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1. Primary calibration of photodiodes with monochromatic X‐ray beams using an electrical‐substitution radiometer.

Author

Elvira, Víctor H., Lépy, Marie‐Christine, and Ménesguen, Yves

Subjects
*PHOTODIODES, *SEMICONDUCTOR detectors, *PHOTON flux, *CALIBRATION, *SILICON detectors
Abstract

The electrical‐substitution cryogenic detector BOLometer for Use in the range of X‐rays (BOLUX), which was developed some years ago at CEA/DAM, has been set up and restarted now at LNHB. It has been used for the primary measurement of the intensity (total energy per unit time) of monochromatic synchrotron beams in the energy range from 3 to 30 keV. These well‐determined photon beams have been employed for the efficiency calibration of two photodiodes in terms of current induced per unit optical power at different photon energies. In a final step, we explored the possibility to use these primary‐calibrated photodiodes to determine the efficiency curve of an energy‐dispersive spectrometer based on a semiconductor detector (Silicon Drift Detector) using less intense monochromatic photon fluxes. The characteristics of the radiometer BOLUX and its principle of operation are described, and the measurements carried out at the synchrotron beamline are presented, including the determination of the beams' intensities, the direct calibration of photodiodes with respect to BOLUX and the use of one of those photodiodes as a standard transfer for the calibration of the SDD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. Li 2 100depl MoO 4 Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments.

Author

Bandac, Iulian C., Barabash, Alexander S., Bergé, Laurent, Borovlev, Yury A., Calvo-Mozota, José Maria, Carniti, Paolo, Chapellier, Maurice, Dafinei, Ioan, Danevich, Fedor A., Dumoulin, Louis, Ferri, Federico, Giuliani, Andrea, Gotti, Claudio, Gras, Philippe, Grigorieva, Veronika D., Ianni, Aldo, Khalife, Hawraa, Kobychev, Vladislav V., Konovalov, Sergey I., and Loaiza, Pia

Subjects
*BOLOMETERS, *MOLYBDENUM, *LITHIUM, *RADIOCHEMICAL purification, *SCINTILLATORS, *DETECTORS
Abstract

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals that contain molybdenum that has depleted into the double- β active isotope 100 Mo (Li 2 100 depl MoO 4 ). We used two Li 2 100 depl MoO 4 cubic samples, each of which consisted of 45-millimeter sides and had a mass of 0.28 kg; these samples were produced following the purification and crystallization protocols developed for double- β search experiments with 100 Mo-enriched Li 2 MoO 4 crystals. Bolometric Ge detectors were utilized to register the scintillation photons that were emitted by the Li 2 100 depl MoO 4 crystal scintillators. The measurements were performed in the CROSS cryogenic set-up at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spain). We observed that the Li 2 100 depl MoO 4 scintillating bolometers were characterized by an excellent spectrometric performance (∼3–6 keV of FWHM at 0.24–2.6 MeV γ s), moderate scintillation signal (∼0.3–0.6 keV/MeV scintillation-to-heat energy ratio, depending on the light collection conditions), and high radiopurity ( 228 Th and 226 Ra activities are below a few µBq/kg), which is comparable with the best reported results of low-temperature detectors that are based on Li 2 MoO 4 using natural or 100 Mo-enriched molybdenum content. The prospects of Li 2 100 depl MoO 4 bolometers for use in rare-event search experiments are briefly discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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3. Cryogenic characterization of Hamamatsu HWB MPPCs for the DUNE photon detection system

Author

Andreotti, M, Bertolucci, S, Branca, A, Brizzolari, C, Brunetti, G, Calabrese, R, Carniti, P, Casazza, D, Cattadori, C, Calvo, E, Cervera, A, Chiozzi, S, Cicero, V, Cotta Ramusino, A, Cristaldo Morales, E, Cuesta, C, D'Amico, R, De la Torre, A, Delgado Gonzalez, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Dyshkant, A, Eads, M, Falcone, A, Fialova, E, Filip, P, Fiorillo, G, Fiorini, M, Francis, K, Galizzi, F, Gallice, N, Garcia-Gamez, D, García-Peris, M, Giammaria, T, Gil-Botella, I, Giugliano, C, Gotti, C, Guarise, M, Guffanti, D, Kovalcuk, M, Lax, I, Lazzaroni, M, Lokajicek, M, Luppi, E, Manthey, S, Martin-Albo, J, Mauri, N, Meazza, L, Minotti, A, Moggi, N, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Neri, I, Nicolas-Arnaldos, F, Palomares, C, Pasqualini, L, Patrizii, L, Pérez-Molina, L, Pessina, G, Pia, V, Poppi, F, Pozzato, M, Querol, M, Rocabado, J, Saadana, A, Sala, P, Sanchez-Castillo, A, Sanchez-Lucas, P, Schifano, F, Sirri, G, Smolik, J, Spanu, M, Terranova, F, Tenti, M, Tomassetti, L, Torti, M, Tosi, N, Verdugo de Osa, A, Vieira de Souza, H, Zalesak, J, Zamorano, B, Zani, A, Zucchelli, S, Zuklin, J, Zutshi, V, Andreotti, M., Bertolucci, S., Branca, A., Brizzolari, C., Brunetti, G., Calabrese, R., Carniti, P., Casazza, D., Cattadori, C., Calvo, E., Cervera, A., Chiozzi, S., Cicero, V., Cotta Ramusino, A., Cristaldo Morales, E., Cuesta, C., D'Amico, R., De la Torre, A., Delgado Gonzalez, M., Di Capua, F., Di Ferdinando, D., Dyshkant, A., Eads, M., Falcone, A., Fialova, E., Filip, P., Fiorillo, G., Fiorini, M., Francis, K., Galizzi, F., Gallice, N., Garcia-Gamez, D., García-Peris, M. Á., Giammaria, T., Gil-Botella, I., Giugliano, C., Gotti, C., Guarise, M., Guffanti, D., Kovalcuk, M., Lax, I., Lazzaroni, M., Lokajicek, M., Luppi, E., Manthey, S., Martin-Albo, J., Mauri, N., Meazza, L., Minotti, A., Moggi, N., Montagna, E., Montanari, A., Neri, I., Nicolas-Arnaldos, F. J., Palomares, C., Pasqualini, L., Patrizii, L., Pérez-Molina, L., Pessina, G., Pia, V., Poppi, F., Pozzato, M., Querol, M., Rocabado, J., Saadana, A., Sala, P., Sanchez-Castillo, A., Sanchez-Lucas, P., Schifano, F. S., Sirri, G., Smolik, J., Spanu, M., Terranova, F., Tenti, M., Tomassetti, L., Torti, M., Tosi, N., Verdugo de Osa, A., Vieira de Souza, H., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zani, A., Zucchelli, S., Zuklin, J., Zutshi, V., Andreotti, M, Bertolucci, S, Branca, A, Brizzolari, C, Brunetti, G, Calabrese, R, Carniti, P, Casazza, D, Cattadori, C, Calvo, E, Cervera, A, Chiozzi, S, Cicero, V, Cotta Ramusino, A, Cristaldo Morales, E, Cuesta, C, D'Amico, R, De la Torre, A, Delgado Gonzalez, M, Di Capua, F, Di Ferdinando, D, Dyshkant, A, Eads, M, Falcone, A, Fialova, E, Filip, P, Fiorillo, G, Fiorini, M, Francis, K, Galizzi, F, Gallice, N, Garcia-Gamez, D, García-Peris, M, Giammaria, T, Gil-Botella, I, Giugliano, C, Gotti, C, Guarise, M, Guffanti, D, Kovalcuk, M, Lax, I, Lazzaroni, M, Lokajicek, M, Luppi, E, Manthey, S, Martin-Albo, J, Mauri, N, Meazza, L, Minotti, A, Moggi, N, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Neri, I, Nicolas-Arnaldos, F, Palomares, C, Pasqualini, L, Patrizii, L, Pérez-Molina, L, Pessina, G, Pia, V, Poppi, F, Pozzato, M, Querol, M, Rocabado, J, Saadana, A, Sala, P, Sanchez-Castillo, A, Sanchez-Lucas, P, Schifano, F, Sirri, G, Smolik, J, Spanu, M, Terranova, F, Tenti, M, Tomassetti, L, Torti, M, Tosi, N, Verdugo de Osa, A, Vieira de Souza, H, Zalesak, J, Zamorano, B, Zani, A, Zucchelli, S, Zuklin, J, Zutshi, V, Andreotti, M., Bertolucci, S., Branca, A., Brizzolari, C., Brunetti, G., Calabrese, R., Carniti, P., Casazza, D., Cattadori, C., Calvo, E., Cervera, A., Chiozzi, S., Cicero, V., Cotta Ramusino, A., Cristaldo Morales, E., Cuesta, C., D'Amico, R., De la Torre, A., Delgado Gonzalez, M., Di Capua, F., Di Ferdinando, D., Dyshkant, A., Eads, M., Falcone, A., Fialova, E., Filip, P., Fiorillo, G., Fiorini, M., Francis, K., Galizzi, F., Gallice, N., Garcia-Gamez, D., García-Peris, M. Á., Giammaria, T., Gil-Botella, I., Giugliano, C., Gotti, C., Guarise, M., Guffanti, D., Kovalcuk, M., Lax, I., Lazzaroni, M., Lokajicek, M., Luppi, E., Manthey, S., Martin-Albo, J., Mauri, N., Meazza, L., Minotti, A., Moggi, N., Montagna, E., Montanari, A., Neri, I., Nicolas-Arnaldos, F. J., Palomares, C., Pasqualini, L., Patrizii, L., Pérez-Molina, L., Pessina, G., Pia, V., Poppi, F., Pozzato, M., Querol, M., Rocabado, J., Saadana, A., Sala, P., Sanchez-Castillo, A., Sanchez-Lucas, P., Schifano, F. S., Sirri, G., Smolik, J., Spanu, M., Terranova, F., Tenti, M., Tomassetti, L., Torti, M., Tosi, N., Verdugo de Osa, A., Vieira de Souza, H., Zalesak, J., Zamorano, B., Zani, A., Zucchelli, S., Zuklin, J., and Zutshi, V.

Abstract

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next generation experiment aimed to study neutrino oscillation. Its long-baseline configuration will exploit a Near Detector (ND) and a Far Detector (FD) located at a distance of ∼1300 km. The FD will consist of four Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) modules. A Photon Detection System (PDS) will be used to detect the scintillation light produced inside the detector after neutrino interactions. The PDS will be based on light collectors coupled to Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs). Different photosensor technologies have been proposed and produced in order to identify the best samples to fullfill the experiment requirements. In this paper, we present the procedure and results of a validation campaign for the Hole Wire Bonding (HWB) MPPCs samples produced by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (HPK) for the DUNE experiment, referring to them as `SiPMs'. The protocol for a characterization at cryogenic temperature (77 K) is reported. We present the down-selection criteria and the results obtained during the selection campaign undertaken, along with a study of the main sources of noise of the SiPMs including the investigation of a newly observed phenomenon in this field.

