics, Axion, S030UDM, Physics, photon: hidden sector, axion: dark matter, boson: dark matter, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, new physics, dark matter: mass, S029HPH, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), 3. Good health, Massless particle, germanium, S029IAN, electron: interaction, electron: lifetime, axion-like particles, axion: solar, absorption, cosmology, experimental results
Abstract: We make use of the EDELWEISS-III array of germanium bolometers to search for electron interactions at the keV scale induced by phenomena beyond the Standard Model. A 90% C.L. lower limit is set on the electron lifetime decaying to invisibles, $��> 1.2\times 10^{24}$ years. We investigate the emission of axions or axionlike particles (ALPs) by the Sun, constraining the coupling parameters $g_{ae}, 8 pages, 5 figures, matches published version
Published: 2018
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20. Vibration decoupling system for massive bolometers in dry cryostats

Author: S. Sayah, A. Juillard, L. Vagneron, D. Misiak, J. Billard, R. Maisonobe, M. De Jesus, E. Olivieri, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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 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), 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), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), 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 ), Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière ( CSNSM ), and 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 )
Subjects: 010302 applied physics, Physics, Cryostat, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Acoustics, Bolometer, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Cryogenics, Decoupling (cosmology), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Cryocooler, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Noise (electronics), law.invention, Vibration, law, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
Abstract: Pulse-tube based dilution refrigerators are massively employed in low temperature physics. They allow to reduce the running costs and to be operated with unprecedented easiness. However, the main drawback of this technology is the mechanical vibrations induced by the pulse-tube cryocooler. These perturbations can cause extra-noises drastically affecting the detector performance. In this paper, we propose a solution to mitigate the impact of these vibrations by mounting the detectors in an elastic-pendulum based suspended tower. Based on vibration modeling and experimental tests, we show that the vibration levels are attenuated by up to two orders of magnitude at most frequencies, especially above $\sim20$ Hz, for both vertical and radial directions. Thanks to this passive isolation solution, vibration levels, both along vertical and radial directions, below 1 $\mu\textrm{g/}\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ in the frequency range [1-1000] Hz are obtained. This provides a convenient environment to test the ultimate performance of low temperature detectors. As a result, we report an improvement by one to two orders of magnitude on the noise levels of massive cryogenic bolometers, leading to thermal energy resolutions improved by a factor 5 to 40. Finally, we conclude that the energy resolution of our cryogenic bolometers are no longer limited from any residual vibrations, hence allowing the perspective of further improving our bolometer performance in the context of low-mass dark matter searches and neutrino physics applications.
Published: 2018
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21. Experimental study and modeling cryogenic detectors decoupling within dry cryostat

Author: S. Sayah, M. De Jesus, J. Billard, L. Dumoulin, D. Misiak, R. Maisonobe, A. Juillard, L. Vagneron, S. Marnieros, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), 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), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)
Subjects: Cryostat, Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear engineering, Detector, Vibrations, Condensed Matter Physics, Extra-noise, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Vibration, Dry cryostat, 0103 physical sciences, General Materials Science, Suspended tower, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Decoupling (electronics)
Abstract: International audience; The dry cryostat technology is based on pulse tube cryo-coolers and offers a good alternative to wet dilution cryostats. However, the main drawback is the production of vibrations induced by the pulse tube. These vibrations can be transmitted to the cryogenic detectors mounted in the cryostat and cause extra-noises dramatically affecting their performance. A solution to mitigate the impact of these vibrations is to mount the detectors on a suspended tower. For this purpose, vibrations in a dry cryostat were modeled and preliminary prototypes were investigated in the scope of R&D for the EDELWEISS-III experiment.
Published: 2017
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22. Measurement of the cosmogenic activation of germanium detectors in EDELWEISS-III

Author: A. Juillard, S. Scorza, C. Nones, E. Queguiner, S. V. Rozov, M.-C. Piro, M. Chapellier, V. A. Kudryavtsev, V. Kozlov, Denis Tcherniakhovski, L. Hehn, K. Eitel, G. Heuermann, H. Kraus, D.V. Poda, E. Armengaud, N. Foerster, Alain Benoit, A. Giuliani, H. Le-Sueur, M. Gros, V. Sanglard, E. Yakushev, M. Kleifges, J. Billard, Q. Arnaud, L. Dumoulin, J. Gascon, A. Broniatowski, M. De Jesus, S. Marnieros, A. Cazes, P. Pari, B. Schmidt, B. Paul, J. Blümer, Yong Jin, B. Siebenborn, T. de Boissière, C. Kéfélian, Ph. Camus, F. Charlieux, L. Bergé, Marc Weber, L. Vagneron, X-F. Navick, E. Olivieri, C. Augier, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Matière noire (MANOIR), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), 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)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Cryogénie (Cryo), Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France, Edelweiss, 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), 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)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), 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), and Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, Germanium, Cosmic ray, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], EDELWEISS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], ddc:530, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, Isotope, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Semiconductor detector, chemistry, 13. Climate action, Production (computer science), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: International audience; We present a measurement of the cosmogenic activation in the germanium cryogenic detectors of the EDELWEISS III direct dark matter search experiment. The decay rates measured in detectors with different exposures to cosmic rays above ground are converted into production rates of different isotopes. The measured production rates in units of nuclei/kg/day are 82 $\pm$ 21 for $^3$H, 2.8 $\pm$ 0.6 for $^{49}$V, 4.6 $\pm$ 0.7 for $^{55}$Fe, and 106 $\pm$ 13 for $^{65}$Zn. These results are the most accurate for these isotopes. A lower limit on the production rate of $^{68}$Ge of 74 nuclei/kg/day is also presented. They are compared to model predictions present in literature and to estimates calculated with the ACTIVIA code.
Published: 2017
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23. Performance of the EDELWEISS-III experiment for direct dark matter searches

