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1. Status of the CUORE and results from the CUORE-0 neutrinoless double beta decay experiments

Author

CUORE Collaboration, Sisti, M., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., Dell'Oro, S., Deninno, M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

CUORE is a 741 kg array of TeO2 bolometers for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te. The detector is being constructed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, where it will start taking data in 2015. If the target background of 0.01 counts/keV/kg/y will be reached, in five years of data taking CUORE will have a 1 sigma half life sensitivity of 10E26 y. CUORE-0 is a smaller experiment constructed to test and demonstrate the performances expected for CUORE. The detector is a single tower of 52 CUORE-like bolometers that started taking data in spring 2013. The status and perspectives of CUORE will be discussed, and the first CUORE-0 data will be presented., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, to be published in the proceedings of ICHEP 2014, 37th International Conference on High Energy Physics, Valencia (Spain) 2-9 July 2014

Published
2015

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

Author

CUORE Collaboration, Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., Dell'Oro, S., Deninno, M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

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

Published
2015

3. CUORE and beyond: bolometric techniques to explore inverted neutrino mass hierarchy

Author

Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Camacho, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{130}$Te. With 741 kg of TeO$_2$ crystals and an excellent energy resolution of 5 keV (0.2%) at the region of interest, CUORE will be one of the most competitive neutrinoless double beta decay experiments on the horizon. With five years of live time, CUORE projected neutrinoless double beta decay half-life sensitivity is $1.6\times 10^{26}$ y at $1\sigma$ ($9.5\times10^{25}$ y at the 90% confidence level), which corresponds to an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass in the range 40--100 meV (50--130 meV). Further background rejection with auxiliary light detector can significantly improve the search sensitivity and competitiveness of bolometric detectors to fully explore the inverted neutrino mass hierarchy with $^{130}$Te and possibly other double beta decay candidate nuclei., Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of TAUP 2013 Conference

Published
2014

4. Exploring the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the Inverted Neutrino Hierarchy with Bolometric Detectors

Author

Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Camacho, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, J.2
Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0nubb) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this paper we review the status and outlook for bolometric 0nubb decay searches. We summarize recent advances in background suppression demonstrated using bolometers with simultaneous readout of heat and light signals. We simulate several configurations of a future CUORE-like bolometer array which would utilize these improvements and present the sensitivity reach of a hypothetical next-generation bolometric 0nubb experiment. We demonstrate that a bolometric experiment with the isotope mass of about 1 ton is capable of reaching the sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass (|mee|) of order 10-20 meV, thus completely exploring the so-called inverted neutrino mass hierarchy region. We highlight the main challenges and identify priorities for an R&D program addressing them., Comment: 22 pages, 15 figures, submitted to EPJC

Published
2014

5. Initial performance of the CUORE-0 experiment

Author

CUORE Collaboration, Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Li, Y. L., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

CUORE-0 is a cryogenic detector that uses an array of tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^{130}Te. We present the first data analysis with 7.1 kg y of total TeO_2 exposure focusing on background measurements and energy resolution. The background rates in the neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest (2.47 to 2.57 MeV) and in the {\alpha} background-dominated region (2.70 to 3.90 MeV) have been measured to be 0.071 \pm 0.011 and 0.019 \pm 0.002 counts/keV/kg/y, respectively. The latter result represents a factor of 6 improvement from a predecessor experiment, Cuoricino. The results verify our understanding of the background sources in CUORE-0, which is the basis of extrapolations to the full CUORE detector. The obtained energy resolution (full width at half maximum) in the region of interest is 5.7 keV. Based on the measured background rate and energy resolution in the region of interest, CUORE-0 half-life sensitivity is expected to surpass the observed lower bound of Cuoricino with one year of live time., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, version 2 as published in Eur. Phys. J. C

Published
2014
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6. The 4 K outer cryostat for the CUORE experiment: construction and quality control

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Alessandria, F., Biassoni, M., Ceruti, G., Chiarini, A., Clemenza, M., Cremonesi, O., Datskov, V., Dossena, S., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Nucciotti, A., Perego, M., Previtali, E., Sisti, M., Taffarello, L., and Terranova, F.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The external shell of the CUORE cryostat is a large cryogen-free system designed to host the dilution refrigerator and the bolometers of the CUORE experiment in a low radioactivity environment. The three vessels that form the outer shell were produced and delivered to the Gran Sasso underground Laboratories in July 2012. In this paper, we describe the production techniques and the validation tests done at the production site in 2012., Comment: 11 pages, 13 figures; to appear in NIMA

Published
2013
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7. Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE

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Alessandria, F., Ardito, R., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Bloxham, T., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Goodsell, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Guardincerri, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kogler, L., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lenz, D., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Newman, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Reil, R., Rimondi, F., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Sparks, L., Stivanello, F., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Whitten Jr, C. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

In this article we describe the background challenges for the CUORE experiment posed by surface contamination of inert detector materials such as copper, and present three techniques explored to mitigate these backgrounds. Using data from a dedicated test apparatus constructed to validate and compare these techniques we demonstrate that copper surface contamination levels better than 10E-07 - 10E-08 Bq/cm2 are achieved for 238U and 232Th. If these levels are reproduced in the final CUORE apparatus the projected 90% C.L. upper limit on the number of background counts in the region of interest is 0.02-0.03 counts/keV/kg/y depending on the adopted mitigation technique., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables

Published
2012
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8. Search for 14.4 keV solar axions from M1 transition of Fe-57 with CUORE crystals

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The Cuore Collaboration, Alessandria, F., Ardito, R., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Bloxham, T., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Decowski, M. P., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Guardincerri, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kogler, L., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lenz, D., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Newman, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rimondi, F., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Whitten Jr., C. A., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

We report the results of a search for axions from the 14.4 keV M1 transition from Fe-57 in the core of the sun using the axio-electric effect in TeO2 bolometers. The detectors are 5x5x5 cm3 crystals operated at about 10 mK in a facility used to test bolometers for the CUORE experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. An analysis of 43.65 kg d of data was made using a newly developed low energy trigger which was optimized to reduce the detectors energy threshold. An upper limit of 0.63 c kg-1 d-1 was established at 95% C.L.. From this value, a lower bound at 95% C.L. was placed on the Peccei-Quinn energy scale of fa >= 0.76 10**6 GeV for a value of S=0.55 for the flavor-singlet axial vector matrix element. Bounds are given for the interval 0.15 < S < 0.55., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to JCAP

Published
2012

9. The low energy spectrum of TeO2 bolometers: results and dark matter perspectives for the CUORE-0 and CUORE experiments

Author

Alessandria, F., Ardito, R., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Bloxham, T., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Decowski, M. P., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Frossati, G., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J. J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Guardincerri, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kogler, L., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lenz, D., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Newman, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rimondi, F., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Stivanello, F., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Whitten Jr., C. A., Wise, y T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

We collected 19.4 days of data from four 750 g TeO2 bolometers, and in three of them we were able to set the energy threshold around 3 keV using a new analysis technique. We found a background rate ranging from 25 cpd/keV/kg at 3 keV to 2 cpd/keV/kg at 25 keV, and a peak at 4.7 keV. The origin of this peak is presently unknown, but its presence is confirmed by a reanalysis of 62.7 kg.days of data from the finished CUORICINO experiment. Finally, we report the expected sensitivities of the CUORE0 (52 bolometers) and CUORE (988 bolometers) experiments to a WIMP annual modulation signal., Comment: 9 pages, 10 figures

Published
2012
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10. Active Radiation Shield for Space Exploration Missions (ARSSEM)

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Battiston, R., Burger, W. J., Calvelli, V., Musenich, R., Choutko, V., Datskov, V. I., Della Torre, A., Venditti, F., Gargiulo, C., Laurenti, G., Lucidi, S., Harrison, S., and Meinke, R.

Subjects
Physics - Space Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract

One of the major issues to be solved is the protection from the effects of ionizing radiation. Exploration mission, lasting two to three years in space, represents a very significant step from the point of view of radiation protection: both the duration (up to 5 times) and the intensity (up to 5 times) of the exposure to radiation are increased at the same time with respect to mission on the ISS reaching and sometime exceeding professional career limits. In this ARSSEM report, after reviewing the physics basis of the issue of radiation protection in space, we present results based for the first time on full physics simulation to understand the interplay among the the various factors determining the dose absorbed by the astronauts during a long duration mission: radiation composition and energy spectrum, 3D particle propagation through the magnetic field, secondary production on the spacecraft structural materia, dose sensitivity of the various parts of the human body. As first application of this approach, we use this analysis to study a new magnetic configuration based on Double Helix coil and exhibiting a number of interesting features which are suited to active shield application. The study also proposes a technology R&D roadmap for active radiation shield development which would match ESA decadal development strategy for human exploration of space.

Published
2012

11. Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of CUORE to Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

Author

Alessandria, F., Ardito, R., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Bloxham, T., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Cao, X., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, I., Dally, A., Datskov, V., De Biasi, A., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Faccini, R., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Guardincerri, E., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kogler, L., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Lenz, D., Li, Y. L., Ligi, C., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Newman, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Piperno, G., Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rampazzo, V., Rimondi, F., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Stivanello, F., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, M., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., and Zucchelli, S.