Published
2024

4. Li2100deplMoO4 Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments

Author

Iulian C. Bandac, Alexander S. Barabash, Laurent Bergé, Yury A. Borovlev, José Maria Calvo-Mozota, Paolo Carniti, Maurice Chapellier, Ioan Dafinei, Fedor A. Danevich, Louis Dumoulin, Federico Ferri, Andrea Giuliani, Claudio Gotti, Philippe Gras, Veronika D. Grigorieva, Aldo Ianni, Hawraa Khalife, Vladislav V. Kobychev, Sergey I. Konovalov, Pia Loaiza, Madhujith Madhukuttan, Evgeny P. Makarov, Pierre de Marcillac, Stefanos Marnieros, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Maria Martinez, Claudia Nones, Emiliano Olivieri, Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano, Gianluigi Pessina, Denys V. Poda, Thierry Redon, Jean-Antoine Scarpaci, Vladimir N. Shlegel, Volodymyr I. Tretyak, Vladimir I. Umatov, Mykola M. Zarytskyy, and Anastasiia Zolotarova

Subjects
cryogenic detector, bolometer, crystal scintillator, lithium molybdate, molybdenum depleted in 100Mo, rare events, Chemical technology, TP1-1185
Abstract

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals that contain molybdenum that has depleted into the double-β active isotope 100Mo (Li2100deplMoO4). We used two Li2100deplMoO4 cubic samples, each of which consisted of 45-millimeter sides and had a mass of 0.28 kg; these samples were produced following the purification and crystallization protocols developed for double-β search experiments with 100Mo-enriched Li2MoO4 crystals. Bolometric Ge detectors were utilized to register the scintillation photons that were emitted by the Li2100deplMoO4 crystal scintillators. The measurements were performed in the CROSS cryogenic set-up at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spain). We observed that the Li2100deplMoO4 scintillating bolometers were characterized by an excellent spectrometric performance (∼3–6 keV of FWHM at 0.24–2.6 MeV γs), moderate scintillation signal (∼0.3–0.6 keV/MeV scintillation-to-heat energy ratio, depending on the light collection conditions), and high radiopurity (228Th and 226Ra activities are below a few µBq/kg), which is comparable with the best reported results of low-temperature detectors that are based on Li2MoO4 using natural or 100Mo-enriched molybdenum content. The prospects of Li2100deplMoO4 bolometers for use in rare-event search experiments are briefly discussed.

Published
2023
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5. A novel phonon-scintillation cryogenic detector and cabling solution for dark matter direct detection

Author

Zhang, Xiaohe and Kraus, Hans

Subjects
539.7, Physics, Particle physics, Dark matter, Cryogenic detector, Cabling
Abstract

The EDELWEISS experiment is one of the dark matter direct detection experiments. It aims to detect WIMP interactions using an array of cryogenic germanium detectors. In the previous EDELWEISS-II phase, the cables and connectors used have been identified as a major source of neutron background in the experiment, which means that further effort aimed at better WIMP-nucleon interaction detection sensitivity requires a new, different cold cabling solution connecting the detectors to the front-end electronics. Motivated by this, a new two-section cold cabling system based on semi-flexible laminated copper and stainless steel cables has been developed for the EDELWEISS- III phase at Oxford. Batches of prototypes have been tested first in a cryostat at Oxford as part of a phonon-scintillation detector module, and then at the LSM underground laboratory in several EDELWEISS-III commissioning runs. Following that, a final set of cabling has been produced and installed in the EDELWEISS-III setup, which is currently conducting a science run aiming to improve its sensitivity reach compared to the previous results. This new cold cabling system has shown similar electrical performance as the previous coaxial cabling when comparing different cold cabling configurations in a commissioning run at LSM. Also, its background contribution is within the EDELWEISS-III requirements, according to radioactivity level tests and Monte Carlo simulations. In addition, the assembled connectors have allowed hundreds of signal tracks to be installed within a few days and the low material and space budget has made the cables compatible with the compact cryostat design. Besides reading out detectors for dark matter detection, prototypes of this cabling solution for a wider application range have also been produced at Oxford. The next generation dark matter direct detection experiments aim to achieve detection sensitivity better by a few orders of magnitude. This requires a target mass at tonne-scale, which converts to thousands of cryogenic detectors. Cryogenic phonon-scintillation detectors used in current dark matter searches can provide excellent performance but they usually require individual tuning and attention, making operation in large-scale experiments difficult. It is also technically challenging to stably produce such detectors in large quantity. Therefore, a scalable, robust novel detector concept for cryogenic phonon- scintillation detectors to be used in future rare event search experiments has been developed in this work. This detector module consists of a phonon detector based on a CaMoO4 scintillating crystal as the target with an attached NTD-Ge sensor as the thermometer, and a light detector based on a low-temperature PMT. To provide the high voltage necessary for PMT operation while ensuring the detector module can be cooled down and that the performance of the phonon detector is unaffected, a high voltage supply system based on a Cockcroft-Walton generator (CWG), a transformer and a small AC input has been designed and tested in the cryostat. The laminated cabling system is chosen for reading out the phonon channel and connecting the CWG and the PMT. A test run has demonstrated that, the high voltage can be provided to the PMT without causing a problem to the detector operation, and it is feasible to operate the low-temperature PMT at a temperature as low as 17 mK. Testing with a cobalt-57 gamma source, the phonon detector and the light detector have achieved resolutions of 1.07 keV and 34.2 keV for the 122.06 keV peak respectively. This is close to the performance of detectors used in the current dark matter direct searches, proving this detector concept can be applied to future large-scale dark matter direct detection experiments and other rare event searches. Using the light channel in this detector setup, the scintillation properties of CaMoO4 has been studied. In this work, the experimental data of its scintillation decay time constant has been extended from the previous 7 K to milli-Kelvin temperatures. The data are interpreted using a three-level model, confirming the existence of a metastable emission level in CaMoO4, and giving various parameters of its emission centre. This suggests that the work related to producing a high voltage supply and demonstrating the excellent performance of a low-temperature PMT could also be attractive to scintillator studies at cryogenic temperatures.

Published
2015

6. A cryogenic scintillation UCN detector for a neutron EDM experiment

Author

Lynch, Alice A. and Henry, Samuel

Subjects
539.7, Cryogenic engineering, Sensors, cryogenic detector, neutron detector, scintillator, plastic scintillator, particle physics, ultra cold neutrons, neutron electric dipole moment, nEDM, cryoEDM, crygogenic phonon scintillation detector, low temperature physics
Abstract

The observed imbalance of matter and anti-matter in the universe is one of physics' most fundamental unresolved questions. The leading theories to explain this imbalance require CP violation, and the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) is a sensitive parameter in its determination. Many new theories of physics beyond the standard model can be constrained or ruled-out by setting limits on the nEDM. Many next generation nEDM experiments require Ultra Cold Neutrons (UCN), produced in superfluid helium. One such experiment is cryoEDM. This thesis explores various types of UCN detection technologies applicable to cryoEDM or any high-density high-efficiency cryogenic nEDM experiment. Cryogenic Phonon Scintillation detectors (CPSD) are modified for this application by operating at 500 mK, and by using a titanium transition edge sensor for phonon signal readout. A CPSD is stabilised in the transition using a novel infra-red light feedback system which reduced the response time to O(100 μs). The detector is characterised and calibrated using an 241Am α source. It was found to operate reliably at this elevated temperature and measure an alpha spectrum with 11% resolution at 5.5 MeV. Scintillators are identified as a promising technology for UCN detection at low temperature. Suitable materials that are bright with fast decay times and low γ sensitivity are studied in the temperature range 300 - 6 K. Their light yield to alpha excitation, their decay time characteristics and spectroscopic properties under VUV excitation are investigated. This study includes the first comprehensive investigation of the luminescence properties of plastic scintillators and of 6LiF/ZnS(Ag) down to 6 K. It is found that there is no degradation of the luminescence or kinetic properties of these materials across the whole temperature range, revealing them as suitable cryogenic detector materials. Using a plastic scintillator, a prototype UCN detector for operation in liquid helium is designed, manufactured and tested. It is read out using WLS optical fibres to a room temperature photomultiplier. The detector is successfully tested with cold neutrons at the ISIS neutron science facility and found to effectively measure neutrons, with a signal that is clear from background. Recommendations are made for its integration into a cryogenic neutron EDM experiment. This low-cost detector offers a promising method for the passive detection of UCN in a challenging cryogenic environment, with minimal electric interference and low background sensitivity. This technology offers the potential for improved UCN detection efficiency and thus improved sensitivity of the measurement of the neutron EDM.

Published
2014

7. Development of Cryogenic Detectors for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches with CUORE and CUPID.

Author

Beretta, Mattia, Pagnanini, Lorenzo, and Sacchi, Roberto

Subjects
NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, DETECTORS, LEPTON number, MAJORANA fermions
Abstract

Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay is a top priority in particle and astroparticle physics, being the most sensitive test of lepton number violation and the only suitable process to probe the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In order to increase the experimental sensitivity for this particular search, ton-scale detectors operated at nearly zero-background conditions with a low keV energy resolution at the expected signal peak are required. In this scenario, cryogenic detectors have been proven effective in addressing many of these issues simultaneously. After long technical developments, the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment established the possibility to operate large-scale detectors based on this technology. Parallel studies pointed out that scintillating cryogenic detectors represent a suitable upgrade for the CUORE design, directed towards higher sensitivities. In this work, we review the recent development of cryogenic detectors, starting from the state-of-the-art and outlying the path toward next-generation experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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8. Cryogenic Light Detectors for Background Suppression: The CALDER Project.

Author

Casali, N., Bellenghi, C., Calvo, M., Cardani, L., Castellano, G., Colantoni, I., Cosmelli, C., Cruciani, A., Di Domizio, S., Goupy, J., Martinez, M., Monfardini, A., Pettinari, G., le Sueur, H., and Vignati, M.

Subjects
*NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, *PHOTODETECTORS
Abstract

The CALDER project aims to realize cryogenic light detectors for the next generation of experiments searching for rare events. More in detail, the main application of these devices will be the background suppression in future cryogenic calorimetric experiments searching for neutrinoless double beta decay ( 0 ν DBD). This is the case of CUPID, a next-generation 0 ν DBD observatory, able to take advantage from particle identification to dramatically reduce the background events. In this contribution, we show the status of the CALDER project. The light sensors developed in this R&D are based on kinetic inductance detector operated in the phonon-mediated approach. Their energy resolution (20 eV), time response (μ s) and multiplexing capability make them very promising for the future CUPID experiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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9. Operation of a Diamond Cryogenic Detector for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches.

Author

Canonica, L., Abdelhameed, A. H., Bauer, P., Bento, A., Bertoldo, E., Ferreiro Iachellini, N., Fuchs, D., Hauff, D., Mancuso, M., Petricca, F., Pröbst, F., and Rothe, J.

Subjects
*DARK matter, *MATERIALS at low temperatures, *PARTICLE physics, *NANODIAMONDS, *DETECTORS, *THRESHOLD energy
Abstract

Despite the multiple and convincing evidence of the existence of dark matter (DM) in our Universe, its detection is one of the most pressing questions in particle physics. As of today, there is no unambiguous hint which could clarify the particle nature of DM. For these reasons, a huge experimental effort is ongoing, trying to realize experiments which can probe the particle properties of DM. In particular, direct search experiments are trying to cover the largest possible mass range, from a few MeVs up to TeVs. Particularly suited for the sub-GeV mass region are detectors containing light nuclei, which are sensitive to the scattering of light DM candidates. Among them, we investigate a carbon-based absorber to explore DM masses down to the MeV region. Thanks to their cryogenic properties (high Debye temperature and long-lived phonon modes), carbon-based materials operated as low temperature calorimeters could reach an energy threshold in the eV range and would allow for the exploration of new parameters of the DM–nucleus cross section. Despite several proposals, the possibility of operating a carbon-based cryogenic detector is yet to be demonstrated. In this contribution, the preliminary results obtained with a diamond absorber operated with a TES temperature sensor will be reported. The potential of such a detector in the current landscape of DM searches will also be illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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10. NUCLEUS: Exploring Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with Cryogenic Detectors.