Author: B. Paul, Matthew R. Robinson, R. Maisonobe, A. Giuliani, C. Augier, P. Pari, E. Olivieri, V. Sanglard, J. Lin, S. Scorza, G. Garde, S. Hervé, N. Fourches, E. Yakushev, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Grollier, A. S. Zolotarova, M. Gros, C. Nones, Marc Weber, E. Queguiner, X. F. Navick, L. Hehn, T. de Boissière, F. Charlieux, Q. Arnaud, D.V. Poda, D. Tcherniakhovski, E. Armengaud, J. Billard, Yong Jin, C. Kéfélian, Alain Benoit, X. Zhang, P. Camus, L. Dumoulin, H. Rodenas, N. Foerster, A. Menshikov, T. Bergmann, K. Eitel, M. De Jesus, B. Schmidt, B. Siebenborn, V. Humbert, A. Juillard, H. Le-Sueur, H. Kraus, L. Vagneron, L. Bergé, V.B. Brudanin, M. Chapellier, M. Mancuso, V. Kozlov, G. Heuermann, J. Gascon, S. Marnieros, A. Cazes, S. V. Rozov, D. Filosofov, G. Bres, A. Broniatowski, Matthias Kleifges, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies [Orsay] (C2N), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), EDELWEISS, 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), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), 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), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), 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 ), Institut Néel ( NEEL ), Université Grenoble Alpes [Saint Martin d'Hères]-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 ), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay ( IRAMIS ), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Electronique (NEEL - ElecLab), and Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, energy resolution, FOS: Physical sciences, EDELWEISS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, WIMP, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, germanium: detector, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, gamma ray: irradiation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), [ PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET ] Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, background: radioactivity, Mathematical Physics, nucleus: recoil, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, background, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), stability, Semiconductor detector, Full width at half maximum, efficiency, Ionization energy, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, performance
Abstract: We present the results of measurements demonstrating the efficiency of the EDELWEISS-III array of cryogenic germanium detectors for direct dark matter searches. The experimental setup and the FID (Fully Inter-Digitized) detector array is described, as well as the efficiency of the double measurement of heat and ionization signals in background rejection. For the whole set of 24 FID detectors used for coincidence studies, the baseline resolutions for the fiducial ionization energy are mainly below 0.7 keV$_{ee}$ (FHWM) whereas the baseline resolutions for heat energies are mainly below 1.5 keV$_{ee}$ (FWHM). The response to nuclear recoils as well as the very good discrimination capability of the FID design has been measured with an AmBe source. The surface $\beta$- and $\alpha$-decay rejection power of $R_{\rm surf} < 4 \times 10^{-5}$ per $\alpha$ at 90% C.L. has been determined with a $^{210}$Pb source, the rejection of bulk $\gamma$-ray events has been demonstrated using $\gamma$-calibrations with $^{133}$Ba sources leading to a value of $R_{\gamma{\rm -mis-fid}} < 2.5 \times 10^{-6}$ at 90% C.L.. The current levels of natural radioactivity measured in the detector array are shown as the rate of single $\gamma$ background. The fiducial volume fraction of the FID detectors has been measured to a weighted average value of $(74.6 \pm 0.4)\%$ using the cosmogenic activation of the $^{65}$Zn and $^{68,71}$Ge isotopes. The stability and uniformity of the detector response is also discussed. The achieved resolutions, thresholds and background levels of the upgraded EDELWEISS-III detectors in their setup are thus well suited to the direct search of WIMP dark matter over a large mass range.
Published: 2017
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24. Signals induced by charge-trapping in EDELWEISS FID detectors: analytical modeling and applications

Author: E. Queguiner, H. Kraus, L. Bergé, B. Schmidt, L. Dumoulin, J. Gascon, A. Broniatowski, B. Paul, J. Blümer, C. Nones, M. De Jesus, P. Pari, H. Le-Sueur, S. Scorza, T. de Boissière, Yong Jin, G. Heuermann, C. Kéfélian, A. Giuliani, S. Marnieros, A. Cazes, N. Foerster, E. Armengaud, V. Sanglard, M.-C. Piro, S. V. Rozov, Ph. Camus, F. Charlieux, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Kleifges, M. Gros, X-F. Navick, M. Chapellier, V. Kozlov, E. Yakushev, J. Billard, Alain Benoit, L. Hehn, E. Olivieri, C. Augier, K. Eitel, Denis Tcherniakhovski, N. Fourches, A. Juillard, B. Siebenborn, D.V. Poda, Marc Weber, L. Vagneron, Q. Arnaud, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Matière noire (MANOIR), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), 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)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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), Cryogénie (Cryo), Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures (LPN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Edelweiss, 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), 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)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), 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), and Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo)
Subjects: Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Trapping, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), EDELWEISS, 01 natural sciences, Computational physics, Ionization, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Sensitivity (control systems), Ionization energy, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Mathematical Physics, Energy (signal processing), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The EDELWEISS-III direct dark matter search experiment uses cryogenic HP-Ge detectors Fully covered with Inter-Digitized electrodes (FID). They are operated at low fields ($, 17 pages 12 figures, submitted to JINST, author list updated
Published: 2016
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25. Improved EDELWEISS-III sensitivity for low-mass WIMPs using a profile likelihood approach

Author: X-F. Navick, Ph. Camus, V. Kozlov, Alain Benoit, V. A. Kudryavtsev, S. V. Rozov, L. Hehn, S. Scorza, A. Juillard, K. Eitel, D.V. Poda, L. Bergé, A. Broniatowski, M.-C. Piro, E. Olivieri, M. Chapellier, J. Blümer, T. de Boissière, B. Siebenborn, L. Vagneron, Marc Weber, C. Kéfélian, C. Augier, H. Kraus, M. Kleifges, Q. Arnaud, B. Schmidt, M. Gros, H. Le-Sueur, V. Sanglard, F. Charlieux, C. Nones, G. Heuermann, M. De Jesus, E. Yakushev, J. Billard, L. Dumoulin, B. Paul, A. Giuliani, E. Queguiner, P. Pari, J. Gascon, S. Marnieros, A. Cazes, E. Armengaud, Yong Jin, Denis Tcherniakhovski, N. Foerster, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), Matière noire (MANOIR), Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I Lyon), 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)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), 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), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), EDELWEISS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), 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)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), 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), and Cryogénie (Cryo)
Subjects: Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Dark matter, Massive particle, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), EDELWEISS, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Recoil, WIMP, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Neutron, Sensitivity (control systems), 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Energy (signal processing), Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We report on a dark matter search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass range $m_\chi \in [4, 30]\,\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ with the EDELWEISS-III experiment. A 2D profile likelihood analysis is performed on data from eight selected detectors with the lowest energy thresholds leading to a combined fiducial exposure of 496 kg-days. External backgrounds from $\gamma$- and $\beta$-radiation, recoils from $^{206}$Pb and neutrons as well as detector intrinsic backgrounds were modelled from data outside the region of interest and constrained in the analysis. The basic data selection and most of the background models are the same as those used in a previously published analysis based on Boosted Decision Trees (BDT). For the likelihood approach applied in the analysis presented here, a larger signal efficiency and a subtraction of the expected background lead to a higher sensitivity, especially for the lowest WIMP masses probed. No statistically significant signal was found and upper limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section can be set with a hypothesis test based on the profile likelihood test statistics. The 90% C.L. exclusion limit set for WIMPs with $m_\chi = 4\,\mathrm{GeV/}c^2$ is $1.6 \times 10^{-39}\,\mathrm{cm^2}$, which is an improvement of a factor of seven with respect to the BDT-based analysis. For WIMP masses above $15\,\mathrm{GeV/}c^2$ the exclusion limits found with both analyses are in good agreement., Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables (updated to accepted version)
Published: 2016
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26. A single-photon sensitive ebCMOS camera: The LUSIPHER prototype

Author: Eric Chabanat, J. Houles, Q.T. Doan, A. Dorokhov, Agnes Dominjon, P. Calabria, Remi Barbier, Marc Winter, T. Cajgfinger, Cyrille Guerin, J. Baudot, C.T. Kaiser, W. Dulinski, L. Vagneron, D. Chaize, Pierre Depasse, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PHOTONIS SAS, and Photonis
Subjects: Physics, Point spread function, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, CMOS sensor, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Frame rate, 01 natural sciences, Optics, CMOS, 0103 physical sciences, Back-illuminated sensor, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Deconvolution, 010306 general physics, business, Instrumentation, Image resolution
Abstract: Processing high-definition images with single-photon sensitivity acquired above 500 frames per second (fps) will certainly find ground-breaking applications in scientific and industrial domains such as nano-photonics. However, current technologies for low light imaging suffer limitations above the standard 30 fps to keep providing both excellent spatial resolution and signal-over-noise. This paper presents the state of the art on a promising way to answer this challenge, the electron bombarded CMOS (ebCMOS) detector. A large-scale ultra fast single-photon tracker camera prototype produced with an industrial partner is described. The full characterization of the back-thinned CMOS sensor is presented and a method for Point Spread Function measurements is elaborated. Then the study of the ebCMOS performance is presented for two different multi-alkali cathodes, S20 and S25. Point Spread Function measurements carried out on an optical test bench are analysed to extract the PSF of the tube by deconvolution. The resolution of the tube is studied as a function of temperature, high voltage and incident wavelength. Results are discussed for both multi-alkali cathodes as well as a Maxwellian modelization of the radial initial energy of the photo-electrons.
Published: 2011
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27. A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector

Author: L. Vagneron, G. Gerbier, P. Pari, A. Juillard, M. Hannawald, H. Kluck, J. Blümer, E. Yakushev, G. Chardin, L. Bergé, Y. Dolgorouki, C. Nones, S. Semikh, L. Dumoulin, M.-A. Verdier, O. Crauste, E. Armengaud, Alain Benoit, K. Eitel, R. Lemrani, M. De Jesus, S. Collin, B. Paul, X-F. Navick, V. Kozlov, S. V. Rozov, A. Broniatowski, P. Di Stefano, O. Besida, S. Scorza, X. Defay, V. Sanglard, F. Charlieux, A. Lubashevskiy, E. Olivieri, J. Gascon, S. Marnieros, S. Hervé, C. Marrache, A. Chantelauze, M. Gros, M. Chapellier, J. Domange, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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, Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Karlsruhe (TH), Institut fur Kernphysik (Institut fur Kernphysik), Forschung Centrum Karlsruhe, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems [Dubna] (DLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), EDELWEISS, 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), 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), HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Laboratory of Nuclear Problems (JINR), and JINR
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenics, EDELWEISS, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Bolometer, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 07.57.Kp, 07.85.Nc, 72.20.Jv, 95.35.+d, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Semiconductor detector, European Underground Rare Event Calorimeter Array, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business
Abstract: A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination. Experiments performed with prototype devices in the EDELWEISS II setup at the Modane underground facility demonstrate the remarkably high efficiency of these devices for the rejection of low-energy $\beta$, approaching 10$^5$ . This opens the road to investigate the range beyond 10$^{-8}$ pb in the WIMP-nucleon collision cross-sections, as proposed in the EURECA project of a one-ton cryogenic detector mass., Comment: submitted to Physical Review Letters
Published: 2009
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28. Radiopure ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU double-beta experiment

Author: D. V. Poda, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, A. Benoît, L. Bergé, R. S. Boiko, T. Bergmann, J. Blümer, A. Broniatowski, V. Brudanin, P. Camus, A. Cazes, B. Censier, M. Chapellier, F. Charlieux, D. M. Chernyak, N. Coron, P. Coulter, G. A. Cox, F. A. Danevich, T. de Boissière, R. Decourt, M. De Jesus, L. Devoyon, A.-A. Drillien, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, C. Enss, D. Filosofov, A. Fleischmann, N. Fourches, J. Gascon, L. Gastaldo, G. Gerbier, A. Giuliani, M. Gros, L. Hehn, S. Henry, S. Hervé, G. Heuermann, V. Humbert, I. M. Ivanov, A. Juillard, C. Kéfélian, M. Kleifges, H. Kluck, V. V. Kobychev, F. Koskas, V. Kozlov, H. Kraus, V. A. Kudryavtsev, H. Le Sueur, M. Loidl, P. Magnier, E. P. Makarov, M. Mancuso, P. de Marcillac, S. Marnieros, C. Marrache-Kikuchi, A. Menshikov, S. G. Nasonov, X-F. Navick, C. Nones, E. Olivieri, P. Pari, B. Paul, Y. Penichot, G. Pessina, M. C. Piro, O. Plantevin, T. Redon, M. Robinson, M. Rodrigues, S. Rozov, V. Sanglard, B. Schmidt, V. N. Shlegel, B. Siebenborn, O. Strazzer, D. Tcherniakhovski, M. Tenconi, L. Torres, V. I. Tretyak, L. Vagneron, Ya. V. Vasiliev, M. Velazquez, O. Viraphong, R. J. Walker, M. Weber, E. Yakushev, X. Zhang, V. N. Zhdankov, John L. Orrell, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics [Moscow] (ITEP), National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC KI), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR), Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik [Karlsruhe] (EKP), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems [Dubna] (DLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), University of Oxford, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire) (CEA-DES (ex-DEN)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), CSNSM PS1, 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)-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), Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Department of Physics [Oxford], Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry [Novosibirsk] (NIC), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNHB), Département Métrologie Instrumentation & Information (DM2I), Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Département d'instrumentation Numérique (DIN (CEA-LIST)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institute for Anthropomatics (KIT), Laboratoire de Cryogénie (LC), 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)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), CML Ltd., Project CUPID-Mo (CUORE Upgrade with Particle Identification in Molybdenum), ANR-12-BS05-0004,LUMINEU,Expérience souterraine avec détecteurs luminescents de molybdate de zinc pour l'étude de la masse et la nature des neutrinos(2012), 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 National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Cryogénie (Cryo), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oxford [Oxford], 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 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), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay
Subjects: radiopurity, Zinc molybdate, scintillating bolometer, EDELWEISS, Scintillator, radiopure zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4), [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Crystal, chemistry.chemical_compound, neutrino, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, crystal scintillator, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Directional solidification, Physics, Scintillation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Radiochemistry, double-beta decay, crystal boule, advanced directional solidification method, purification technique, chemistry, high purity Ge wafer, Neutrino
Abstract: International audience; The results of R&D of radiopure zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) based scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU (Luminescent Underground Molybdenum Investigation for NEUtrino mass and nature) double-beta decay experiment are presented. A dedicated two-stage molybdenum purification technique (sublimation in vacuum and recrystallization from aqueous solutions) and an advanced directional solidification method (the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique) were utilized to produce high optical quality large mass (∼1 kg) ZnMoO4 crystal boules and first 100Mo (99.5%) enriched Zn100MoO4 crystal scintillator (mass of ∼0.2 kg). Scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO4 (≈ 0.33 kg) and Zn100MoO4 (≈ 0.06 kg) scintillation elements and high purity Ge wafers were tested in the EDELWEISS set-up at the Modane Underground Laboratory (France). Long term low temperature tests demonstrate excellent detectors’ performance and effectiveness of the purification and solidification procedures for the achievement of high radiopurity of the material, in particular with a bulk activity of 228Th and 226Ra below 4 µBq/kg. The adopted protocol was used to produce for the first time a large volume Zn100MoO4 crystal scintillator (mass of ∼1.4 kg, 100Mo enrichment is 99.5%) to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 100Mo in the framework of the LUMINEU project.
Published: 2015
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29. Development and underground test of radiopure ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometers for the LUMINEU 0 nu 2 beta project