Subjects
Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

We present a study of the sensitivity and discovery potential of CUORE, a bolometric double-beta decay experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. Two approaches to the computation of experimental sensitivity for various background scenarios are presented, and an extension of the sensitivity formulation to the discovery potential case is also discussed. Assuming a background rate of 10^-2 cts/(keV kg y), we find that, after 5 years of live time, CUORE has a 1 sigma sensitivity to the neutrinoless double-beta decay half-life of T_1/2(1 sigma) = 1.6 \times 10^26 y and thus a potential to probe the effective Majorana neutrino mass down to 40-100 meV; the sensitivity at 1.64 sigma, which corresponds to 90% C.L., will be T_1/2(1.64 sigma) = 9.5 \times 10^25 y. This range is compared with the claim of observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay in 76Ge and the preferred range of the neutrino mass parameter space from oscillation results., Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, revision for new submission to Astroparticle Physics

Published
2011

12. Initial performance of the CUORE-0 experiment

Author

Artusa, D. R., Avignone Iii, F. T., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J., Bellini, Fabio, Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Cai, X. Z., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Carbone, L., Cardani, Laura, Carrettoni, M., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Dafinei, Ioan, Dally, A., Datskov, V., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Ejzak, L., Fang, D. Q., Farach, H. A., Faverzani, M., Fernandes, G., Ferri, E., Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, E., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Goett, J., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Hennings Yeomans, R., Huang, H. Z., Kadel, R., Kazkaz, K., Keppel, G., Kolomensky Yu, G., Kolomensky, Yu G., Y. L., Li, Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Y. G., Ma, Maiano, C., Maino, M., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T., Orio, Filippo, Orlandi, D., Ouellet, J. L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pedretti, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, Valerio, Piperno, Gabriele, Pirro, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sala, E., Sangiorgio, S., Scielzo, N. D., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tian, W. D., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Ventura, G., Vignati, Marco, Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wielgus, L., Wilson, J., Winslow, L. A., Wise, T., Zanotti, L., Zarra, C., Zhu, B. X., Zucchelli, S., CSNSM PS1, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, di Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Fang, D, Farach, H, Faverzani, M, Fernandes, G, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Li, Y, Lim, K, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, O’Donnell, T, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Piperno, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sala, E, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Terranova, F, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wielgus, L, Wilson, J, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, Zucchelli, S, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, T. I. Bank, G. Bari, J. Beeman, F. Bellini, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, X. Z. Cai, L. Canonica, X. G. Cao, S. Capelli, L. Carbone, L. Cardani, M. Carrettoni, N. Casali, D. Chiesa, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, R. J. Creswick, I. Dafinei, A. Dally, V. Datskov, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M. L. di Vacri, L. Ejzak, D. Q. Fang, H. A. Farach, M. Faverzani, G. Fernande, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, J. Goett, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, T. D. Gutierrez, E. E. Haller, K. Han, K. M. Heeger, R. Hennings-Yeoman, H. Z. Huang, R. Kadel, K. Kazkaz, G. Keppel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Y. L. Li, K. E. Lim, X. Liu, Y. G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, M. Martinez, R. H. Maruyama, Y. Mei, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, S. Nisi, C. None, E. B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, T. O’Donnell, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J. L. Ouellet, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, G. Pessina, V. Pettinacci, G. Piperno, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rusconi, E. Sala, S. Sangiorgio, N. D. Scielzo, M. Sisti, A. R. Smith, L. Taffarello, M. Tenconi, F. Terranova, W. D. Tian, C. Tomei, S. Trentalange, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, B. S. Wang, H. W. Wang, L. Wielgu, J. Wilson, L. A. Winslow, T. Wise, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, B. X. Zhu, and S. Zucchelli

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Experimental Physics, energy resolution, sensitivity, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Upper and lower bounds, CUORE-0 experiment, neutrinoless double-beta decay, cryogenic detectors, tellurium dioxide bolometers, background analysis, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, helium: background, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), contamination, CUORE, bolometer, law, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Engineering (miscellaneous), Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, Resolution (electron density), Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), CUORICINO, 3. Good health, Full width at half maximum, chemistry, [PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph], High Energy Physics Experiment, Instrumentation and Detectors, Tellurium dioxide, Energy (signal processing), performance
Abstract