Author

Rothe, J., Angloher, G., Ardellier-Desages, F., Bento, A., Canonica, L., Erhart, A., Ferreiro, N., Friedl, M., Ghete, V. M., Hauff, D., Kluck, H., Lasserre, T., Lhuillier, D., Kinast, A., Mancuso, M., Rubiales, J. Molina, Mondragon-Cortes, E., Munch, G., Nones, C., and Oberauer, L.

Subjects
*NEUTRINO interactions, *COHERENT scattering, *NEUTRINOS, *DETECTORS, *NUCLEAR energy, *PARTICLE physics, *NEUTRINO detectors
Abstract

The NUCLEUS experiment aims for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at a nuclear power reactor with gram-scale, ultra-low-threshold cryogenic detectors. This technology leads to a miniaturization of neutrino detectors and allows to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. A 0.5 g NUCLEUS prototype detector, operated above ground in 2017, reached an energy threshold for nuclear recoils of below 20 eV. This sensitivity is achieved with tungsten transition edge sensors which are operating at temperatures of 15 mK and are mainly sensitive to non-thermal phonons. These small recoil energies become accessible for the first time with this technology, which allows collecting large-statistics neutrino event samples with a moderate detector mass. A first-phase cryogenic detector array with a total mass of 10 g enables a 5-sigma observation of coherent scattering within several weeks. We identified a suitable experimental site at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant and performed muon and neutron background measurements there. The operation of a NUCLEUS cryogenic detector array at such a site requires highly efficient background suppression. NUCLEUS plans to use an innovative technique consisting of separate cryogenic anticoincidence detectors against surface backgrounds and penetrating (gamma, neutron) radiation. We present first results from prototypes of these veto detectors and their operation in coincidence with a NUCLEUS target detector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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11. A 0.22 nV/Hz, 4.5 mW/channel cryogenic amplifier for large arrays of SiPMs in liquid Argon

Author

Carniti, P, Falcone, A, Gotti, C, Pessina, G, Terranova, F, Carniti P., Falcone A., Gotti C., Pessina G., Terranova F., Carniti, P, Falcone, A, Gotti, C, Pessina, G, Terranova, F, Carniti P., Falcone A., Gotti C., Pessina G., and Terranova F.

Abstract

Several detectors for the next generation of particle physics experiments will make use of silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) to detect scintillation photons in liquid Argon. Cryogenic operation reduces dark counts by orders of magnitude, and makes it possible to retain single photon sensitivity even if large arrays of SiPMs are readout by a single amplifier. The total capacitance of a SiPM array with a total area of tens of cm2 can range up to 200 nF. The series noise of the amplifier is the dominant factor that determines the signal to noise ratio of the readout chain. In this contribution, we present a cryogenic amplifier designed to operate in liquid Argon. The base version has a series white noise of 0.37 nV/Hz, while dissipating just 2.4 mW. Design variants have been also tested, which reduce noise to 0.22 nV/Hz, with a power consumption close to 4.5 mW. The amplifier base design and variants have been tested reading out SiPM arrays consisting of up to 96 6 × 6 mm2 SiPMs, for a total photosensitive area of 35 cm2, demonstrating good single photon sensitivity even at low over-voltage values.

Published
2023

12. Radionuclide-free efficiency calibration of an HPGe detector using monochromatic photon beams calibrated with a cryogenic radiometer.

Author

Elvira, Víctor H., Lépy, Marie-Christine, Ménesguen, Yves, and Melhem, Stéphanie

Subjects
*GERMANIUM radiation detectors, *PHOTON beams, *RADIOMETERS, *PHOTON emission, *CALIBRATION
Abstract

A cryogenic electrical-substitution radiometer was used for the primary calibration of monochromatic photon beams at synchrotron, which are in turn employed to determine the intrinsic efficiency of an HPGe detector between 3.5 keV and 8 keV. This allowed the determination of the thickness of the dead layer, which enabled the calculation of the efficiency up to 55 keV, where the active thickness is not determinant. The geometrical efficiency was determined through the measurement of a radioactive source at variable distances. • Detector efficiency calibration independent of radionuclide's emission intensities. • Primary measurement of photon beams with cryogenic radiometer. • Detector's intrinsic efficiency from the measurement of known photon fluxes. • Application to determination of photon emission intensities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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13. Li2100deplMoO4 Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments

Author

Zolotarova, Iulian C. Bandac, Alexander S. Barabash, Laurent Bergé, Yury A. Borovlev, José Maria Calvo-Mozota, Paolo Carniti, Maurice Chapellier, Ioan Dafinei, Fedor A. Danevich, Louis Dumoulin, Federico Ferri, Andrea Giuliani, Claudio Gotti, Philippe Gras, Veronika D. Grigorieva, Aldo Ianni, Hawraa Khalife, Vladislav V. Kobychev, Sergey I. Konovalov, Pia Loaiza, Madhujith Madhukuttan, Evgeny P. Makarov, Pierre de Marcillac, Stefanos Marnieros, Claire A. Marrache-Kikuchi, Maria Martinez, Claudia Nones, Emiliano Olivieri, Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano, Gianluigi Pessina, Denys V. Poda, Thierry Redon, Jean-Antoine Scarpaci, Vladimir N. Shlegel, Volodymyr I. Tretyak, Vladimir I. Umatov, Mykola M. Zarytskyy, and Anastasiia

Subjects
cryogenic detector, bolometer, crystal scintillator, lithium molybdate, molybdenum depleted in 100Mo, rare events
Abstract

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals that contain molybdenum that has depleted into the double-β active isotope 100Mo (Li2100deplMoO4). We used two Li2100deplMoO4 cubic samples, each of which consisted of 45-millimeter sides and had a mass of 0.28 kg; these samples were produced following the purification and crystallization protocols developed for double-β search experiments with 100Mo-enriched Li2MoO4 crystals. Bolometric Ge detectors were utilized to register the scintillation photons that were emitted by the Li2100deplMoO4 crystal scintillators. The measurements were performed in the CROSS cryogenic set-up at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spain). We observed that the Li2100deplMoO4 scintillating bolometers were characterized by an excellent spectrometric performance (∼3–6 keV of FWHM at 0.24–2.6 MeV γs), moderate scintillation signal (∼0.3–0.6 keV/MeV scintillation-to-heat energy ratio, depending on the light collection conditions), and high radiopurity (228Th and 226Ra activities are below a few µBq/kg), which is comparable with the best reported results of low-temperature detectors that are based on Li2MoO4 using natural or 100Mo-enriched molybdenum content. The prospects of Li2100deplMoO4 bolometers for use in rare-event search experiments are briefly discussed.

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2023
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14. Development of Cryogenic Detectors for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches with CUORE and CUPID

Author

Mattia Beretta and Lorenzo Pagnanini

Subjects
neutrinoless double beta decay, lepton number violation, rare event search, cryogenic detector, Technology, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999
Abstract

Searching for neutrinoless double beta decay is a top priority in particle and astroparticle physics, being the most sensitive test of lepton number violation and the only suitable process to probe the Majorana nature of neutrinos. In order to increase the experimental sensitivity for this particular search, ton-scale detectors operated at nearly zero-background conditions with a low keV energy resolution at the expected signal peak are required. In this scenario, cryogenic detectors have been proven effective in addressing many of these issues simultaneously. After long technical developments, the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment established the possibility to operate large-scale detectors based on this technology. Parallel studies pointed out that scintillating cryogenic detectors represent a suitable upgrade for the CUORE design, directed towards higher sensitivities. In this work, we review the recent development of cryogenic detectors, starting from the state-of-the-art and outlying the path toward next-generation experiments.

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2021
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15. Silicon PIN Diodes as Neganov-Trofimov-Luke Cryogenic Light Detectors.

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Defay, X., Mondragon, E., Lanfranchi, J.-C., Langenkämper, A., Münster, A., Potzel, W., Schönert, S., Wawoczny, S., and Willers, M.

Subjects
*PHOTODETECTORS, *PHOTODIODES, *ELECTRIC potential, *NANOPARTICLES, *THIN films
Abstract

Cryogenic rare event searches based on heat and light composite calorimeters have a common need for large area photon detectors with high quantum efficiency, good radiopurity and high sensitivity. By employing the Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect, the phonon signal of particle interactions in a semiconductor absorber operated at cryogenic temperatures can be amplified by drifting the photogenerated electrons and holes in an electric field. We present here the most recent results of a Neganov-Trofimov-Luke effect light detector with an electric field configuration optimized to improve the charge collection within the absorber. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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16. Optimizing Thermal Detectors for Low-Threshold Applications in Neutrino and Dark Matter Experiments.

Author

Bastidon, N., Billard, J., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Heine, S., Hong, Z., and Pinckney, H. D.

Subjects
*NEUTRINO mass, *DARK matter, *PHYSICS experiments, *SCATTERING (Physics), *MICROFABRICATION
Abstract

Nuclear recoil detectors with low energy thresholds of 10-100 eV have applications in both neutrino physics (e.g. coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and neutrinoless double beta decay) as well as for O(GeV)-mass dark matter searches. Cryogenic crystal detectors are well suited for these applications, although some require very large masses which can be achieved with arrays of these detectors. An optimization of a design focusing on ease of fabrication and mass production while retaining low energy thresholds is presented. This is achieved by decoupling the complex lithography of the thermal sensor from the large crystal absorber/target, while optimizing the thermal time constants to retain the lowest threshold possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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17. Resolve Instrument on X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM).

Author

Ishisaki, Y., Ezoe, Y., Yamada, S., Ichinohe, Y., Fujimoto, R., Takei, Y., Yasuda, S., Ishida, M., Yamasaki, N. Y., Maeda, Y., Tsujimoto, M., Iizuka, R., Koyama, S., Noda, H., Tamagawa, T., Sawada, M., Sato, K., Kitamoto, S., Hoshino, A., and Brown, G. V.

Subjects
*THERMISTORS, *CALORIMETERS, *X-ray astronomy, *CRYOGENICS, *X-ray spectroscopy, *PIXELS
Abstract

The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) is a recovery mission of ASTRO-H/Hitomi, which is expected to be launched in Japanese Fiscal Year of 2020 at the earliest. The Resolve instrument on XARM consists of an array of 6 × 6 silicon-thermistor microcalorimeters cooled down to 50 mK and a high-throughput X-ray mirror assembly with the focal length of 5.6 m. Hitomi was launched into orbit in February 2016 and observed several celestial objects, although the operation of Hitomi was terminated in April 2016. The soft X-ray spectrometer (SXS) on Hitomi demonstrated high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of ~ 5 eV FWHM in orbit for most of the pixels. The Resolve instrument is planned to mostly be a copy of the Hitomi SXS and soft X-ray telescope designs, though several changes are planned based on the lessons learned from Hitomi. We report a brief summary of the SXS performance and the status of the Resolve instrument. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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18. Characterization of Doped Silicon Thermometers for Very High Sensitivity Cryogenic Bolometers.