Author: J. Gascon, R. J. Walker, O. Plantevin, A. A. Drillien, V.N. Shlegel, M. Gros, S. Marnieros, K. Eitel, V. Kozlov, Christian Enss, M. Kleifges, B. Paul, T. de Boissière, C. Nones, C. Augier, L. Hehn, E. Olivieri, E. Yakushev, P. Coulter, C. Kéfélian, V. Humbert, G. Gerbier, M. Rodrigues, M. Chapellier, N. Foerster, A. Giuliani, S. Scorza, V. B. Brudanin, G. Heuermann, T. Redon, F. Koskas, L. Dumoulin, P. de Marcillac, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, P. Magnier, S. Hervé, N. Fourches, L. Vagneron, H. Kraus, V.N. Zhdankov, A. Menshikov, M.-C. Piro, Max Robinson, Y. Penichot, X-F. Navick, Matias Velázquez, I.M. Ivanov, V. V. Kobychev, P. Pari, A. Broniatowski, R. Decourt, A. Cazes, D. Filosofov, A. Fleischmann, Oudomsack Viraphong, O. Strazzer, Denis Tcherniakhovski, G. Pessina, D. Gray, L. Gastaldo, Noël Coron, M. Loidl, Ph. Camus, L. Bergé, Alain Benoit, E.P. Makarov, V. A. Kudryavtsev, D.M. Chernyak, S. Henry, E. Armengaud, L. Devoyon, B. Schmidt, F.A. Danevich, Ya.V. Vasiliev, J. Blümer, M. Mancuso, R.S. Boiko, M. De Jesus, M. Tenconi, S. V. Rozov, Marc Weber, D.V. Poda, V.I. Tretyak, H. Kluck, T. Bergmann, Q. Arnaud, H. Le Sueur, X. Zhang, V. Sanglard, B. Siebenborn, A. Juillard, S.G. Nasonov, F. Charlieux, L. Torres, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), 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), Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research (KINR), Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Dzhelepov Laboratory of Nuclear Problems [Dubna] (DLNP), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Cryogénie (Cryo), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oxford [Oxford], Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry [Novosibirsk] (NIC), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNHB), Département Métrologie Instrumentation & Information (DM2I), Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, 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), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (INFN), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Université de Bordeaux (UB), CML Ltd, ANR-12-BS05-0004,LUMINEU,Expérience souterraine avec détecteurs luminescents de molybdate de zinc pour l'étude de la masse et la nature des neutrinos(2012), 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), University of Oxford, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies (LIST (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Département d'instrumentation Numérique (DIN (CEA-LIST)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CSNSM PS1, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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)-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), Laboratory of Particle Physics (JINR-DUBNA), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Cryo - Cryogénie, Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [Milano] (INFN), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research - Dubna, ANR-12-BS05-004,LUMINEU,Luminescent Underground Molybdenum Investigation for NEUtrino mass and nature, Armengaud, E, Arnaud, Q, Augier, C, Benoit, A, Berge, L, Boiko, R, Bergmann, T, Blumer, J, Broniatowski, A, Brudanin, V, Camus, P, Cazes, A, Chapellier, M, Charlieux, F, Chernyak, D, Coron, N, Coulter, P, Danevich, F, De Boissiere, T, Decourt, R, Jesus, M, Devoyon, L, Drillien, A, Dumoulin, L, Eitel, K, Enss, C, Filosofov, D, Fleischmann, A, Foerster, N, Fourches, N, Gascon, J, Gastaldo, L, Gerbier, G, Giuliani, A, Gray, D, Gros, M, Hehn, L, Henry, S, Herve, S, Heuermann, G, Humbert, V, Ivanov, I, Juillard, A, Kefelian, C, Kleifges, M, Kluck, H, Kobychev, V, Koskas, F, Kozlov, V, Kraus, H, Kudryavtsev, V, Sueur, H, Loidl, M, Magnier, P, Makarov, E, Mancuso, M, De Marcillac, P, Marnieros, S, Marrache-Kikuchi, C, Menshikov, A, Nasonov, S, Navick, X, Nones, C, Olivieri, E, Pari, P, Paul, B, Penichot, Y, Pessina, G, Piro, M, Plantevin, O, Poda, D, Redon, T, Robinson, M, Rodrigues, M, Rozov, S, Sanglard, V, Schmidt, B, Scorza, S, Shlegel, V, Siebenborn, B, Strazzer, O, Tcherniakhovski, D, Tenconi, M, Torres, L, Tretyak, V, Vagneron, L, Vasiliev, Y, Velazquez, M, Viraphong, O, Walker, R, Weber, M, Yakushev, E, Zhang, X, and Zhdankov, V
Subjects: gas and liquid scintillators), Zinc molybdate, Cryogenic detector, EDELWEISS, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, CRYSTAL SCINTILLATORS, chemistry.chemical_compound, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Dilution refrigerator, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, GRADIENT CZOCHRALSKI TECHNIQUE, Mathematical Physics, Physics, TUNGSTATES, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hybrid detector, DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY, Hybrid detectors, Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), Double-beta decay detectors, Double-beta decay detector, DARK-MATTER SEARCH, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION, Cryogenic detectors, chemistry, Scintillators, LUMINESCENCE, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], PARTICLE PHYSICS, GROWTH, SINGLE-CRYSTALS, Neutrino, Isotopes of thorium, Radioactive decay
Abstract: International audience; The LUMINEU (Luminescent Underground Molybdenum Investigation for NEUtrino mass and nature) project envisages a high-sensitivity search for neutrinoless double beta (0 nu 2 beta) decay of Mo-100 with the help of scintillating bolometers based on zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) crystals. One of the crucial points for the successful performance of this experiment is the development of a protocol for producing high quality large mass ZnMoO4 crystal scintillators with extremely high internal radiopurity. Here we report a significant progress in the development of large volume ZnMoO4 crystalline boules (with mass up to 1 kg) from deeply purified materials. We present and discuss the results achieved with two ZnMoO4 samples (with mass of about 0.3 kg each): one is a precursor of the LUMINEU project, while the other one was produced in the framework of LUMINEU with an improved purification / crystallization procedure. The two crystals were measured deep underground as scintillating bolometers in the EDELWEISS dilution refrigerator at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France) protected by a rock overburden corresponding to 4800 m w.e. The results indicate that both tested crystals are highly radiopure. However, the advanced LUMINEU sample shows a clear improvement with respect to the precursor, exhibiting only a trace internal contamination related with Po-210 at the level of 1 mBq/kg, while the activity of Ra-226 and Th-228 is below 0.005 mBq/kg. This demonstrates that the LUMINEU purification and crystal-growth procedures are very efficient and leads to radiopurity levels which exceedingly satisfy not only the LUMINEU goals but also the requirements of a next-generation 0 nu 2 beta experiment.
Published: 2015
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30. Looking for SUSY with EDELWEISS-I and-II

Author: G. Gerbier, J. Mallet, J. Gascon, L. Bergé, G. Nollez, V. Sanglard, B. Chambon, C. Riccio, A. Benoît, M. De Jésus, S. Hervé, B. Chardin, P. Charvin, H. Deschamps, A. Juillard, S. Fiorucci, X-F. Navick, M. Stern, Laurent Schoeffel, P. Di Stefano, E. Gerlic, J. P. Hadjout, O. Martineau, C. Goldbach, D. Drain, S. Marnieros, M. Chapellier, A. Broniatowski, L. Vagneron, A. de Lesquen, L. Chabert, M. Gros, L. Mosca, P. Pari, L. Dumoulin, and M. Goyot
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, WIMP, Weakly interacting massive particles, Double beta decay, Neutron detection, Superpartner, Invariant mass, EDELWEISS, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Particle identification
Abstract: The latest results obtained by the EDELWEISS WIMP (weakly interacting massive particles) direct detection experiment using three heat-and-ionization 320-g germanium bolometers are given. Presently the most sensitive WIMP direct detection experiment for WIMP mass >30 GeV, EDELWEISS-I is testing a first region of SUSY models compatible with accelerator constraints. The status and main characteristics of EDELWEISS-II, involving in a first stage 28 germanium bolometers and able to accommodate up to 120 detectors, are briefly presented, together with neutron background estimates.
Published: 2004
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31. Digital acquisition systems for the EDELWEISS experiment