CUORE-0 is a cryogenic detector that uses an array of tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^{130}Te. We present the first data analysis with 7.1 kg y of total TeO_2 exposure focusing on background measurements and energy resolution. The background rates in the neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest (2.47 to 2.57 MeV) and in the {\alpha} background-dominated region (2.70 to 3.90 MeV) have been measured to be 0.071 \pm 0.011 and 0.019 \pm 0.002 counts/keV/kg/y, respectively. The latter result represents a factor of 6 improvement from a predecessor experiment, Cuoricino. The results verify our understanding of the background sources in CUORE-0, which is the basis of extrapolations to the full CUORE detector. The obtained energy resolution (full width at half maximum) in the region of interest is 5.7 keV. Based on the measured background rate and energy resolution in the region of interest, CUORE-0 half-life sensitivity is expected to surpass the observed lower bound of Cuoricino with one year of live time., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, version 2 as published in Eur. Phys. J. C

Published
2014

13. Search for 14.4 keV solar axions from M1 transition of Fe-57 with Cuore crystals

Author

Alessandria, F, Ardito, R, Artusa, D, Avignone III, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, BIASSONI, MATTEO, Bloxham, T, BROFFERIO, CHIARA, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Canonica, L, CAPELLI, SILVIA, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chott, N, CLEMENZA, MASSIMILIANO, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, Biasi, A, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, D, Farach, H, FERRI, ELENA, Ferroni, F, FIORINI, ETTORE, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, t.e.x.t.b.f..u.n.d.e.r.l.i.n.e.{.A. Giachero}, n, GIRONI, LUCA, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Goodsell, A, Gorla, P, GOTTI, CLAUDIO, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, Y, Lenz, D, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, MAINO, MATTEO, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Newman, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, NUCCIOTTI, ANGELO ENRICO LODOVICO, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, PAVAN, MAURA, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Reil, R, Rimondi, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, SISTI, MONICA, Smith, A, Sparks, L, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Whitten J.r. , C, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, ZANOTTI, LUIGI ERNESTO, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, Zucchelli, S., CSNSM PS1, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone III, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, T. I. Bank, G. Bari, J. Beeman, F. Bellini, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, T. Bloxham, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, X. Z. Cai, L. Canonica, S. Capelli, L. Carbone, L. Cardani, M. Carrettoni, N. Casali, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, R. J. Creswick, I. Dafinei, A. Dally, V. Datskov, A. De Biasi, M. P. Decowski, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M. L. di Vacri, L. Ejzak, R. Faccini, D. Q. Fang, H. A. Farach, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, M. A. Franceschi, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, J. Goett, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, E. Guardincerri, T. D. Gutierrez, E. E. Haller, K. Han, K. M. Heeger, H. Z. Huang, R. Kadel, K. Kazkaz, G. Keppel, L. Kogler, Yu. G. Kolomensky, D. Lenz, Y. L. Li, C. Ligi, X. Liu, Y. G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, M. Martinez, R. H. Maruyama, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, T. Napolitano, S. Newman, S. Nisi, C. None, E. B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J. L. Ouellet, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, V. Rampazzo, F. Rimondi, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rusconi, S. Sangiorgio, N. D. Scielzo, M. Sisti, A. R. Smith, L. Taffarello, M. Tenconi, W. D. Tian, C. Tomei, S. Trentalange, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, B. S. Wang, H. W. Wang, C. A. Whitten Jr., T. Wise, A. Woodcraft, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, B. X. Zhu, S. Zucchelli, IoP (FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, GRAPPA (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), Faculty of Science, Other Research IHEF (IoP, FNWI), Alessandria, F, Ardito, R, Artusa, D, Avignone III, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Bloxham, T, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Canonica, L, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, Biasi, A, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, D, Farach, H, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, t. e. x. t. b. f. . u. n. d. e. r. l. i. n. e. {. A. Giachero}, N, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Goodsell, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, Y, Lenz, D, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Newman, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Reil, R, Rimondi, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Sparks, L, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Whitten J. r., C, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Particle physics, axions, dark matter experiment, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Experiment, dark matter experiments, CUORE, Low energy, law, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Matrix element, High Energy Physics, 010306 general physics, Pseudovector, Axion, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, Astronomy and Astrophysics, INVARIANCE, STRONG CP PROBLEM, solar axions
Abstract

We report the results of a search for axions from the 14.4 keV M1 transition from Fe-57 in the core of the sun using the axio-electric effect in TeO2 bolometers. The detectors are 5x5x5 cm3 crystals operated at about 10 mK in a facility used to test bolometers for the CUORE experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. An analysis of 43.65 kg d of data was made using a newly developed low energy trigger which was optimized to reduce the detectors energy threshold. An upper limit of 0.63 c kg-1 d-1 was established at 95% C.L.. From this value, a lower bound at 95% C.L. was placed on the Peccei-Quinn energy scale of fa >= 0.76 10**6 GeV for a value of S=0.55 for the flavor-singlet axial vector matrix element. Bounds are given for the interval 0.15 < S < 0.55., 14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to JCAP