Author

Adami, Obaïd-Allah, Rodriguez, Louis, Reveret, Vincent, Aliane, Abdelkader, Poglitsch, Albrecht, Sauvageot, Jean-Luc, Bounissou, Sophie, Goudon, Valérie, and Dussopt, Laurent

Subjects
*ASTRONOMY, *SEMICONDUCTORS, *THERMOMETERS, *CRYOGENICS, *COMPUTER simulation
Abstract

Understanding the origin and early evolution of stars is one of the fundamental objectives of astronomy. This can be possible with observations made from space in the mid- to far-infrared and millimeter-wave part of the spectrum which require detectors with very high sensitivity. In the framework of the SPICA project and the course of developing cooled semiconductor bolometers for sub-millimeter-wave detection, typically 100 μm ≤ λ ≤ 1.5 mm, we have investigated several thermometers based on doped silicon Si:P,B. We observed an important dependence of the Si:P,B resistance to the doping densities and found potential thermometers for cryogenic detections at very low temperatures (50 mK < T < 100 mK). In addition, numerical simulations allowed us to study the thermoelectrical behavior of the potential detectors and predict a clear enhancement of the detector performances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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19. A 0.22 nV/Hz, 4.5 mW/channel cryogenic amplifier for large arrays of SiPMs in liquid Argon

Author

Carniti P., Falcone A., Gotti C., Pessina G., Terranova F., Carniti, P, Falcone, A, Gotti, C, Pessina, G, and Terranova, F

Subjects
Cryogenic detector, Cryogenic amplifier, SiPM sensor
Abstract

Several detectors for the next generation of particle physics experiments will make use of silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs) to detect scintillation photons in liquid Argon. Cryogenic operation reduces dark counts by orders of magnitude, and makes it possible to retain single photon sensitivity even if large arrays of SiPMs are readout by a single amplifier. The total capacitance of a SiPM array with a total area of tens of cm2 can range up to 200 nF. The series noise of the amplifier is the dominant factor that determines the signal to noise ratio of the readout chain. In this contribution, we present a cryogenic amplifier designed to operate in liquid Argon. The base version has a series white noise of 0.37 nV/Hz, while dissipating just 2.4 mW. Design variants have been also tested, which reduce noise to 0.22 nV/Hz, with a power consumption close to 4.5 mW. The amplifier base design and variants have been tested reading out SiPM arrays consisting of up to 96 6 × 6 mm2 SiPMs, for a total photosensitive area of 35 cm2, demonstrating good single photon sensitivity even at low over-voltage values.

Published
2023

20. Primary calibration of photodiodes with monochromatic X‐ray beams using an electrical‐substitution radiometer

Author

Víctor H. Elvira, Marie‐Christine Lépy, Yves Ménesguen, 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), and INSNU project (CEA-DES/DPE/GEN23).

Subjects
instrumentation, detector, synchrotron radiation, photon beams, Primary activity measurement, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], calibration, radiometer, efficiency calibration, spectrometry, photodiodes, bolometer, cryogenic detector, radioactivity, X-rays, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], ionizing radiation, Spectroscopy, nuclear instrumentation
Abstract

International audience; The electrical-substitution cryogenic detector BOLometer for Use in the range of X-rays (BOLUX), which was developed some years ago at CEA/DAM, has been set up and restarted now at LNHB. It has been used for the primary measurement of the intensity (total energy per unit time) of monochromatic synchrotron beams in the energy range from 3 to 30 keV. These well-determined photon beams have been employed for the efficiency calibration of two photodiodes in terms of current induced per unit optical power at different photon energies. In a final step, we explored the possibility to use these primary calibrated photodiodes to determine the efficiency curve of an energy dispersive spectrometer based on a semiconductor detector (Silicon Drift Detector) using less intense monochromatic photon fluxes. The characteristics of the radiometer BOLUX and its principle of operation are described, and the measurements carried out at the synchrotron beamline are presented, including the determination of the beams' intensities, the direct calibration of photodiodes with respect to BOLUX and the use of one of those photodiodes as a standard transfer for the calibration of the SDD.

Published
2022

21. Cryogenics in space

Author

Rando, Nicola, Huber, Martin C. E., editor, Pauluhn, Anuschka, editor, Culhane, J. Len, editor, Timothy, J. Gethyn, editor, Wilhelm, Klaus, editor, and Zehnder, Alex, editor

Published
2013
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22. Superconducting tunnel junctions

Author

Martin, Didier D. E., Verhoeve, Peter, Huber, Martin C. E., editor, Pauluhn, Anuschka, editor, Culhane, J. Len, editor, Timothy, J. Gethyn, editor, Wilhelm, Klaus, editor, and Zehnder, Alex, editor

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2013
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24. First scintillating bolometer tests of a CLYMENE R&D on Li[formula omitted]MoO[formula omitted] scintillators towards a large-scale double-beta decay experiment.

Author

Buşe, G., Giuliani, A., de Marcillac, P., Marnieros, S., Nones, C., Novati, V., Olivieri, E., Poda, D.V., Redon, T., Sand, J.-B., Veber, P., Velázquez, M., and Zolotarova, A.S.

Subjects
*SCINTILLATORS, *DOUBLE beta decay, *METAL crystal growth, *NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, *PHYSICS experiments
Abstract

A new R&D on lithium molybdate scintillators has begun within a project CLYMENE (Czochralski growth of Li 2 MoO 4 crYstals for the scintillating boloMeters used in the rare EveNts sEarches). One of the main goals of the CLYMENE is a realization of a Li 2 MoO 4 crystal growth line to be complementary to the one recently developed by LUMINEU in view of a mass production capacity for CUPID, a next-generation tonne-scale bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay. In the present paper we report the investigation of performance and radiopurity of 158-g and 13.5-g scintillating bolometers based on a first large-mass (230 g) Li 2 MoO 4 crystal scintillator developed within the CLYMENE project. In particular, a good energy resolution (2–7 keV FWHM in the energy range of 0.2–5 MeV), one of the highest light yield (0.97 keV/MeV) amongst Li 2 MoO 4 scintillating bolometers, an efficient alpha particles discrimination (10 σ ) and potentially low internal radioactive contamination (below 0.2–0.3 mBq/kg of U/Th, but 1.4 mBq/kg of 210 Po) demonstrate prospects of the CLYMENE in the development of high quality and radiopure Li 2 MoO 4 scintillators for CUPID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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25. Single-molecule mass spectrometry.

Author

Keifer, David Z. and Jarrold, Martin F.

Subjects
*MASS spectrometry, *CRYOGENICS, *FLUORESCENCE, *QUANTUM dots, *OPTICAL detectors
Abstract

In single-molecule mass spectrometry, the mass of each ion is measured individually; making it suitable for the analysis of very large, heterogeneous objects that cannot be analyzed by conventional means. A range of single-molecule mass spectrometry techniques has been developed, including time-of-flight with cryogenic detectors, a quadrupole ion trap with optical detection, single-molecule Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance, charge detection mass spectrometry, quadrupole ion traps coupled to charge detector plates, and nanomechanical oscillators. In addition to providing information on mass and heterogeneity, these techniques have been used to study impact craters from cosmic dust, monitor the assembly of viruses, elucidate the fluorescence dynamics of quantum dots, and much more. This review focuses on the merits of each of these technologies, their limitations, and their applications. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 36:715-733, 2017 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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26. Characterization of the DUNE photodetectors and study of the event burst phenomenon

Author

Minotti, A, Minotti, Alessandro, Minotti, A, and Minotti, Alessandro

Abstract

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is an upcoming neutrino physics experiment that will answer some of the most compelling questions in particle physics and cosmology. The DUNE far detectors employ silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) to detect light produced by charged particles interacting in a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC). The SiPMs are photosensors consisting of an array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) operating in Geiger mode. Their high sensitivity and dynamic range, as well as the possibility to fill large surfaces with high-granularity sensors, makes them an ideal choice for DUNE. An international consortium of research groups is currently engaged in a systematic comparison of the performances of the SiPM models that have been custom developed for DUNE by two manufacturers. Such detailed studies, which include gain measurements and a structure study of the dark count rate at 77 K, are meant to determine the best choice of the photodetection system for DUNE, as well as characterize the response of the chosen detectors for the DUNE simulation. Moreover, an investigation of a newly observed phenomenon, in which quick bursts of tens of events at close range are collected in individual SiPMs, is being carried out, which potentially impacts the design of future models and their implementation in particle physics experiments.

Published
2022

27. An Energy-dependent Electro-thermal Response Model of CUORE Cryogenic Calorimeter

Author

Adams, D.Q., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F.T., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camilleri, J., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X.G., Capelli, S., Capelli, C., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Celi, E., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R.J., d'Addabbo, A., Dafinei, I., del Corso, F., Dell'Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Di Lorenzo, S., Dompè, V., Fang, D.Q., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M.A., Freedman, S.J., Fu, S.H., Fujikawa, B.K., Ghislandi, S., Giachero, A., Gianvecchio, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T.D., Han, K., Hansen, E.V., Heeger, K.M., Huang, R.G., Huang, H.Z., Johnston, J., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu.G., Kowalski, R., Li, M., Ligi, C., Liu, R., Ma, L., Ma, Y.G., Marini, L., Maruyama, R.H., Mayer, D., Mei, Y., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Nones, C., Norman, E.B., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O'Donnell, T., Olmi, M., Ouellet, J.L., Pagan, S., Pagliarone, C.E., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Ponce, I., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Quitadamo, S., Ressa, A., Rosenfeld, C., Sangiorgio, S., Schmidt, B., Scielzo, N.D., Sharma, V., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P.T., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vetter, K.J., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S.L., Wang, B.S., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L.A., Zimmermann, S., Zucchelli, S., 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, CUORE, Adams, D, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camilleri, J, Caminata, A, Campani, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Capelli, C, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Celi, E, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, D'Addabbo, A, Dafinei, I, Del Corso, F, Dell'Oro, S, Di Domizio, S, Di Lorenzo, S, Dompè, V, Fang, D, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fu, S, Fujikawa, B, Ghislandi, S, Giachero, A, Gianvecchio, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Hansen, E, Heeger, K, Huang, R, Huang, H, Johnston, J, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Kowalski, R, Li, M, Liu, R, Ma, L, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Maruyama, R, Mayer, D, Mei, Y, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nikkel, J, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Olmi, M, Ouellet, J, Pagan, S, Pagliarone, C, Pagnanini, L, Pallavicini, M, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Quitadamo, S, Ressa, A, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Schmidt, B, Scielzo, N, Sharma, V, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Surukuchi, P, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vetter, K, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Zimmermann, S, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenic detector, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], tellurium: oxygen, model: thermal, double-beta decay: (0neutrino), noise: thermal, calorimeter, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), model: nonlinear, numerical calculations, detector: temperature, Instrumentation, Nuclear Experiment, Mathematical Physics, Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc), CUORE, electric field: dependence, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), differential equations: nonlinear, Double-beta decay detector, germanium, cryogenics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the most sensitive experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) in $^{130}\text{Te}$. CUORE uses a cryogenic array of 988 TeO$_2$ calorimeters operated at $\sim$10 mK with a total mass of 741 kg. To further increase the sensitivity, the detector response must be well understood. Here, we present a non-linear thermal model for the CUORE experiment on a detector-by-detector basis. We have examined both equilibrium and dynamic electro-thermal models of detectors by numerically fitting non-linear differential equations to the detector data of a subset of CUORE channels which are well characterized and representative of all channels. We demonstrate that the hot-electron effect and electric-field dependence of resistance in NTD-Ge thermistors alone are inadequate to describe our detectors' energy dependent pulse shapes. We introduce an empirical second-order correction factor in the exponential temperature dependence of the thermistor, which produces excellent agreement with energy-dependent pulse shape data up to 6 MeV. We also present a noise analysis using the fitted thermal parameters and show that the intrinsic thermal noise is negligible compared to the observed noise for our detectors., Comment: 34 pages, 14 figures, 6 tables

Published
2022

28. Status of the EDELWEISS Experiment

Author

De Jésus, M., Benoit, A., Bergé, L., Broniatowski, A., Caussignac, M., Chambon, B., Chapellier, M., Chardin, G., Charvin, Ph., Drain, D., Dumoulin, L., Garoche, P., Gascon, J., Goetzinger, F., Goldbach, C., Goyot, M., Gros, M., Hadjout, J-P., Hervé, S., Juillard, A., de Lesquen, A., Loidl, M., Mallet, J., Mangin, J., Marnieros, S., Martin, M., Martineau, O., Mirabolfathi, N., Miramonti, L., Mosca, L., Navick, X-F., Nollez, G., Pari, P., Patru, F., Pastor, Ch., Simon, E., Stern, M., Torre, J-P., Vagneron, L., and Cline, David B., editor

Published
2001
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29. Instrumentation for X-ray Spectroscopy

Author

Fraser, George W., Beig, R., editor, Ehlers, J., editor, Frisch, U., editor, Hepp, K., editor, Jaffe, R. L., editor, Kippenhahn, R., editor, Ojima, I., editor, Weidenmüller, H. A., editor, Wess, J., editor, Zittartz, J., editor, van Paradijs, Jan, editor, and Bleeker, Johan A. M., editor

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1999
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30. 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

31. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

Author

Sonnenschein, A., Bauer, D., Caldwell, D. O., Hale, D., Yellin, S., Barnes, P. D., Jr, DaSilva, A., Gaitskell, R. J., Golwala, S. R., Ross, R. R., Sadoulet, B., Seitz, D., Shutt, T., Smith, G., Stockwell, W., Therrien, R., White, S., Brink, P., Cabrera, B., Chugg, B., Clarke, R. M., Dougherty, B. L., Davies, A., Irwin, K., Nam, S. W., Penn, M. J., Akerib, D. S., Perera, T. A., Schnee, R., Emes, J., Haller, E. E., Knowlton, W. B., Smith, A., Taylor, J. D., Young, B. A., Schramm, David N., editor, and Galeotti, P., editor

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1997
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32. The LUCIFER Project: Achievements and Near Future Prospects.