Author: J. Gascon, S. Fiorucci, M. Gros, L. Vagneron, S. Marnieros, G. Chardin, P. Cluzel, and O. Martineau
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Optical fiber, law, Gigabit, Detector, Electronic engineering, EDELWEISS, Instrumentation, Decoupling (electronics), law.invention
Abstract: We describe the digital acquisition systems used in the EDELWEISS experiment. In the EDELWEISS-I experiment, both charge and phonon signals are continuously digitized after preamplification and transferred to a computer using a high-speed DMA channel via a 1.5 Gbit/s optical fibre link, decoupling the detectors from the acquisition computer. Both phonon and charge triggers are defined numerically, without any analog triggering module, allowing a flexible filtering and trigger definition. The performances reached in this system are described, together with the improvements presently realized for the second phase of the experiment, EDELWEISS-II, involving up to 120 detectors.
Published: 2004
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32. Latest results from the EDELWEISS WIMP search

Author: D. Drain, M. Fesquet, V. Villard, E. Gerlic, J. Mallet, A. Juillard, P. Di Stefano, C. Goldbach, S. Hervé, L. Mosca, J. Gascon, A. Broniatowski, B. Censier, L. Dumoulin, P. Pari, V. Sanglard, X-F. Navick, M. Stern, M. Chapellier, G. Gerbier, J.P. Hadjout, S. Marnieros, M. Gros, L. Vagneron, G. Nollez, M. De Jesus, M. Goyot, P. Charvin, A. de Lesquen, L. Chabert, Alain Benoit, G. Chardin, C. Riccio, O. Martineau, C. Kikuchi, L. Bergé, B. Chambon, and S. Fiorucci
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Bolometer, Dark matter, Supersymmetry, EDELWEISS, Particle detector, law.invention, Semiconductor detector, Nuclear physics, WIMP, law, Weakly interacting massive particles, Instrumentation
Abstract: The latest results obtained by the EDELWEISS WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) direct detection experiment using three heat-and-ionisation 320 g germanium bolometers are presented. Presently the most sensitive WIMP Direct Detection experiment for WIMP mass > 30 GeV, EDELWEISS-I is testing a first region of SUSY models compatible with accelerator constraints. The status and main characteristics of EDELWEISS-II, involving in a first stage 28 germanium bolometers, and able to accommodate up to 120 detectors, are briefly presented.
Published: 2004
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33. Dark matter search in the EDELWEISS experiment

Author: O. Martineau, A. Benoit, L. Bergé, R. Bouvier, A. Broniatowski, M. Caussignac, L. Chabert, B. Chambon, M. Chapellier, G. Chardin, P. Charvin, M. De Jésus, P. Di Stefano, D. Drain, L. Dumoulin, E. Gerlic, J. Gascon, G. Gerbier, C. Goldbach, M. Goyot, M. Gros, J.P. Hadjout, S. Hervé, A. Juillard, A. de Lesquen, M. Loidl, J. Mallet, S. Marnieros, M. Martin, N. Mirabolfathi, L. Mosca, X.-F. Navick, G. Nollez, P. Pari, C. Riccio, H. Rodenas, L. Schoeffel, M. Stern, and L. Vagneron
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published: 2003
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34. PLF fragmentation in the 40Ca+40Ca reaction at 35 MeV/nucleon

Author: D. Heuer, D. Benchekroun, A. Wieloch, A.J. Cole, A. Chabane, M. Charvet, Brigitte Cheynis, J.B. Viano, R. Płaneta, A. Demeyer, A. Giorni, W. Gawlikowicz, E. Bisquer, J. Brzychczyk, L. Vagneron, K. Grotowski, Z. Sosin, Piotr Pawłowski, P. Lautesse, P. Désesquelles, Annick Lleres, L. Lebreton, E. Gerlic, S. Micek, D. Guinet, P. Hachaj, and M. Stern
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Nucleon
Published: 2001
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35. Formation and deexcitation of the composite nucleus in the Ni + Al reaction at 28 A·MeV

Author: L. Lebreton, D. Benchekroun, E. Bisquer, B. Chambon, B. Cheynis, A. Demeyer, D. Doré, D. Drain, E. Gerlic, D. C., P. Lautesse, C. Pastor, M. Stern, L. Vagneron, C. Vincent-Donnet, A. Chabane, A.J. Cole, P. Désesquelles, A. Giorni, D. Heuer, A. Lleres, and J.B. Viano
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cross section (physics), Fusion, medicine.anatomical_structure, Hadron, Composite number, medicine, Nuclear fusion, Atomic physics, Nucleus
Abstract: The formation and the deexcitation of the composite nucleus formed during the Ni + Al reaction at 28 A·MeV has been studied with the 4 π multidetector AMPHORA. A rigourous selection of the experimental data is described in order to extract a central collision sample. Then different models are compared to the data. The incomplete fusion process is in agreement with the data. The azimuthal angle correlations of He-Li and Li-Li pairs have been used to discriminate sequential or instantaneous emission. The sequential deexcitation is more consistent with all the data. The different analyses allow to describe all the characteristics of the compound nucleus and finally a fusion cross section of 300 ± 100 mbarn has been measured.
Published: 1998
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36. Neutron background measurements in the Underground Laboratory of Modane

Author: C. Pastor, Y. Giraud-Héraud, V. Chazal, L. Vagneron, M. De Jesus, B. Chambon, A. Stutz, D. Drain, R. Brissot, J.F. Cavaignac, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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 Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), EDELWEISS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, Dark matter, Bolometer, Monte Carlo method, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Nuclear physics, law, Neutron flux, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron cross section, Neutron, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Spontaneous fission
Abstract: Measurements of the background neutron environment, at a depth of 1780 m (4800 mwe) in the Underground Laboratory of Modane (L.S.M.) are reported. Using a 6Li liquid scintillator, the energy spectrum of the fast neutron flux has been determined. Monte Carlo calculations of the (α, n) and spontaneous fission processes in the surrounding rock has been performed and compared to the experimental result. In addition, using two 3He neutron counters, the thermal neutron flux has been measured.
Published: 1998
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37. Intermediate velocity source of intermediate-mass fragments in the40Ca+40Careaction atElab=35MeV/nucleon

Author: Piotr Pawłowski, Annick Lleres, D. Heuer, L. Vagneron, E. Bisquer, A. Chabane, M. Stern, A. Giorni, P. Desesquelles, R. Płaneta, E. Gerlic, A.J. Cole, P. Lautesse, D. Guinet, W. Gawlikowicz, L. Lebreton, Brigitte Cheynis, P. Hachaj, J. Brzychczyk, D. Benchekroun, S. Micek, A. Wieloch, K. Grotowski, M. Charvet, A. Demeyer, J. B. Viano, and Zbigniew Sosin
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nucleon
Published: 1998
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38. Charge partition probabilities in the32S+27Al reaction at 37.5 MeV/nucleon analysed using the boltzmann distribution

Author: D. Heuer, A. Chabane, Annick Lleres, A. Demeyer, M. Stern, Brigitte Cheynis, L. Vagneron, D. Guinet, A.J. Cole, D. Benchekroun, A. Giorni, M. Charvet, J.B. Viano, P. Désesquelles, E. Gerlic, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Nuclear Theory, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Boltzmann distribution, Nuclear physics, Formalism (philosophy of mathematics), 0103 physical sciences, Partition (number theory), Nuclear fusion, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon, 010306 general physics, Normal density
Abstract: We apply the Boltzmann distribution to charge partition probabilities measured with the AMPHORA multidetector in the reaction 32S + 27Al at 37.5 MeV/ nucleon. Approximate corrections to the data for pre-equilibrium emission are made and modifications to the basic formalism due to detection e?ciency and evaporation are treated explicitly. The data are well reproduced with a temperature of 5.0 MeV and a freeze-out volume which corresponds to densities which are 20 times smaller than normal density.
Published: 1996
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39. Ca40+Ca40reaction atElab=35MeV/nucleon: Filters and signatures to distinguish nearly central from peripheral collisions