Published
2013

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

Author

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

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

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

Published
2015

15. Exploring the neutrinoless double beta decay in the inverted neutrino hierarchy with bolometric detectors

Author

Oliviero Cremonesi, Carlo Ligi, J. Goett, T. I. Banks, M. Balata, M. Carrettoni, S. Trentalange, J. W. Beeman, Nicholas Scielzo, Ettore Fiorini, S. Zucchelli, Davide Chiesa, Massimiliano Clemenza, Marisa Pedretti, N. Casali, Andrea Giachero, N. Chott, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, L. Wielgus, W. D. Tian, G. Piperno, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, L. Canonica, Xiangyu Cao, M. Pavan, Alan R. Smith, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, Stuart J. Freedman, N. Moggi, Jonathan Ouellet, G. Bari, B. S. Wang, M. L. Di Vacri, L. Carbone, L. Pattavina, L. Taffarello, C. Pira, L. Zanotti, A. Bersani, T. Wise, A. De Biasi, Silvia Capelli, F. Orio, L. Gironi, Elena Sala, Y. Mei, X. Liu, F. T. Avignone, Claudio Gotti, M. Maino, V. Rampazzo, Eric B. Norman, Lindley Winslow, Yu G. Kolomensky, Ezio Previtali, H. Z. Huang, R. Hennings-Yeomans, G. Ventura, O. Azzolini, S. Pirro, Larissa M. Ejzak, B. X. Zhu, C. Cosmelli, I. Dafinei, M. Biassoni, S. Di Domizio, C. Zarra, K. M. Heeger, A. Woodcraft, C. Nones, T. O'Donnell, B. K. Fujikawa, M. I. Martínez, M. Tenconi, K. Kazkaz, M. M. Deninno, V. Palmieri, S. Morganti, R. W. Kadel, Francesca Bellini, S. Nisi, James R. Wilson, R. J. Creswick, T. D. Gutierrez, F. Terranova, M. Vignati, Yong-Ping Li, C. Rusconi, M. Faverzani, H. A. Farach, G. Keppel, D. R. Artusa, T. Napolitano, V. Pettinacci, A. Giuliani, C. Maiano, G. Fernandes, Monica Sisti, Hongwei Wang, L. Cardani, Vladimir Datskov, A. Dally, Yu-Gang Ma, C. Bucci, Deqing Fang, X. Z. Cai, Marco Pallavicini, Claudia Tomei, G. Pessina, C. Rosenfeld, C. Brofferio, Alejandro E. Camacho, Samuele Sangiorgio, A. Nucciotti, D. Orlandi, M. A. Franceschi, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Camacho, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, De Biasi, A, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Fang, D, Farach, H, Faverzani, M, Fernandes, G, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings Yeomans, R, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, O’Donnell, T, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Piperno, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sala, E, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Terranova, F, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Wielgus, L, Wilson, J, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, Zucchelli, S, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, T. I. Bank, G. Bari, J. Beeman, F. Bellini, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, X. Z. Cai, A. Camacho, L. Canonica, X. G. Cao, S. Capelli, L. Carbone, L. Cardani, M. Carrettoni, N. Casali, D. Chiesa, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, R. J. Creswick, I. Dafinei, A. Dally, V. Datskov, A. De Biasi, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M. L. Di Vacri, L. Ejzak, D. Q. Fang, H. A. Farach, M. Faverzani, G. Fernande, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, M. A. Franceschi, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, J. Goett, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, T. D. Gutierrez, E. E. Haller, K. Han, K. M. Heeger, R. Hennings-Yeoman, H. Z. Huang, R. Kadel, K. Kazkaz, G. Keppel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Y. L. Li, C. Ligi, X. Liu, Y. G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, M. Martinez, R. H. Maruyama, Y. Mei, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, T. Napolitano, S. Nisi, C. None, E. B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, T. O’Donnell, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J. L. Ouellet, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, G. Pessina, V. Pettinacci, G. Piperno, C. Pira, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, V. Rampazzo, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rusconi, E. Sala, S. Sangiorgio, N. D. Scielzo, M. Sisti, A. R. Smith, L. Taffarello, M. Tenconi, F. Terranova, W. D. Tian, C. Tomei, S. Trentalange, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, B. S. Wang, H. W. Wang, L. Wielgu, J. Wilson, L. A. Winslow, T. Wise, A. Woodcraft, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, B. X. Zhu, and S. Zucchelli

Subjects
Particle physics, J.2, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Experimental Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Physics beyond the Standard Model, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), CUORE, law, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Beta (velocity), neutrinole, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Engineering (miscellaneous), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bolometer, bolometry, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Beta decay, MAJORANA, DOUBLE-BETA DECAY, Neutrino
Abstract