Author

Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Benetti, P., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Dafinei, I., Domizio, S., Ferroni, F., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gotti, C., Maino, M., Nagorny, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Pagnanini, L., Pattavina, L., and Pessina, G.

Subjects
*NEUTRINOLESS double beta decay, *NUCLEAR counters, *NUCLEAR energy, *BOLOMETERS, *SCINTILLATORS, *CRYSTAL growth
Abstract

In the view of exploring the inverted hierarchy region future experiments investigating the neutrinoless double beta decay have to demand for detectors with excellent energy resolution and zero background in the energy region of interest. Cryogenic scintillating bolometers are very suitable detectors for this task since they provide particle discrimination: the simultaneous detection of the phonon and light signal allows us to identify the interacting type of particle and thus guarantees a suppression of $$\alpha $$ -induced backgrounds, the key-issue for next-generation tonne-scale bolometric experiments. The LUCIFER project aims at running the first array of enriched scintillating Zn $$^{\text {82}}$$ Se bolometers (total mass of about 8kg of $$^{\text {82}}$$ Se) with a background level as low as 10 $$^{\text {--3}}$$ counts/(keV kg y) in the energy region of interest. The main effort is currently focused on the finalization of the crystal growth procedure in order to achieve high quality Zn $$^{\text {82}}$$ Se crystals both in terms of radiopurity and bolometric properties. We present results from tests of such crystals operated at mK temperatures which demonstrate the excellent background rejection capabilities of this detection approach towards a background-free demonstrator experiment. Besides, the high purity of the enriched $$^{\text {82}}$$ Se material allows us to establish the most stringent limits on the half-life of the double beta decay of $$^{\text {82}}$$ Se on excited levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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33. Exploring Low-Mass Dark Matter with CRESST.

Author

Strauss, R., Angloher, G., Bento, A., Bucci, C., Canonica, L., Defay, X., Erb, A., Feilitzsch, F., Ferreiro Iachellini, N., Gorla, P., Gütlein, A., Hauff, D., Jochum, J., Kiefer, M., Kluck, H., Kraus, H., Lanfranchi, J., Loebell, J., Münster, A., and Pagliarone, C.

Subjects
*DARK matter, *THERMOMETERS, *RADIOCHEMICAL purification, *PARTICLE detectors, *MASS (Physics), *CALCIUM, *CRYOGENICS, *NUCLEAR cross sections
Abstract

The CRESST-II (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) experiment, whose second phase has been successfully finished in summer 2015, aims at the direct detection of dark matter particles. The intrinsic radiopurity of CaWO $$_4$$ crystals, the capability to reject recoil events from alpha-surface contamination, and the energy threshold were significantly improved compared to previous runs of the experiment. A moderate exposure of 29 kg-days acquired by one $$\sim $$ 250 g CaWO $$_4$$ detector provides competitive limits on the spin-independent dark matter particle-nucleon cross section and probes a new region of parameter space for dark matter particle masses below 3 GeV/c $$^2$$ . The potential for low-mass dark matter particle search can be further exploited by a new detector design planned for CRESST-III. We describe the experimental strategy for the near future and give projections for the sensitivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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34. Determination of absolute photon emission intensities of 210Pb.

Author

Rodrigues, Matias, Cassette, Philippe, Lépy, Marie-Christine, Loidl, Martin, and Ménesguen, Yves

Subjects
*PHOTON emission, *LEAD isotopes, *LIQUID scintillation counting, *GAMMA ray spectrometry, *CRYOGENICS
Abstract

Photon emission intensities of 210 Pb have been determined using sources prepared from a standard solution, whose activity was measured by liquid scintillation counting. The absolute γ-ray and X-ray emission intensity was measured by conventional γ-ray spectrometry. Complementary measurements of the L X-ray spectrum were performed using a cryogenic detector, characterized by very high energy resolution and constant detection efficiency. As a result, precise emission intensities of the individual X-ray lines were obtained taking into account the presence of satellite lines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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35. L X-ray satellite effects on the determination of photon emission intensities of radionuclides.

Author

Rodrigues, M. and Loidl, M.

Subjects
*PHOTON emission, *RADIOISOTOPES, *X-ray spectrometers, *CRYOGENICS, *CALORIMETERS
Abstract

L X-ray satellites are usually not considered during the fitting procedure of L X-ray spectra obtained with semiconductor detectors. Based on a high energy resolution spectrum of X-rays of 241 Am obtained with a metallic magnetic calorimeter, it has been demonstrated that satellites are intense with respect to their parent diagram line. In addition, it has been shown that the presence of satellites involves significant systematic errors on the determined photon intensities when they are ignored in the spectrum processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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36. A newly observed phenomenon in the characterisation of SiPM at cryogenic temperature

Author

Guarise, M, Andreotti, M, Calabrese, R, Cotta Ramusino, A, Cicero, V, Fiorini, M, Giammaria, T, Lax, I, Luppi, E, Minotti, A, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, Tomassetti, L, Guarise M., Andreotti M., Calabrese R., Cotta Ramusino A., Cicero V., Fiorini M., Giammaria T., Lax I., Luppi E., Minotti A., Montagna E., Montanari A., Patrizii L., Pozzato M., Tomassetti L., Guarise, M, Andreotti, M, Calabrese, R, Cotta Ramusino, A, Cicero, V, Fiorini, M, Giammaria, T, Lax, I, Luppi, E, Minotti, A, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, Tomassetti, L, Guarise M., Andreotti M., Calabrese R., Cotta Ramusino A., Cicero V., Fiorini M., Giammaria T., Lax I., Luppi E., Minotti A., Montagna E., Montanari A., Patrizii L., Pozzato M., and Tomassetti L.

Abstract

In this article we report a novel phenomenon that we observed while evaluating the performances of different models of silicon photomultiplier detectors at liquid nitrogen temperature. Bursts of consecutive events, characterized by a rate that is about 100 times that of the single-event uncorrelated dark counts, are generated within the SiPMs, resulting in an overall increase of the dark current. We observed these bursts in the vast majority of the tested SiPM models manifactured by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. This observation is part of an effort to fully characterise the behaviour of SiPMs at cryogenic temperature. The investigation of this phenomenon, of which a first attempt is presented in this article, can impact future production and selection of models for both high energy physics and industrial applications.

Published
2021

37. An automated system to define the optimal operating settings of cryogenic calorimeters

Author

Alfonso, K, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, Carniti, P, Di Domizio, S, Giachero, A, Gotti, C, Marini, L, Nutini, I, Pessina, G, Alfonso K., Bucci C., Canonica L., Carniti P., Di Domizio S., Giachero A., Gotti C., Marini L., Nutini I., Pessina G., Alfonso, K, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, Carniti, P, Di Domizio, S, Giachero, A, Gotti, C, Marini, L, Nutini, I, Pessina, G, Alfonso K., Bucci C., Canonica L., Carniti P., Di Domizio S., Giachero A., Gotti C., Marini L., Nutini I., and Pessina G.

Abstract

Cryogenic macro-calorimeters instrumented with NTD thermistors have been developed for several decades. The choice of the optimal bias current is crucial for a proper operation of these detectors, both in terms of energy resolution and stability. In this paper we present a set of automatic measurements and analysis procedures for the characterization and optimization of the working configuration of the NTD thermistors. The presented procedures were developed for CUORE, an array of 988 cryogenic macro-calorimeters instrumented with NTD thermistors that has been taking data since 2017. These procedures made it possible to characterize a large number of detectors in a reliable way. They are suitable enough to be used also in other large arrays of cryogenic detectors, such as CUPID.

Published
2021

38. Superconducting Phase Transition Thermometers for the CRESST-Experiment.

Author

Luo, B. J., Huff, P., Schmaler, J., Hauff, D., Pröbst, F., and Wang, J.

Subjects
*SUPERCONDUCTORS, *PHASE transitions, *THERMOMETERS, *WEAKLY interacting massive particles, *CRYOGENICS, *THIN films
Abstract

The CRESST experiment is set up in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory to search for hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with cryogenic detectors. It is expected that WIMPs can transfer a part of their energy (up to some tens of keV) via scattering off a nucleus of an absorber. In order to detect these small energies Superconducting Phase transition Thermometers (SPTs) are used at very low temperatures. In this article the principle of the SPTs is introduced. The techniques to produce SPTs with a reproducible transition temperature of 15±5 mK are shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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39. Cryogenic Dark Matter Search detector fabrication process and recent improvements.

Author

Jastram, A., Harris, H.R., Mahapatra, R., Phillips, J., Platt, M., Prasad, K., Sander, J., and Upadhyayula, S.