Author: Zbigniew Sosin, E. Bisquer, L. Vagneron, D. Benchekrovn, J. Brzychczyk, S. Micek, D. Guinet, A.J. Cole, A. Chabane, R. Płaneta, A. Wieloch, M. Stern, A. Giorni, D. Heuer, Brigitte Cheynis, P. Lautesse, W. Gawlikowicz, K. Grotowski, P. Desesquelles, J. B. Viano, E. Gerlic, P. Hachaj, L. Lebreton, Piotr Pawłowski, Annick Lleres, A. Demeyer, P. Burzyński, and M. Charvet
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Nucleon
Published: 1996
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40. Gas chambers for identification of charged particles in 4π systems

Author: T. Barczyk, L. Vagneron, D. Benchekrovn, A. Demeyer, A.J. Cole, L. Lebreton, A. Chabane, P. Burzyński, K. Grotowski, S. Micek, A. Giorni, R. Planeta, Piotr Pawłowski, J.B. Viano, Brigitte Cheynis, E. Gerlic, Annick Lleres, W. Gawlikowicz, M. Stern, P. Lautesse, J. Brzychczyk, P. Désesquelles, D. Heuer, and D. Guinet
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Argon, chemistry.chemical_element, Charged particle, Methane, Particle detector, Anode, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Ionization, Isobutane, Tetrafluoromethane, Atomic physics, Instrumentation
Abstract: Gas ionization chambers of a special shape adapted for 4π detector systems are presented. Different anode wire configurations are discussed for three working gases: Ar + methane(10%), isobutane, and tetrafluoromethane.
Published: 1995
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41. Blast expansion in at 37.5 MeV/nucleon

Author: D. Benchekroun, D. Heuer, L. Vagneron, P. Désesquelles, A. Chabane, Brigitte Cheynis, A. Menchaca-Rocha, A.J. Cole, María-Ester Brandan, D. Guinet, J.B. Viano, M. Stern, A. Giorni, Annick Lleres, A. Demeyer, M. Charvet, and E. Gerlic
Subjects: Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nucleon
Published: 1995
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42. EDELWEISS Read-out Electronics and Future Prospects

Author: L. Lauro, F. Charlieu, Alain Benoit, M. Grollier, R. Guichardaz, J. Minet, B. Paul, A. Juillard, J. Gascon, L. Vagneron, G. Bres, B. Censier, J. Gironnet, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Electronique (ElecLab), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, EDELWEISS, 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), and Electronique (NEEL - ElecLab)
Subjects: Physics, Scheme (programming language), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Detector, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Noise, Parasitic capacitance, visual_art, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic component, Line (geometry), Electronic engineering, visual_art.visual_art_medium, General Materials Science, Electronics, 010306 general physics, computer, Communication channel, computer.programming_language
Abstract: The read-out electronics of the EDELWEISS-II experiment is presented. Its implementation has been guided by two important design choices. The first one is putting cold electronics far from the detectors in order to attenuate possible background sources from electronic components. It implies strong constraints on noise optimization, line stray capacitance and thermal load. The second one is acquisition of fully digitized signals to minimize the E.M. noises and to take full advantage of digital processing possibilities for filtering and triggering. The resulting amplification scheme is presented for both ionization and heat channel, as well as performances of the full read-out scheme. Future prospects about the coming EDELWEISS-III experiment electronics are also discussed. This updated design takes advantage of the experience gained in previous steps of the experiment while aiming at fulfilling specific constraints of a future ton-scale experiment.
Published: 2012
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43. A multi-tiered data structure and process management system based on ROOT and CouchDB

Author: H. Rodenas, P. Coulter, T. Bergmann, M. Chapellier, D. Filosofov, A. S. Torrento-Coello, G. Chardin, J. Gironnet, O. Crauste, M. Kleifges, E. Yakushev, L. Bergé, S. Jokisch, B. Schmidt, S. Hervé, G. Gerbier, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Gros, N. Fourches, Rodney Walker, J. Gascon, G. A. Cox, A. Broniatowski, S. Semikh, P. Pari, V. Sanglard, X. Zhang, M. De Jesus, S. Marnieros, C. Augier, V. Kozlov, L. Vagneron, L. Pattavina, Sophie Collin, Marc Weber, Max Robinson, J. Blümer, K. Eitel, G. Bres, V. B. Brudanin, Alain Benoit, F. Charlieux, S. Henry, B. Censier, L. Dumoulin, B. Paul, A. Juillard, A. Menshikov, J. Domange, S. V. Rozov, X-F. Navick, Denis Tcherniakhovski, E. Olivieri, E. Armengaud, M.-A. Verdier, H. Kluck, P. Loaiza, H. Kraus, C. Nones, M. Unrau, 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CSNSM INSTR, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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)-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), Electronique (ElecLab), CSNSM PS1, 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 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), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Cryogénie (Cryo), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), 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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), 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)-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), Electronique (NEEL - ElecLab), 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)-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), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Cryogénie (NEEL - Cryo), HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), ElecLab - Electronique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Cryo - Cryogénie, Cox, G, Armengaud, E, Augier, C, Benoit, A, Berge, L, Bergmann, T, Bluemer, J, Bres, G, Broniatowski, A, Brudanin, V, Censier, B, Chapellier, M, Chardin, G, Charlieux, F, Collin, S, Coulter, P, Crauste, O, De Jesus, M, Domange, J, Dumoulin, L, Eitel, K, Filosofov, D, Fourches, N, Gascon, J, Gerbier, G, Gironne, J, Gros, M, Henry, S, Herve, S, Jokisch, S, Juillard, A, Kleifges, M, Kluck, H, Kozlovg, V, Kraus, H, Kudryavtsev, V, Loaiza, P, Marnieros, S, Menshikov, A, Navick, X, Nones, C, Olivieri, E, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Robinson, M, Rodenas, H, Rozov, S, Sanglard, V, Schmidt, B, Semikh, S, Tcherniakhovski, D, Torrento Coello, A, Unrau, M, Vagneron, L, Verdier, M, Walker, R, Weber, M, Yakushev, E, and Zhang, X
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Group method of data handling, Data management, computer.software_genre, 01 natural sciences, ROOT, 0103 physical sciences, Rare events, Multi-tier, Dark Matter, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Physics, Data processing, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Computer file, Data structure, Management system, Data mining, business, Raw data, computer, Dark matter, data processing, CouchDB
Abstract: A multi-tiered data structure, analysis toolkit and data processing management system has been constructed using ROOT and CouchDB. This system is well suited for experiments that acquire many computer files of raw data over the course of months or years, that are distributed to different computing centers and further reduced in size by several steps of data processing. Data handling for experiments searching for rare events extracted from digitized pulse traces typically fit this description. An implementation of this system has been constructed for the EDELWEISS-III experiment and is described here in some detail. This solution may also serve as a prototype system for the proposed EURECA experiment. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2012
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44. Explosive multifragmentation in theS32+27Al reaction at 37.5 MeV/nucleon