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0nubb) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this paper we review the status and outlook for bolometric 0nubb decay searches. We summarize recent advances in background suppression demonstrated using bolometers with simultaneous readout of heat and light signals. We simulate several configurations of a future CUORE-like bolometer array which would utilize these improvements and present the sensitivity reach of a hypothetical next-generation bolometric 0nubb experiment. We demonstrate that a bolometric experiment with the isotope mass of about 1 ton is capable of reaching the sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass (|mee|) of order 10-20 meV, thus completely exploring the so-called inverted neutrino mass hierarchy region. We highlight the main challenges and identify priorities for an R&D program addressing them., 22 pages, 15 figures, submitted to EPJC

Published
2014

16. The low energy spectrum of TeO2 bolometers: results and dark matter perspectives for the CUORE-0 and CUORE experiments

Author

V. Palmieri, F. Orio, K. M. Heeger, Kareem Kazkaz, B. X. Zhu, Eric B. Norman, Silvio Morganti, C. Maiano, Ettore Fiorini, T. Napolitano, B. S. Wang, T. I. Banks, L. Gironi, H. Z. Huang, O. Azzolini, C. Rosenfeld, C. Nones, Massimiliano Clemenza, Carlo Cosmelli, S. Zucchelli, D. Orlandi, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, F. Rimondi, F. T. Avignone, Emanuele Ferri, W. D. Tian, Eugene E. Haller, M. P. Decowski, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, M. L. Di Vacri, L. Kogler, M. A. Franceschi, R. Faccini, M. Maino, Claudio Gotti, T. Bloxham, Alan R. Smith, G. Bari, H. W. Wang, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, N. Chott, F. Alessandria, Oliviero Cremonesi, J. Goett, J. L. Ouellet, M. I. Martínez, M. Tenconi, S. Di Domizio, Larissa M. Ejzak, T. Wise, A. Dally, Marco Pallavicini, A. Giachero, C. Zarra, G. Pessina, X. Liu, Nicholas Scielzo, S. Newman, C. A. Whitten, M. Balata, F. Stivanello, L. Taffarello, V. Rampazzo, B. K. Fujikawa, L. Zanotti, N. Casali, L. Pattavina, Jeffrey W. Beeman, M. M. Deninno, N. Moggi, H. A. Farach, Lucia Canonica, Raffaele Ardito, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, A. Nucciotti, F. Bellini, Ezio Previtali, M. Vignati, L. Carbone, Ioan Dafinei, R. J. Creswick, G. Ventura, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Yong-Ping Li, Marisa Pedretti, G. Keppel, A. Woodcraft, M. Carrettoni, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, Stuart J. Freedman, C. Rusconi, D. Lenz, Carlo Ligi, L. Cardani, Stefano Pirro, Vladimir Datskov, Yu-Gang Ma, A. De Biasi, Deqing Fang, X. Z. Cai, E. Guardincerri, A. Giuliani, S. Trentalange, M. Pavan, Claudia Tomei, D. R. Artusa, Monica Sisti, Alessandria, F, Ardito, R, Artusa, D, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Bloxham, T, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Canonica, L, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, Biasi, A, Decowski, M, Deninno, M, Domizio, S, Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, D, Farach, H, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, Y, Lenz, D, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Newman, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Rimondi, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Whitten, C, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, Zucchelli, S, F Alessandria, R Ardito, D.R Artusa, F.T Avignone, O Azzolini, M Balata, T.I Bank, G Bari, J Beeman, F Bellini, A Bersani, M Biassoni, T Bloxham, C Brofferio, C Bucci, X.Z Cai, L Canonica, S Capelli, L Carbone, L Cardani, M Carrettoni, N Casali, N Chott, M Clemenza, C Cosmelli, O Cremonesi, R.J Creswick, I Dafinei, A Dally, V Datskov, A. De Biasi, M.P Decowski, M.M Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M.L. di Vacri, L Ejzak, R Faccini, D.Q Fang, H.A Farach, E Ferri, F Ferroni, E Fiorini, M.A Franceschi, S.J Freedman, B.K Fujikawa, A Giachero, L Gironi, A Giuliani, J Goett, P Gorla, C Gotti, E Guardincerri, T.D Gutierrez, E.E Haller, K Han, K.M Heeger, H.Z Huang, R Kadel, K Kazkaz, G Keppel, L Kogler, Yu. G Kolomensky, D Lenz, Y.L Li, C Ligi, X Liu, Y.G Ma, C Maiano, M Maino, M Martinez, R.H Maruyama, N Moggi, S Morganti, T Napolitano, S Newman, S Nisi, C None, E.B Norman, A Nucciotti, F Orio, D Orlandi, J.L Ouellet, M Pallavicini, V Palmieri, L Pattavina, M Pavan, M Pedretti, G Pessina, S Pirro, E Previtali, V Rampazzo, F Rimondi, C Rosenfeld, C Rusconi, S Sangiorgio, N.D Scielzo, M Sisti, A.R Smith, F Stivanello, L Taffarello, M Tenconi, W.D Tian, C Tomei, S Trentalange, G Ventura, M Vignati, B.S Wang, H.W Wang, C.A Whitten, T Wise, A Woodcraft, L Zanotti, C Zarra, B.X Zhu, S Zucchelli, CSNSM PS1, Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), GRAPPA (ITFA, IoP, FNWI), Faculty of Science, Other Research IHEF (IoP, FNWI), Gravitation and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam, and IoP (FNWI)