Subjects
*DARK matter, *CRYOGENICS, *NUCLEAR counters, *MICROFABRICATION, *PARAMETERS (Statistics)
Abstract

A dedicated facility has been commissioned for Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) detector fabrication at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The fabrication process has been carefully tuned using this facility and its equipment. Production of successfully tested detectors has been demonstrated. Significant improvements in detector performance have been made using new fabrication methods/equipment and tuning of process parameters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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40. Searches for Light Dark Matter with the CRESST-III Experiment

Author

Mancuso, M, Abdelhameed, A, Angloher, G, Breier, R, Bauer, P, Bento, A, Bertoldo, E, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, D'Addabbo, A, Di Lorenzo, S, Erb, A, von Feilitzsch, F, Ferreiro Iachellini, N, Fichtinger, S, Fuss, A, Gorla, P, Hauff, D, Jeskovsky, M, Jochum, J, Kaizer, J, Kinast, A, Kluck, H, Kraus, H, Langenkamper, A, Mokina, V, Mondragon, E, Olmi, M, Ortmann, T, Pagliarone, C, Palusova, V, Pattavina, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Povinec, P, Probst, F, Reindl, F, Rothe, J, Schaffner, K, Schieck, J, Schipperges, V, Schmiedmayer, D, Schonert, S, Schwertner, C, Stahlberg, M, Stodolsky, L, Strandhagen, C, Strauss, R, Turkoglu, C, Usherov, I, Willers, M, Zema, V, Zeman, J, Mancuso M., Abdelhameed A. H., Angloher G., Breier R., Bauer P., Bento A., Bertoldo E., Bucci C., Canonica L., D'Addabbo A., Di Lorenzo S., Erb A., von Feilitzsch F., Ferreiro Iachellini N., Fichtinger S., Fuss A., Gorla P., Hauff D., Jeskovsky M., Jochum J., Kaizer J., Kinast A., Kluck H., Kraus H., Langenkamper A., Mokina V., Mondragon E., Olmi M., Ortmann T., Pagliarone C., Palusova V., Pattavina L., Petricca F., Potzel W., Povinec P., Probst F., Reindl F., Rothe J., Schaffner K., Schieck J., Schipperges V., Schmiedmayer D., Schonert S., Schwertner C., Stahlberg M., Stodolsky L., Strandhagen C., Strauss R., Turkoglu C., Usherov I., Willers M., Zema V., Zeman J., Mancuso, M, Abdelhameed, A, Angloher, G, Breier, R, Bauer, P, Bento, A, Bertoldo, E, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, D'Addabbo, A, Di Lorenzo, S, Erb, A, von Feilitzsch, F, Ferreiro Iachellini, N, Fichtinger, S, Fuss, A, Gorla, P, Hauff, D, Jeskovsky, M, Jochum, J, Kaizer, J, Kinast, A, Kluck, H, Kraus, H, Langenkamper, A, Mokina, V, Mondragon, E, Olmi, M, Ortmann, T, Pagliarone, C, Palusova, V, Pattavina, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Povinec, P, Probst, F, Reindl, F, Rothe, J, Schaffner, K, Schieck, J, Schipperges, V, Schmiedmayer, D, Schonert, S, Schwertner, C, Stahlberg, M, Stodolsky, L, Strandhagen, C, Strauss, R, Turkoglu, C, Usherov, I, Willers, M, Zema, V, Zeman, J, Mancuso M., Abdelhameed A. H., Angloher G., Breier R., Bauer P., Bento A., Bertoldo E., Bucci C., Canonica L., D'Addabbo A., Di Lorenzo S., Erb A., von Feilitzsch F., Ferreiro Iachellini N., Fichtinger S., Fuss A., Gorla P., Hauff D., Jeskovsky M., Jochum J., Kaizer J., Kinast A., Kluck H., Kraus H., Langenkamper A., Mokina V., Mondragon E., Olmi M., Ortmann T., Pagliarone C., Palusova V., Pattavina L., Petricca F., Potzel W., Povinec P., Probst F., Reindl F., Rothe J., Schaffner K., Schieck J., Schipperges V., Schmiedmayer D., Schonert S., Schwertner C., Stahlberg M., Stodolsky L., Strandhagen C., Strauss R., Turkoglu C., Usherov I., Willers M., Zema V., and Zeman J.

Abstract

Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers (CRESST) is a long-standing direct dark matter detection experiment with cryogenic detectors located at the underground facility Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. CRESST-III, the third generation of CRESST, was specifically designed to have a world-leading sensitivity for low-mass dark matter (DM) (less than 2 GeV/c 2) to probe the spin-independent DM-nucleus cross section. At present, a large part of the parameter space for spin-independent scattering off nuclei remains untested for dark matter particles with masses below few GeV/c 2 although many motivated theoretical models having been proposed. The CRESST-III experiment employs scintillating CaWO 4 crystals of ∼ 25 g as target material for dark matter interactions operated as cryogenic scintillating calorimeters at ∼ 10 mK. CRESST-III first data taking was successfully completed in 2018, achieving an unprecedented energy threshold for nuclear recoils. This result extended the present sensitivity to DM particles as light as ∼ 160 MeV/c 2. In this paper, an overview of the CRESST-III detectors and results will be presented.

Published
2020

41. NUCLEUS: Exploring Coherent Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering with Cryogenic Detectors

Author

Rothe, J, Angloher, G, Ardellier-Desages, F, Bento, A, Canonica, L, Erhart, A, Ferreiro, N, Friedl, M, Ghete, V, Hauff, D, Kluck, H, Lasserre, T, Lhuillier, D, Kinast, A, Mancuso, M, Rubiales, J, Mondragon-Cortes, E, Munch, G, Nones, C, Oberauer, L, Ortmann, T, Pattavina, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Probst, F, Reindl, F, Schieck, J, Schonert, S, Schwertner, C, Scola, L, Stodolsky, L, Strauss, R, Vivier, M, Wagner, V, Zolotarova, A, Rothe J., Angloher G., Ardellier-Desages F., Bento A., Canonica L., Erhart A., Ferreiro N., Friedl M., Ghete V. M., Hauff D., Kluck H., Lasserre T., Lhuillier D., Kinast A., Mancuso M., Rubiales J. M., Mondragon-Cortes E., Munch G., Nones C., Oberauer L., Ortmann T., Pattavina L., Petricca F., Potzel W., Probst F., Reindl F., Schieck J., Schonert S., Schwertner C., Scola L., Stodolsky L., Strauss R., Vivier M., Wagner V., Zolotarova A., Rothe, J, Angloher, G, Ardellier-Desages, F, Bento, A, Canonica, L, Erhart, A, Ferreiro, N, Friedl, M, Ghete, V, Hauff, D, Kluck, H, Lasserre, T, Lhuillier, D, Kinast, A, Mancuso, M, Rubiales, J, Mondragon-Cortes, E, Munch, G, Nones, C, Oberauer, L, Ortmann, T, Pattavina, L, Petricca, F, Potzel, W, Probst, F, Reindl, F, Schieck, J, Schonert, S, Schwertner, C, Scola, L, Stodolsky, L, Strauss, R, Vivier, M, Wagner, V, Zolotarova, A, Rothe J., Angloher G., Ardellier-Desages F., Bento A., Canonica L., Erhart A., Ferreiro N., Friedl M., Ghete V. M., Hauff D., Kluck H., Lasserre T., Lhuillier D., Kinast A., Mancuso M., Rubiales J. M., Mondragon-Cortes E., Munch G., Nones C., Oberauer L., Ortmann T., Pattavina L., Petricca F., Potzel W., Probst F., Reindl F., Schieck J., Schonert S., Schwertner C., Scola L., Stodolsky L., Strauss R., Vivier M., Wagner V., and Zolotarova A.

Abstract

The NUCLEUS experiment aims for the detection of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering at a nuclear power reactor with gram-scale, ultra-low-threshold cryogenic detectors. This technology leads to a miniaturization of neutrino detectors and allows to probe physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. A 0.5 g NUCLEUS prototype detector, operated above ground in 2017, reached an energy threshold for nuclear recoils of below 20 eV. This sensitivity is achieved with tungsten transition edge sensors which are operating at temperatures of 15 mK and are mainly sensitive to non-thermal phonons. These small recoil energies become accessible for the first time with this technology, which allows collecting large-statistics neutrino event samples with a moderate detector mass. A first-phase cryogenic detector array with a total mass of 10 g enables a 5-sigma observation of coherent scattering within several weeks. We identified a suitable experimental site at the Chooz Nuclear Power Plant and performed muon and neutron background measurements there. The operation of a NUCLEUS cryogenic detector array at such a site requires highly efficient background suppression. NUCLEUS plans to use an innovative technique consisting of separate cryogenic anticoincidence detectors against surface backgrounds and penetrating (gamma, neutron) radiation. We present first results from prototypes of these veto detectors and their operation in coincidence with a NUCLEUS target detector.

Published
2020

42. TES Bolometer Arrays for the QUBIC B-Mode CMB Experiment

Author

Marnieros, S, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Marnieros S., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battaglia P., Battistelli E. S., Bau A., Belier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., de Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., De Petris M., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., Zullo A., Marnieros, S, Ade, P, Alberro, J, Almela, A, Amico, G, Arnaldi, L, Auguste, D, Aumont, J, Azzoni, S, Banfi, S, Battaglia, P, Battistelli, E, Bau, A, Belier, B, Bennett, D, Berge, L, Bernard, J, Bersanelli, M, Bigot-Sazy, M, Bleurvacq, N, Bonaparte, J, Bonis, J, Bottani, A, Bunn, E, Burke, D, Buzi, D, Cavaliere, F, Chanial, P, Chapron, C, Charlassier, R, Columbro, F, Coppolecchia, A, D'Alessandro, G, de Bernardis, P, De Gasperis, G, De Leo, M, De Petris, M, Dheilly, S, Dumoulin, L, Etchegoyen, A, Fasciszewski, A, Ferreyro, L, Fracchia, D, Franceschet, C, Gamboa Lerena, M, Ganga, K, Garcia, B, Garcia Redondo, M, Gaspard, M, Gayer, D, Gervasi, M, Giard, M, Gilles, V, Giraud-Heraud, Y, Gomez Berisso, M, Gonzalez, M, Gradziel, M, Grandsire, L, Hamilton, J, Harari, D, Henrot-Versille, S, Hoang, D, Incardona, F, Jules, E, Kaplan, J, Kristukat, C, Lamagna, L, Loucatos, S, Louis, T, Maffei, B, Marty, W, Masi, S, Mattei, A, May, A, Mcculloch, M, Mele, L, Melhuish, S, Mennella, A, Montier, L, Mousset, L, Mundo, L, Murphy, J, Nati, F, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, O'Sullivan, C, Paiella, A, Pajot, F, Passerini, A, Pastoriza, H, Pelosi, A, Perbost, C, Perciballi, M, Pezzotta, F, Piacentini, F, Piat, M, Piccirillo, L, Pisano, G, Platino, M, Polenta, G, Prele, D, Puddu, R, Rambaud, D, Ringegni, P, Romero, G, Salatino, M, Salum, J, Schillaci, A, Scoccola, C, Scully, S, Spinelli, S, Stankowiak, G, Stolpovskiy, M, Tartari, A, Thermeau, J, Timbie, P, Tomasi, M, Torchinsky, S, Tucker, G, Tucker, C, Vigano, D, Vittorio, N, Voisin, F, Wicek, F, Zannoni, M, Zullo, A, Marnieros S., Ade P., Alberro J. G., Almela A., Amico G., Arnaldi L. H., Auguste D., Aumont J., Azzoni S., Banfi S., Battaglia P., Battistelli E. S., Bau A., Belier B., Bennett D., Berge L., Bernard J. -P., Bersanelli M., Bigot-Sazy M. -A., Bleurvacq N., Bonaparte J., Bonis J., Bottani A., Bunn E., Burke D., Buzi D., Cavaliere F., Chanial P., Chapron C., Charlassier R., Columbro F., Coppolecchia A., D'Alessandro G., de Bernardis P., De Gasperis G., De Leo M., De Petris M., Dheilly S., Dumoulin L., Etchegoyen A., Fasciszewski A., Ferreyro L. P., Fracchia D., Franceschet C., Gamboa Lerena M. M., Ganga K., Garcia B., Garcia Redondo M. E., Gaspard M., Gayer D., Gervasi M., Giard M., Gilles V., Giraud-Heraud Y., Gomez Berisso M., Gonzalez M., Gradziel M., Grandsire L., Hamilton J. -C., Harari D., Henrot-Versille S., Hoang D. T., Incardona F., Jules E., Kaplan J., Kristukat C., Lamagna L., Loucatos S., Louis T., Maffei B., Marty W., Masi S., Mattei A., May A., McCulloch M., Mele L., Melhuish S., Mennella A., Montier L., Mousset L., Mundo L. M., Murphy J. A., Murphy J. D., Nati F., Olivieri E., Oriol C., O'Sullivan C., Paiella A., Pajot F., Passerini A., Pastoriza H., Pelosi A., Perbost C., Perciballi M., Pezzotta F., Piacentini F., Piat M., Piccirillo L., Pisano G., Platino M., Polenta G., Prele D., Puddu R., Rambaud D., Ringegni P., Romero G. E., Salatino M., Salum J. M., Schillaci A., Scoccola C., Scully S., Spinelli S., Stankowiak G., Stolpovskiy M., Tartari A., Thermeau J. -P., Timbie P., Tomasi M., Torchinsky S., Tucker G., Tucker C., Vigano D., Vittorio N., Voisin F., Wicek F., Zannoni M., and Zullo A.