Author: E. Gerlic, María-Ester Brandan, A. Chabane, L. Vagneron, D. Heuer, M. Charvet, A.J. Cole, P. Désesquelles, D. Guinet, A. Demeyer, J.B. Viano, A. Giorni, Annick Lleres, M. Stern, Brigitte Cheynis, D. Benchekroun, and A. Menchaca-Rocha
Subjects: Nuclear reaction, Nuclear physics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Fragmentation (mass spectrometry), Explosive material, Scattering, Inelastic scattering, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, Nucleon, Deep inelastic scattering, Blast wave
Abstract: We describe an experimental study of the [sup 32]S+[sup 27]Al reaction at 37.5 MeV/nucleon carried out with the AMPHORA multidetector. A small fraction of events in which the total charge was detected and which are shown to originate mainly from central collisions have been isolated and compared with statistical decay model predictions. Dynamical properties provide strong evidence for a radial directed collective component (blast wave) in the fragment energies which dominates the interfragment Coulomb repulsion and the thermal motion.
Published: 1994
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45. Dark matter search in the EDELWEISS experiment

Author: M. Loidl, B. Chambon, L. Chabert, R. Bouvier, O. Martineau, G. Nollez, C. Goldbach, C. Riccio, P. Di Stefano, L. Mosca, P. Pari, L. Vagneron, N. Mirabolfathi, S. Hervé, D. Drain, M. Gros, S. Marnieros, X-F. Navick, A. de Lesquen, G. Chardin, L. Shoeffel, A. Broniatowski, M. De Jesus, M. Goyot, J. Gascon, J. P. Hadjout, A. Juillard, M. Caussignac, Alain Benoit, L. Dumoulin, G. Gerbier, M. Stern, P. Charvin, M. Chapellier, M. Martin, H. Rodenas, L. Bergé, and J. Mallet
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, EDELWEISS, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Particle detector, Particle identification, Galactic halo, Nuclear physics, Ionization, Weakly interacting massive particles, Background radiation
Abstract: The status of the EDELWEISS Dark Matter Search Experiment is presented. In this experiment, nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo are identified in low-temperature Ge detectors where the ratio of the heat and ionization signals provides an event-by-event discrimination of nuclear recoils from the dominant background from γ-ray interactions. Results obtained in the low-background environment of the Modane Underground Laboratory (LSM) with 320 g detectors are presented: in the first 2000 run, no nuclear events are observed in the fiducial volume in the 30–200 keV energy range in an effective exposure of 4.5 kg.day leading to the exclusion of the upper part of the DAMA region and of its central value. The present 2002 setup with three bolometers is described and improved calibration performances are presented. Prospects for the second stage of the experiment, EDELWEISS-II, using an innovative reversed cryostat allowing data taking with 120 detectors, and recent results of the R and D, are also briefly described.
Published: 2002
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46. An ebCMOS camera system for marine bioluminescence observation: The LuSEApher prototype

Author: D. Chaize, Jürgen Brunner, Agnes Dominjon, L. Vagneron, Eric Chabanat, M. Billault, P. Calabria, M. Ageron, Cyrille Guerin, T. Cajgfinger, J. Houles, Remi Barbier, Q.T. Doan, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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 de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and 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)
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, ebCMOS, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Interface (computing), Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, Photon counting, [INFO.INFO-TS]Computer Science [cs]/Signal and Image Processing, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, 14. Life underwater, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Remote sensing, Bioluminescence decay, Tracking, CMOS, Window (computing), Frame rate, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Deep sea observation, 13. Climate action, Environmental science, Noise (video), Single photon, Bioluminescence, Low light level imaging, Sensitivity (electronics), [SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing
Abstract: The ebCMOS camera, called LuSEApher, is a marine bioluminescence recorder device adapted to extreme low light level. This prototype is based on the skeleton of the LUSIPHER camera system originally developed for fluorescence imaging. It has been installed at 2500 m depth off the Mediterranean shore on the site of the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The LuSEApher camera is mounted on the Instrumented Interface Module connected to the ANTARES network for environmental science purposes (European Seas Observatory Network). The LuSEApher is a self-triggered photo detection system with photon counting ability. The presentation of the device is given and its performances such as the single photon reconstruction, noise performances and trigger strategy are presented. The first recorded movies of bioluminescence are analyzed. To our knowledge, those types of events have never been obtained with such a sensitivity and such a frame rate. We believe that this camera concept could open a new window on bioluminescence studies in the deep sea.
Published: 2011
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47. Combined limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS experiments

Author: Jeffrey P. Filippini, S. Henry, K. Eitel, Tarek Saab, P. Pari, M. R. Dragowsky, S. Hervé, E. Olivieri, N. Mirabolfathi, Steven W. Leman, P. Cushman, S. V. Rozov, M. A. Verdier, L. Bergé, R. W. Schnee, Martin E. Huber, Kevin A. McCarthy, D. O. Caldwell, F. DeJongh, A. S. Torrento-Coello, J. Hall, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, S. Arrenberg, Laura Baudis, D. Balakishiyeva, S. Fallows, Alain Benoit, P. Coulter, Y. Ricci, P. Wikus, G. Chardin, X. Defay, S. J. Yellin, R. Bunker, J. Domange, Miguel Daal, O. Kamaev, D. A. Bauer, B. Paul, A. Broniatowski, H. N. Nelson, A. Reisetter, Blas Cabrera, Cristián Martínez, S. Liu, P. L. Brink, H. Kluck, B. Censier, Z. Ahmed, W. Rau, M. Kos, V. A. Kudryavtsev, S. Scorza, J. Gascon, S. A. Hertel, G. A. Cox, Bernard Sadoulet, D. Filosofov, Y. Dolgorouki, P. Di Stefano, T. Bruch, Bruno Serfass, J. Gironnet, D. N. Seitz, P. Nadeau, E. Armengaud, R. J. Walker, L. Pattavina, R. Hennings-Yeomans, H. Kraus, M. Tarka, Max Robinson, C. Augier, M. Kiveni, M. Gros, P. Loaiza, F. Charlieux, X. Qiu, A. Phipps, R. W. Ogburn, Sunil Golwala, X. F. Navick, C. N. Bailey, M. De Jesus, D. S. Akerib, J. Fox, J. Blümer, E. Yakushev, A. Juillard, M. Pyle, L. Hsu, Jie Zhang, V. Kozlov, Jodi Cooley, Matthew Fritts, Vuk Mandic, B. Schmidt, V.B. Brudanin, M. Chapellier, L. Vagneron, N. Fourches, S. Marnieros, J. Yoo, David Moore, R. Mahapatra, Donald J. Holmgren, J. Sander, C. Nones, Betty A. Young, K. M. Sundqvist, G. Gerbier, V. Sanglard, S. Semikh, L. Dumoulin, Ahmed, Z, Akerib, D, Armengaud, E, Arrenberg, S, Augier, C, Bailey, C, Balakishiyeva, D, Baudis, L, Bauer, D, Benoit, A, Berge, L, Bluemer, J, Brink, P, Broniatowski, A, Bruch, T, Brudanin, V, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, D, Censier, B, Chapellier, M, Chardin, G, Charlieux, F, Cooley, J, Coulter, P, Cox, G, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Defay, X, De Jesus, M, Dejongh, F, Di Stefano, P, Dolgorouki, Y, Domange, J, Dumoulin, L, Dragowsky, M, Eitel, K, Fallows, S, Figueroa Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Filosofov, D, Fourches, N, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Gascon, J, Gerbier, G, Gironnet, J, Golwala, S, Gros, M, Hall, J, Hennings Yeomans, R, Henry, S, Hertel, S, Herve, S, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, M, Juillard, A, Kamaev, O, Kiveni, M, Kluck, H, Kos, M, Kozlov, V, Kraus, H, Kudryavtsev, V, Leman, S, Liu, S, Loaiza, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Marnieros, S, Martinez, C, Mccarthy, K, Mirabolfathi, N, Moore, D, Nadeau, P, Navick, X, Nelson, H, Nones, C, Ogburn, R, Olivieri, E, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Phipps, A, Pyle, M, Qiu, X, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Robinson, M, Rozov, S, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Sanglard, V, Schmidt, B, Schnee, R, Scorza, S, Seitz, D, Semikh, S, Serfass, B, Sundqvist, K, Tarka, M, Torrento Coello, A, Vagneron, L, Verdier, M, Walker, R, Wikus, P, Yakushev, E, Yellin, S, Yoo, J, Young, B, Zhang, J, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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 de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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, Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), EDELWEISS, 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), 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 National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark Matter, bolometers, germanium detectors, Dark matter, Massive particle, FOS: Physical sciences, Elementary particle, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, EDELWEISS, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), WIMP, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], 010306 general physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Fermion, Baryon, Weakly interacting massive particles, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The CDMS and EDELWEISS collaborations have combined the results of their direct searches for dark matter using cryogenic germanium detectors. The total data set represents 614 kg.d equivalent exposure. A straightforward method of combination was chosen for its simplicity before data were exchanged between experiments. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section. For a WIMP mass of 90 GeV/c^2, where this analysis is most sensitive, a cross-section of 3.3 x 10^{-44} cm^2 is excluded at 90% CL. At higher WIMP masses, the combination improves the individual limits, by a factor 1.6 above 700 GeV/c^2. Alternative methods of combining the data provide stronger constraints for some ranges of WIMP masses and weaker constraints for others., Events, efficiencies, and main limit are available in text format (see README.txt)
Published: 2011
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48. A detection system to measure muon-induced neutrons for direct Dark Matter searches