Subjects
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, RESPONSE STABILIZATION, Particle identification, Particle detector, Spectral line, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), CUORE, WIMP, NUCLEAR-DATA SHEETS, law, SIGNALS, SEARCH, 0103 physical sciences, DETECTORS, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), dark matter experiments, dark matter detectors, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, CANDIDATES, Physics, dark matter detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, dark matter experiments, Bolometer, CONSTRAINTS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), CUORICINO, 3. Good health, CONDUCTION, INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLES, Measuring instrument, wimp, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

We collected 19.4 days of data from four 750 g TeO2 bolometers, and in three of them we were able to set the energy threshold around 3 keV using a new analysis technique. We found a background rate ranging from 25 cpd/keV/kg at 3 keV to 2 cpd/keV/kg at 25 keV, and a peak at 4.7 keV. The origin of this peak is presently unknown, but its presence is confirmed by a reanalysis of 62.7 kg.days of data from the finished CUORICINO experiment. Finally, we report the expected sensitivities of the CUORE0 (52 bolometers) and CUORE (988 bolometers) experiments to a WIMP annual modulation signal., 9 pages, 10 figures

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2013

17. The 4 K outer cryostat for the CUORE experiment: construction and quality control

Author

Oliviero Cremonesi, Vladimir Datskov, M. Faverzani, Emanuele Ferri, G. Ceruti, Massimiliano Clemenza, M. Perego, A. Chiarini, Ezio Previtali, L. Taffarello, M. Biassoni, A. Nucciotti, S. Dossena, Monica Sisti, F. Alessandria, F. Terranova, Alessandria, F, Biassoni, M, Ceruti, G, Chiarini, A, Clemenza, M, Cremonesi, O, Datskov, V, Dossena, S, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Nucciotti, A, Perego, M, Previtali, E, Sisti, M, Taffarello, L, and Terranova, F

Subjects
Physics, Cryostat, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Cryogenic, Thermal detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Cryogenics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Bolometers, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), CUORE, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, Three vessels, Neutrinoless doublebetadecay, Dilution refrigerator, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
Abstract

The external shell of the CUORE cryostat is a large cryogen-free system designed to host the dilution refrigerator and the bolometers of the CUORE experiment in a low radioactivity environment. The three vessels that form the outer shell were produced and delivered to the Gran Sasso underground Laboratories in July 2012. In this paper, we describe the production techniques and the validation tests done at the production site in 2012., Comment: 11 pages, 13 figures; to appear in NIMA

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2013
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18. Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE

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F. Orio, L. Taffarello, M. Carrettoni, B. S. Wang, Kareem Kazkaz, O. Azzolini, Ke Han, Reina H. Maruyama, C. Rosenfeld, Stuart J. Freedman, A. Woodcraft, H. A. Farach, P. Gorla, A. Giuliani, F. Ferroni, V. Palmieri, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, M. M. Deninno, D. Orlandi, Y. L. Li, Ettore Fiorini, Eric B. Norman, A. Bersani, Massimiliano Clemenza, M. A. Franceschi, L. Canonica, Silvio Morganti, T. Napolitano, L. Kogler, N. Moggi, N. Chott, A. Giachero, G. Bari, Larissa M. Ejzak, M. Maino, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, F. Bellini, W. D. Tian, H. W. Wang, C. Cosmelli, M. Biassoni, F. Stivanello, L. Zanotti, Y. Mei, Deqing Fang, A. Nucciotti, Claudio Gotti, X. Z. Cai, Marisa Pedretti, Simone Capelli, R. W. Kadel, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, T. Bloxham, M. L. Di Vacri, Raffaele Ardito, C. Brofferio, R. J. Creswick, S. Pirro, Oliviero Cremonesi, C. Maiano, K. M. Heeger, A. Goodsell, J. Goett, L. Carbone, Ezio Previtali, Marco Pallavicini, L. Gironi, F. T. Avignone, G. Pessina, G. Ventura, M. Balata, H. Z. Huang, Yu. G. Kolomensky, Franco Rimondi, S. Zucchelli, Nicholas Scielzo, J. L. Ouellet, R. Faccini, N. Casali, C. Nones, E. Guardincerri, X. Liu, Ioan Dafinei, Jeffrey W. Beeman, S. Newman, V. Rampazzo, L. Pattavina, F. Alessandria, M. I. Martínez, M. Tenconi, B. X. Zhu, Carlo Ligi, M. Pavan, Vladimir Datskov, S. Di Domizio, Yu-Gang Ma, C. Zarra, B. K. Fujikawa, M. Vignati, A. De Biasi, T. I. Banks, A. Dally, Claudia Tomei, Alan R. Smith, S. Trentalange, G. Keppel, D. R. Artusa, Monica Sisti, L. Cardani, C. A. Whitten, L. Sparks, R. Reil, C. Rusconi, D. Lenz, T. Wise, CSNSM PS1, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DAM Île-de-France (DAM/DIF), Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D.R. Artusa, F.T. Avignone III, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, T.I. Bank, G. Bari, J. Beeman, F. Bellini, A. Bersani, M. Biassoni, T. Bloxham, C. Brofferio, C. Bucci, X.Z. Cai, L. Canonica, S. Capelli, L. Carbone, L. Cardani, M. Carrettoni, N. Casali, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, R.J. Creswick, I. Dafinei, A. Dally, V. Datskov, A. De Biasi, M.M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M.L. di Vacri, L. Ejzak, R. Faccini, D.Q. Fang, H.A. Farach, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, M.A. Franceschi, S.J. Freedman, B.K. Fujikawa, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, J. Goett, A. Goodsell, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, E. Guardincerri, T.D. Gutierrez, E.E. Haller, K. Han, K.M. Heeger, H.Z. Huang, R. Kadel, K. Kazkaz, G. Keppel, L. Kogler, Yu. G. Kolomensky, D. Lenz, Y.L. Li, C. Ligi, X. Liu, Y.G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, M. Martinez, R.H. Maruyama, Y. Mei, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, T. Napolitano, S. Newman, S. Nisi, C. None, E.B. Norman, A. Nucciotti, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J.L. Ouellet, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, G. Pessina, S. Pirro, E. Previtali, V. Rampazzo, R. Reil, F. Rimondi, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rusconi, S. Sangiorgio, N.D. Scielzo, M. Sisti, A.R. Smith, L. Spark, F. Stivanello, L. Taffarello, M. Tenconi, W.D. Tian, C. Tomei, S. Trentalange, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, B.S. Wang, H.W. Wang, C.A. Whitten Jr, T. Wise, A. Woodcraft, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, B.X. Zhu, S. Zucchelli, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Alessandria, F, Ardito, R, Artusa, D, Avignone III, F, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Banks, T, Bari, G, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Bloxham, T, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Cai, X, Canonica, L, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Cardani, L, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Dafinei, I, Dally, A, Datskov, V, De Biasi, A, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, di Vacri, M, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, D, Farach, H, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Goett, J, Goodsell, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Han, K, Heeger, K, Huang, H, Kadel, R, Kazkaz, K, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, Y, Lenz, D, Li, Y, Ligi, C, Liu, X, Ma, Y, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Newman, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, J, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rampazzo, V, Reil, R, Rimondi, F, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sangiorgio, S, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Sparks, L, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tenconi, M, Tian, W, Tomei, C, Trentalange, S, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wang, B, Wang, H, Whitten Jr, C, Wise, T, Woodcraft, A, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhu, B, and Zucchelli, S

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear engineering, bolometer, neutrinoless double beta decay, radioactive background, surface contamination, FOS: Physical sciences, chemistry.chemical_element, [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex], 01 natural sciences, Bolometer, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, Surface contamination, Radioactive background, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), CUORE, 0103 physical sciences, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Contamination, Copper, NEUTRINOS, FIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALE, RARE EVENTS, chemistry, DOUBLE-BETA DECAY, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
Abstract

In this article we describe the background challenges for the CUORE experiment posed by surface contamination of inert detector materials such as copper, and present three techniques explored to mitigate these backgrounds. Using data from a dedicated test apparatus constructed to validate and compare these techniques we demonstrate that copper surface contamination levels better than 10E-07 - 10E-08 Bq/cm2 are achieved for 238U and 232Th. If these levels are reproduced in the final CUORE apparatus the projected 90% C.L. upper limit on the number of background counts in the region of interest is 0.02-0.03 counts/keV/kg/y depending on the adopted mitigation technique., 10 pages, 6 figures, 6 tables

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2013

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