Abstract

QUBIC is a ground-based experiment aiming to measure the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background. The developed instrument is an innovative two-frequency band bolometric interferometer that will operate at 300 mK with NbSi TES arrays. In this paper, we describe the fabrication process of the detectors.

Published
2020

43. Operation of a Diamond Cryogenic Detector for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches

Author

Canonica, L, Abdelhameed, A, Bauer, P, Bento, A, Bertoldo, E, Ferreiro Iachellini, N, Fuchs, D, Hauff, D, Mancuso, M, Petricca, F, Pröbst, F, Rothe, J, Canonica L, Abdelhameed A H, Bauer P, Bento A, Bertoldo E, Ferreiro Iachellini N, Fuchs D, Hauff D, Mancuso M, Petricca F, Pröbst F, Rothe J, Canonica, L, Abdelhameed, A, Bauer, P, Bento, A, Bertoldo, E, Ferreiro Iachellini, N, Fuchs, D, Hauff, D, Mancuso, M, Petricca, F, Pröbst, F, Rothe, J, Canonica L, Abdelhameed A H, Bauer P, Bento A, Bertoldo E, Ferreiro Iachellini N, Fuchs D, Hauff D, Mancuso M, Petricca F, Pröbst F, and Rothe J

Abstract

Despite the multiple and convincing evidence of the existence of dark matter (DM) in our Universe, its detection is one of the most pressing questions in particle physics. As of today, there is no unambiguous hint which could clarify the particle nature of DM. For these reasons, a huge experimental effort is ongoing, trying to realize experiments which can probe the particle properties of DM. In particular, direct search experiments are trying to cover the largest possible mass range, from a few MeVs up to TeVs. Particularly suited for the sub-GeV mass region are detectors containing light nuclei, which are sensitive to the scattering of light DM candidates. Among them, we investigate a carbon-based absorber to explore DM masses down to the MeV region. Thanks to their cryogenic properties (high Debye temperature and long-lived phonon modes), carbon-based materials operated as low temperature calorimeters could reach an energy threshold in the eV range and would allow for the exploration of new parameters of the DM–nucleus cross section. Despite several proposals, the possibility of operating a carbon-based cryogenic detector is yet to be demonstrated. In this contribution, the preliminary results obtained with a diamond absorber operated with a TES temperature sensor will be reported. The potential of such a detector in the current landscape of DM searches will also be illustrated.

Published
2020

44. Lessons learned from nuclear decay data measurements in the european metrology research programme ‘MetroFission’ (June 2013).

Author

Pomme, S., Loidl, M., Garcia-Torano, E., Marouli, M., Le-Bret, C., Crespo, M.T., Paepen, J., Mougeot, X., Jobbagy, V., Rodrigues, M., Van Ammel, R., Stroh, H., and Luca, A.

Abstract

Nuclear decay data measurements were performed in the frame of a EURAMET project. Two specific goals were addressed: (1) High-precision measurements of 238U alpha-particle emission probabilities and (2) experimental characterization of the shape of beta spectra using cryogenic detectors. In the paper, specific lessons learned from the metrological work are highlighted. This includes effects of source preparation on the quality of alpha and beta spectrometry, the influence of exchange effects on beta spectra and the use of a magnet system to eliminate coincidence effects by conversion electrons in alpha-particle spectra. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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2013
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45. Characterization of cubic Li 2100 MoO 4 crystals for the CUPID experiment

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

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

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

Published
2021

46. A newly observed phenomenon in the characterisation of SiPM at cryogenic temperature

Author

Alessandro Minotti, T. Giammaria, M. Andreotti, Alessandro Montanari, I. Lax, L. Patrizii, Eleonora Luppi, R. Calabrese, A. Cotta Ramusino, M. Fiorini, M. Pozzato, Luca Tomassetti, V. Cicero, E. Montagna, Marco Guarise, Guarise, M, Andreotti, M, Calabrese, R, Cotta Ramusino, A, Cicero, V, Fiorini, M, Giammaria, T, Lax, I, Luppi, E, Minotti, A, Montagna, E, Montanari, A, Patrizii, L, Pozzato, M, and Tomassetti, L

Subjects
visible and IR photons, Materials science, Cryogenic detector, NO, Silicon photomultiplier, PE2_2, Detectors for UV, visible and IR photons, APDs, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, Cryogenic temperature, CMOS imagers, Instrumentation, Detectors for UV, Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state), Mathematical Physics, etc), EBCCDs, business.industry, Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs, CMOS imagers, etc), Si-PMTs, CCDs, EMCCDs, G-APDs, Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state), Optoelectronics, Cryogenic detectors, business, Detectors for UV, visible and IR photon
Abstract

In this article we report a novel phenomenon that we observed while evaluating the performances of different models of silicon photomultiplier detectors at liquid nitrogen temperature. Bursts of consecutive events, characterized by a rate that is about 100 times that of the single-event uncorrelated dark counts, are generated within the SiPMs, resulting in an overall increase of the dark current. We observed these bursts in the vast majority of the tested SiPM models manifactured by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. This observation is part of an effort to fully characterise the behaviour of SiPMs at cryogenic temperature. The investigation of this phenomenon, of which a first attempt is presented in this article, can impact future production and selection of models for both high energy physics and industrial applications.

Published
2021

47. Search for double-beta decay of 130Te to the 0 + states of 130Xe with CUORE

Author

Adams, D. Q., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F. T. I., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camilleri, J., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Celi, E., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., D'Addabbo, A., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell'Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Dompe, V., Fang, D. Q., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., S. H., Fu, Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, R. G., Huang, H. Z., Johnston, J., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Y. G., Ligi, C., Ma, L., Y. G., Ma, Marini, L., Maruyama, R. H., Mayer, D., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O'Donnell, T., Ouellet, J. L., Pagan, S., Pagliarone, C. E., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sangiorgio, S., Schmidt, B., Scielzo, N. D., Sharma, V., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vetter, K. J., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Zimmermann, S., Zucchelli, S., Adams, D, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Camilleri, J, Caminata, A, Campani, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Celi, E, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, D'Addabbo, A, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell'Oro, S, Domizio, S, Dompe, V, Fang, D, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fu, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Huang, R, Huang, H, Johnston, J, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Ligi, C, Ma, L, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Maruyama, R, Mayer, D, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nikkel, J, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagan, S, Pagliarone, C, Pagnanini, L, Pallavicini, M, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Schmidt, B, Scielzo, N, Sharma, V, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Surukuchi, P, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vetter, K, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, Adams D.Q., Alduino C., Alfonso K., Avignone F.T.I., Azzolini O., Bari G., Bellini F., Benato G., Biassoni M., Branca A., Brofferio C., Bucci C., Camilleri J., Caminata A., Campani A., Canonica L., Cao X.G., Capelli S., Cappelli L., Cardani L., Carniti P., Casali N., Celi E., Chiesa D., Clemenza M., Copello S., Cosmelli C., Cremonesi O., Creswick R.J., D'Addabbo A., Dafinei I., Davis C.J., Dell'Oro S., Domizio S.D., Dompe V., Fang D.Q., Fantini G., Faverzani M., Ferri E., Ferroni F., Fiorini E., Franceschi M.A., Freedman S.J., Fu S.H., Fujikawa B.K., Giachero A., Gironi L., Giuliani A., Gorla P., Gotti C., Gutierrez T.D., Han K., Heeger K.M., Huang R.G., Huang H.Z., Johnston J., Keppel G., Kolomensky Y.G., Ligi C., Ma L., Ma Y.G., Marini L., Maruyama R.H., Mayer D., Mei Y., Moggi N., Morganti S., Napolitano T., Nastasi M., Nikkel J., Nones C., Norman E.B., Nucciotti A., Nutini I., O'Donnell T., Ouellet J.L., Pagan S., Pagliarone C.E., Pagnanini L., Pallavicini M., Pattavina L., Pavan M., Pessina G., Pettinacci V., Pira C., Pirro S., Pozzi S., Previtali E., Puiu A., Rosenfeld C., Rusconi C., Sakai M., Sangiorgio S., Schmidt B., Scielzo N.D., Sharma V., Singh V., Sisti M., Speller D., Surukuchi P.T., Taffarello L., Terranova F., Tomei C., Vetter K.J., Vignati M., Wagaarachchi S.L., Wang B.S., Welliver B., Wilson J., Wilson K., Winslow L.A., Zimmermann S., and Zucchelli S.

Subjects
Double-beta decay detector, Particle identification method, Low Temperature Detector, Neutrino, Cryogenic detector, Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), Double Beta Decay
Abstract

The CUORE experiment is a large bolometric array searching for the lepton number violating neutrino-less double beta decay (0 νββ) in the isotope 130Te. In this work we present the latest results on two searches for the double beta decay (DBD) of 130Te to the first 02+ excited state of 130Xe : the 0 νββ decay and the Standard Model-allowed two-neutrinos double beta decay (2 νββ). Both searches are based on a 372.5 kg× yr TeO2 exposure. The de-excitation gamma rays emitted by the excited Xe nucleus in the final state yield a unique signature, which can be searched for with low background by studying coincident events in two or more bolometers. The closely packed arrangement of the CUORE crystals constitutes a significant advantage in this regard. The median limit setting sensitivities at 90% Credible Interval (C.I.) of the given searches were estimated as S1/20ν=5.6×1024yr for the 0 νββ decay and S1/22ν=2.1×1024yr for the 2 νββ decay. No significant evidence for either of the decay modes was observed and a Bayesian lower bound at 90 % C.I. on the decay half lives is obtained as: (T1/2)02+0ν>5.9×1024yr for the 0 νββ mode and (T1/2)02+2ν>1.3×1024yr for the 2 νββ mode. These represent the most stringent limits on the DBD of 130Te to excited states and improve by a factor ∼ 5 the previous results on this process.