Author: M. Chapellier, R. Lemrani, H. Kluck, O. Besida, Angélique Benoit, E. Armengaud, P. Loaiza, G. Chardin, X-F. Navick, A. Chantelauze, A.S. Torrentó-Coello, K. Eitel, G. Gerbier, E. Yakushev, L. Vagneron, J. Gascon, X. Defay, Laurent Bergé, S. V. Rozov, M. A. Verdier, Y. Dolgorouki, S. Marnieros, B. Paul, E. Olivieri, A. Broniatowski, M. Hannawald, M. Gros, S. Semikh, A. Lubashevskiy, L. Dumoulin, P. Di Stefano, M. De Jesus, S. Hervé, V.Yu. Kozlov, Sophie Collin, J. Blümer, S. Scorza, V. Sanglard, V. B. Brudanin, C. Augier, A. Juillard, P. Pari, J. Domange, F. Charlieux, Institut für Kernphysik, Institut fur Kernphysik, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale (IMRB), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-IFR10, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik [Karlsruhe] (EKP), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), CEA-CNRS, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR10-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), 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 Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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), HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications, Institut Néel (NEEL), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (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), Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM - UMR 6417), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut Rayonnement Matière de Saclay (IRAMIS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-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), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (HELFA), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), 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 National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Hélium : du fondamental aux applications (NEEL - HELFA), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Service de physique de l'état condensé (SPEC - UMR3680), and Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Particle physics, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Muon-induced neutrons, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, [SDU.ASTR.CO]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, EDELWEISS, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, Nuclear physics, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Coincident, 0103 physical sciences, Neutron detection, Neutron, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, Muon, Underground physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3. Good health, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Scintillation counter, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Neutron background
Abstract: Muon-induced neutrons constitute a prominent background component in a number of low count rate experiments, namely direct searches for Dark Matter. In this work we describe a neutron detector to measure this background in an underground laboratory, the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. The system is based on 1 m3 of Gd-loaded scintillator and it is linked with the muon veto of the EDELWEISS-II experiment for coincident muon detection. The system was installed in autumn 2008 and passed since then a number of commissioning tests proving its full functionality. The data-taking is continuously ongoing and a count rate of the order of 1 muon-induced neutron per day has been achieved., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics; 14 pages, 10 figures
Published: 2010
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49. Mechanisms of non-equilibrium light-particle emission in 32S + Ag reactions at 30 A · MeV

Author: G. Nebbia, C. Morand, C. Ngô, D. Heuer, M. Ribrag, K. Hagel, A. Giorni, C. Mazur, D. Guinet, D. Fabris, K. Zaid, M. Gonin, D. Drain, R. Lucas, Brigitte Cheynis, S. Leray, R. Billerey, J. B. Natowitz, B. Viano, L. Vagneron, Y. Lou, R. Wada, C. Pastor, D. Utley, E. Tomasi, M. Gui, A. Demeyer, and J. Alarja
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear reaction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, media_common.quotation_subject, Light particle, Charge (physics), Asymmetry, Coincidence, Charged particle, Spectral line, Atomic physics, Nuclear Experiment, media_common
Abstract: Energy spectra of light charged particles (Z = 1,2) observed at θLP = 5°−150° in coincidence with fragments of Z = 5–14 at θF = ±9° are examined. The fragment-energy spectra show two components, one with a projectile-like velocity and another with a much lower velocity. Light particles in coincidence with fragments of projectile-like velocity show a very strong left-right asymmetry in the forward hemisphere. At very forward angles the asymmetry is essentially dominated by a recoil effect of the ejectile emitted from the fragment. The asymmetry at intermediate angles (27°⩽ θ ⩽ 60°) shows a strong dependence on the charge of the fragments and the asymmetry is similar among those for the composite particles, whereas the asymmetry is much smaller for protons. Light particles in coincidence with the lower-energy component of the fragment spectra show much less asymmetry. For such fragments α-particle energy spectra are reproduced without an intermediate-velocity source of high apparent temperature, whereas this high temperature source is needed for the proton spectra. These facts may indicate that the dominant emission mechanism of the intermediate-velocity protons and α-particles is different. Possible mechanisms for the production of these particles are discussed.
Published: 1992
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50. Full Inter-Digitized Detectors For The EDELWEISS-II Dark Matter Search

Author: S. Marnieros, E. Armengaud, C. Augier, L. Bergé, A. Benoit, O. Besida, J. Blümer, A. Broniatowski, A. Chantelauze, M. Chapellier, G. Chardin, F. Charlieux, S. Collin, O. Crauste, X. Defay, M. De Jesus, P. Di Stefano, Y. Dolgorouki, J. Domange, L. Dumoulin, K. Eitel, J. Gascon, G. Gerbier, M. Gros, M. Hannawald, S. Hervé, A. Juillard, H. Kluck, V. Kozlov, R. Lemrani, A. Lubashevskiy, C. Marrache, Y. Ricci, V. Sanglard, S. Scorza, S. Semikh, M-A. Verdier, L. Vagneron, E. Yakushev, Betty Young, Blas Cabrera, and Aaron Miller
Subjects: Physics, business.industry, Amplifier, Bolometer, Dark matter, Detector, JFET, EDELWEISS, Signal, law.invention, Optics, WIMP, law, Optoelectronics, business
Abstract: A new design for the Ge bolometers of the EDELWEISS project is described here, based on innovative interleaved charge collection electrodes with high background discrimination capabilities. The measured surface event rejection is compatible with WIMP sensitivity levels down to 10−9 picobarn (pb). Use of interleaved electrodes on the overall surface of the Ge crystal, including its lateral surface, results to a high fiducial volume of the order of 80%. Electronic setup is fairly simple with a total of five JFET based read‐out amplifiers, one for the NTD‐Ge heat channel and four for the ionization signal. Fabrication process is quite simple and the design is easily scalable to higher mass bolometers (1 kg Ge crystal), making it very appealing for the future 1 ton scale EUREKA Dark Matter experiment.
Published: 2009
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