Published
2021

48. A CUPID Li$_2$ $^{100} $MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility

Author

A. S. Barabash, V. Yumatov, G. D'Imperio, M. De Deo, Ezio Previtali, J. M. Calvo-Mozota, Evelyn Ferri, B. Welliver, L. Gironi, L. Marini, E. Guerard, D. Misiak, D. V. Poda, J. Johnston, V. Dompè, F. T. Avignone, Whitney Armstrong, A. Charrier, O. Tellier, I. Colantoni, A. D'Addabbo, S. Di Domizio, P. Pari, Tomas Polakovic, Massimiliano Clemenza, V. Shlegel, R. Mariam, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Luigi Cappelli, Monica Sisti, M. Pavan, S. Zucchelli, Laura Cardani, P. de Marcillac, C. Augier, Goran Karapetrov, X.-F. Navick, B. K. Fujikawa, Stefano Pozzi, L. Pagnanini, P. T. Surukuchi, O. Azzolini, G. Fantini, Federico Ferri, B. Schmidt, C. Oriol, C. Pagliarone, E. Celi, T. O'Donnell, S. H. Fu, S. Dell'Oro, Giovanni Benato, M. Xue, Yuting Liu, Ch. Bourgeois, C. C. Chang, Stefano Nisi, James R. Wilson, S. Milana, G. Olivier, A. Cruciani, A. Franceschi, Changbo Fu, I. Dafinei, M. Chapellier, C. Gotti, S. Copello, C. Brofferio, S. Pirro, Jie Yang, V. Sharma, D. L. Helis, A. Barresi, J. Camilleri, R. Rizzoli, L. Ma, L. Dumoulin, Davide Chiesa, A. S. Zolotarova, Paolo Carniti, V. Pettinacci, A. Juillard, A. Candela, M. Gros, M. Madhukuttan, I. C. Bandac, M. De Jesus, E. V. Hansen, O. G. Polischuk, A. Drobizhev, Ke Han, F. Bellini, A. Ressa, Reina H. Maruyama, V.I. Tretyak, F.A. Danevich, J. A. Scarpaci, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, M. Faverzani, Matias Velázquez, P. Loaiza, Kai Vetter, Massimiliano Nastasi, S. I. Konovalov, L. Taffarello, D. Reynet, V. V. Kobychev, L. Bergé, J. Gascon, V. Sanglard, L. Yan, L. Imbert, Virendra Singh, M. M. Zarytskyy, Valentyn Novosad, C. Rosenfeld, Danielle Speller, Andrea Giachero, N. Casali, A. Branca, L. Pattavina, A. Ianni, E. Olivieri, R. J. Creswick, Eric B. Norman, V. Boldrini, P. Gras, K. Wilson, S. Pagan, J. Billard, S. Marnieros, Li Wang, T. Napolitano, R. Nipoti, A. Cazes, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, C. Tomei, C. Pira, Haiping Peng, Oliviero Cremonesi, M. Biassoni, D. Mayer, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, Lindley Winslow, M. de Combarieu, Joseph A. Formaggio, A. Tsymbaliuk, Y. Mei, A. Armatol, K. M. Heeger, R. G. Huang, F. Mancarella, B. Paul, M. I. Martínez, G. Pessina, Jie Zhang, C. Nones, A. Puiu, A. Giuliani, B. Mauri, James Nikkel, Irene Nutini, G. Wang, H. Z. Huang, V. G. Yefremenko, G. Keppel, H. Khalife, E. Armengaud, D. Baudin, M. Beretta, S. L. Wagaarachchi, F. Collamati, Simone Capelli, 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), 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), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CUPID, CROSS, 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 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 ), Armatol A., Armengaud E., Armstrong W., Augier C., Iii F.T.A., Azzolini O., Bandac I.C., Barabash A.S., Bari G., Barresi A., Baudin D., Bellini F., Benato G., Beretta M., Berge L., Bourgeois C., Biassoni M., Billard J., Boldrini V., Branca A., Brofferio C., Bucci C., Calvo-Mozota J.M., Camilleri J., Candela A., Capelli S., Cappelli L., Cardani L., Carniti P., Casali N., Cazes A., Celi E., Chang C., Chapellier M., Charrier A., Chiesa D., Clemenza M., Colantoni I., Collamati F., Copello S., Cremonesi O., Creswick R.J., Cruciani A., D'Addabbo A., D'Imperio G., Dafinei I., Danevich F.A., De Combarieu M., Deo M.D., Jesus M.D., De Marcillac P., Dell'Oro S., Domizio S.D., Dompe V., Drobizhev A., Dumoulin L., Fantini G., Faverzani M., Ferri E., Ferri F., Ferroni F., Figueroa-Feliciano E., Formaggio J., Franceschi A., Fu C., Fu S., Fujikawa B.K., Gascon J., Giachero A., Gironi L., Giuliani A., Gorla P., Gotti C., Gras P., Gros M., Guerard E., Gutierrez T.D., Han K., Hansen E.V., Heeger K.M., Helis D.L., Huang H.Z., Huang R.G., Ianni A., Imbert L., Johnston J., Juillard A., Karapetrov G., Keppel G., Khalife H., Kobychev V.V., Kolomensky Y.G., Konovalov S.I., Liu Y., Loaiza P., Ma L., Madhukuttan M., Mancarella F., Mariam R., Marini L., Marnieros S., Martinez M., Maruyama R.H., Mauri B., Mayer D., Mei Y., Milana S., Misiak D., Napolitano T., Nastasi M., Navick X.-F., Nikkel J., Nipoti R., Nisi S., Nones C., Norman E.B., Novosad V., Nutini I., O'Donnell T., Olivier G., Olivieri E., Oriol C., Ouellet J.L., Pagan S., Pagliarone C., Pagnanini L., Pari P., Pattavina L., Paul B., Pavan M., Peng H., Pessina G., Pettinacci V., Pira C., Pirro S., Poda D.V., Polakovic T., Polischuk O.G., Pozzi S., Previtali E., Puiu A., Ressa A., Reynet D., Rizzoli R., Rosenfeld C., Sanglard V., Scarpaci J.A., Schmidt B., Sharma V., Shlegel V.N., Singh V., Sisti M., Speller D., Surukuchi P.T., Taffarello L., Tellier O., Tomei C., Tretyak V.I., Tsymbaliuk A., Velazquez M., Vetter K.J., Wagaarachchi S.L., Wang G., Wang L., Welliver B., Wilson J., Wilson K., Winslow L.A., Xue M., Yan L., Yang J., Yefremenko V., Yumatov V.I., Zarytskyy M.M., Zhang J., Zolotarova A.S., Zucchelli S., Armatol, A, Armengaud, E, Armstrong, W, Augier, C, Avignone F. T., I, Azzolini, O, Bandac, I, Barabash, A, Bari, G, Barresi, A, Baudin, D, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Beretta, M, Berge, L, Bourgeois, C, Biassoni, M, Billard, J, Boldrini, V, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Calvo-Mozota, J, Camilleri, J, Candela, A, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cazes, A, Celi, E, Chang, C, Chapellier, M, Charrier, A, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Colantoni, I, Collamati, F, Copello, S, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cruciani, A, D'Addabbo, A, D'Imperio, G, Dafinei, I, Danevich, F, De Combarieu, M, Deo, M, Jesus, M, De Marcillac, P, Dell'Oro, S, Domizio, S, Dompe, V, Drobizhev, A, Dumoulin, L, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferri, F, Ferroni, F, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Formaggio, J, Franceschi, A, Fu, C, Fu, S, Fujikawa, B, Gascon, J, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gras, P, Gros, M, Guerard, E, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Hansen, E, Heeger, K, Helis, D, Huang, H, Huang, R, Ianni, A, Imbert, L, Johnston, J, Juillard, A, Karapetrov, G, Keppel, G, Khalife, H, Kobychev, V, Kolomensky, Y, Konovalov, S, Liu, Y, Loaiza, P, Ma, L, Madhukuttan, M, Mancarella, F, Mariam, R, Marini, L, Marnieros, S, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mauri, B, Mayer, D, Mei, Y, Milana, S, Misiak, D, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Navick, X, Nikkel, J, Nipoti, R, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novosad, V, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Olivier, G, Olivieri, E, Oriol, C, Ouellet, J, Pagan, S, Pagliarone, C, Pagnanini, L, Pari, P, Pattavina, L, Paul, B, Pavan, M, Peng, H, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Poda, D, Polakovic, T, Polischuk, O, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Ressa, A, Reynet, D, Rizzoli, R, Rosenfeld, C, Sanglard, V, Scarpaci, J, Schmidt, B, Sharma, V, Shlegel, V, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Surukuchi, P, Taffarello, L, Tellier, O, Tomei, C, Tretyak, V, Tsymbaliuk, A, Velazquez, M, Vetter, K, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, G, Wang, L, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Xue, M, Yan, L, Yang, J, Yefremenko, V, Yumatov, V, Zarytskyy, M, Zhang, J, Zolotarova, A, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
gas and liquid scintillators), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Accurate estimation, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Bolometer, Analytical chemistry, Double-beta decay, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenic detector, Radiopurity, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, law.invention, Particle identification, Particle identification methods, 03 medical and health sciences, Particle identification method, 0302 clinical medicine, CUORE, law, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detector array, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Event triggered, Physics, Lithium molybdate, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Scintillators, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators), Double-beta decay detectors, scintillation and light emission processes (solid, Double-beta decay detector, Cryogenic detectors, Scintillators, Crystal scintillator, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operated in the CROSS cryogenic facility at the Canfranc underground laboratory in Spain. The dual-readout detector is a prototype of the technology that will be used in the next-generation $0\nu2\beta$ experiment CUPID. The measurements were performed at 18 and 12 mK temperature in a pulse tube dilution refrigerator. This setup utilizes the same technology as the CUORE cryostat that will host CUPID and so represents an accurate estimation of the expected performance. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer shows a high energy resolution of 6 keV FWHM at the 2615 keV $\gamma$ line. The detection of scintillation light for each event triggered by the Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ bolometer allowed for a full separation ($\sim$8$\sigma$) between $\gamma$($\beta$) and $\alpha$ events above 2 MeV. The Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystal also shows a high internal radiopurity with $^{228}$Th and $^{226}$Ra activities of less than 3 and 8 $\mu$Bq/kg, respectively. Taking also into account the advantage of a more compact and massive detector array, which can be made of cubic-shaped crystals (compared to the cylindrical ones), this test demonstrates the great potential of cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers for high-sensitivity searches for the $^{100}$Mo $0\nu2\beta$ decay in CROSS and CUPID projects., Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures, 1 table

Published
2021

49. An automated system to define the optimal operating settings of cryogenic calorimeters

Author

S. Di Domizio, Irene Nutini, L. Canonica, L. Marini, G. Pessina, Paolo Carniti, Andrea Giachero, K. Alfonso, Claudio Gotti, C. Bucci, Alfonso, K, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, Carniti, P, Di Domizio, S, Giachero, A, Gotti, C, Marini, L, Nutini, I, and Pessina, G

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Data processing method, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenic detector, 01 natural sciences, Cryogenic detectors, Cryogenics and thermal models, Data processing methods, Double-beta decay detectors, Set (abstract data type), Cryogenics and thermal model, CUORE, 0103 physical sciences, Electronic engineering, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Thermistor, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Double-beta decay detector, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract

Cryogenic macro-calorimeters instrumented with NTD thermistors have been developed for several decades. The choice of the optimal bias current is crucial for a proper operation of these detectors, both in terms of energy resolution and stability. In this paper we present a set of automatic measurements and analysis procedures for the characterization and optimization of the working configuration of the NTD thermistors. The presented procedures were developed for CUORE , an array of 988 cryogenic macro-calorimeters instrumented with NTD thermistors that has been taking data since 2017. These procedures made it possible to characterize a large number of detectors in a reliable way. They are suitable enough to be used also in other large arrays of cryogenic detectors, such as CUPID.

Published
2021

50. Low Temperature Thermal Conductivity of Candidate Materials for the Supports of CUORE.

Author

Martelli, Valentina and Ventura, Guglielmo

Subjects
*THERMAL conductivity, *LOW temperatures, *DETECTORS, *RADIATION shielding, *REFRIGERATORS
Abstract

The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment uses a large array of detectors for the search of ββ—(0ν) decay. Approximately 15·103 kg of lead shielding must be cooled to below 1 K and a mass of 1.5·103 kg must be cooled to 10 mK. Several tie-rods or straps will be used to support the different parts of the experiment. One end of each support is at low temperature (10 mK for the detector frame, 50 mK for the coldest radiation shield and lead shield, 700 mK for the radiation shield linked to the refrigerator still) with the other end usually at room temperature. Hence, knowledge of the thermal conductivity of the materials up to room temperature is important. We report thermal conductivity data of four candidate materials for the CUORE suspensions: Ti6Al4V alloy, 316LN stainless steel, Torlon 4203, Kevlar49, together with the required support cross sections and the corresponding thermal loads. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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