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3. Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment

Author

Andreotti, E.

Subjects
Nuclear physics and radiation physics, CUORICINO, muons, cosmic rays, double beta decay, neutrinos
Abstract

To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, ten plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during the final 3 months of the experiment. From these measurements, an upper limit of 0.0021 counts/(keV.kg.yr) (95percent c.l.) was obtained on the cosmic ray induced background in the neutrinoless double beta decay region of interest. The measurements were also compared to Geant4 simulations.

Published
2010

4. Searching for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of130Te with CUORE

Author

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

Subjects
Neutrinoless double-beta, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, RESPONSE STABILIZATION, 7. Clean energy, VALIDATION, Nuclear physics, CUORICINO, CUORE, Double beta decay, DETECTORS, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Physics, BOLOMETERS, Half-life, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Beta decay, lcsh:QC1-999, 3. Good health, MAJORANA, RARE EVENTS, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear and High Energy Physics. RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION, Neutrino, lcsh:Physics, Radioactive decay, Lepton
Abstract

Neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay is a hypothesized lepton-number-violating process that offers the only known means of asserting the possible Majorana nature of neutrino mass. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is an upcoming experiment designed to search for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay of $^{130}$Te using an array of 988 TeO$_2$ crystal bolometers operated at 10 mK. The detector will contain 206 kg of $^{130}$Te and have an average energy resolution of 5 keV; the projected $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life sensitivity after five years of live time 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). In this paper we review the experimental techniques used in CUORE as well as its current status and anticipated physics reach., Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures. Published in Advances in High Energy Physics, Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 879871

Published
2015

5. First array of enriched (ZnSe)-Se-82 bolometers to search for double beta decay

Author

Artusa D, R., Balzoni, A., Beeman J, W., Bellini, F., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Camacho, A., Capelli, S., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Clemenza, M., Cremonesi, O., Cruciani, A., Antonio D'Addabbo, Dafinei, I., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri M, L., Ferroni, F., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gotti, C., Keppel, G., Maino, M., Mancuso, M., Martinez, M., Morganti, S., Nagorny, S., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Nones, C., Orio, F., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rusconi, C., Schaffner, K., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Zolotarova, A., Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière (CSNSM PS1), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Saclay-Univ. Paris-Sud, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Artusa, D, Balzoni, A, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Biassoni, M, Brofferio, C, Camacho, A, Capelli, S, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Clemenza, M, Cremonesi, O, Cruciani, A, D’Addabbo, A, Dafinei, I, Di Domizio, S, di Vacri, M, Ferroni, F, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gotti, C, Keppel, G, Maino, M, Mancuso, M, Martinez, M, Morganti, S, Nagorny, S, Nastasi, M, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Pagnanini, L, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, P, Rusconi, C, Schäffner, K, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, and Zolotarova, A

Subjects
[PHYS]Physics [physics], Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, LIGHT DETECTORS, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), TEO2 BOLOMETERS, Bolometer, MO-100, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), CUORICINO, Physics - Atomic Physics, ZnSe, neutrino-less double beta decay, SIGNALS, Engineering (miscellaneous), Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), CUPID-0, [PHYS.COND.CM-MS]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Materials Science [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], SCINTILLATING BOLOMETERS, [PHYS.COND]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat], ZNMOO4
Abstract

International audience; The R&D activity performed during the last years proved the potential of ZnSe scintillating bolometers to the search for neutrino-less double beta decay, motivating the realization of the first large-mass experiment based on this technology: CUPID-0. The isotopic enrichment in Se-82, the (ZnSe)-Se-82 crystals growth, as well as the light detectors production have been accomplished, and the experiment is now in construction at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy). In this paper we present the results obtained testing the first three (ZnSe)-Se-82 crystals operated as scintillating bolometers, and we prove that their performance in terms of energy resolution, background rejection capability and intrinsic radiopurity complies with the requirements of CUPID-0.

Published
2016

6. 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

7. 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

8. Current Status and Future Perspectives of the LUCIFER Experiment

Author

S. Di Domizio, Laura Cardani, C. Nones, M. Vignati, I. Dafinei, S. S. Nagorny, E. Previtali, Massimiliano Clemenza, F. Ferroni, C. Gotti, Davide Chiesa, G. Pessina, M. Maino, Jeffrey W. Beeman, F. Bellini, Andrea Giachero, F. Orio, G. Piperno, C. Rusconi, N. Casali, M. Tenconi, P. Benetti, L. Gironi, Stefano Nisi, A. Giuliani, Claudia Tomei, L. Pattavina, S. Pirro, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Benetti, P, Cardani, L, Casali, N, Chiesa, D, Clemenza, M, Dafinei, I, Di Domizio, S, Ferroni, F, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gotti, C, Maino, M, Nagorny, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Orio, F, Pattavina, L, Pessina, G, Piperno, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Rusconi, C, Tenconi, M, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
LOW-NOISE, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Article Subject, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FRONT-END SYSTEM, Dark matter, Elementary particle, MASS, 01 natural sciences, Cosmology, Mathematical Sciences, Nuclear physics, CUORE, neutrino physics, Double beta decay, 0103 physical sciences, Particle physic, SCINTILLATING BOLOMETERS, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010306 general physics, STABILIZATION SYSTEM, Physics, Scintillation, LIGHT DETECTORS, MACRO-BOLOMETERS, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, DOUBLE-BETA-DECAY, CUORICINO, lcsh:QC1-999, MAJORANA, Physical Sciences, LOW-FREQUENCY, Neutrino, lcsh:Physics
Abstract

In the field of fundamental particle physics, the neutrino has become more and more important in the last few years, since the discovery of its mass. In particular, the ultimate nature of the neutrino (if it is a Dirac or a Majorana particle) plays a crucial role not only in neutrino physics, but also in the overall framework of fundamental particle interactions and in cosmology. The only way to disentangle its ultimate nature is to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay. The idea of LUCIFER is to combine the bolometric technique proposed for the CUORE experiment with the bolometric light detection technique used in cryogenic dark matter experiments. The bolometric technique allows an extremely good energy resolution while its combination with the scintillation detection offers an ultimate tool for background rejection. The goal of LUCIFER is not only to build a background-free small-scale experiment but also to directly prove the potentiality of this technique. Preliminary tests on several detectors containing different interesting DBD emitters have clearly demonstrated the excellent background rejection capabilities that arise from the simultaneous, independent, double readout of heat and scintillation light. © 2013 J. W. Beeman et al.

Published
2013

9. 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

Published
2013

10. Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment

Author

M. Balata, Claudia Nones, A. Bryant, Marco Pallavicini, M. I. Martínez, Oliviero Cremonesi, Nicholas Scielzo, C. Salvioni, C. Bucci, T. D. Gutierrez, G. Pessina, T. Bloxham, Massimiliano Clemenza, C. Arnaboldi, L. Gironi, Cristián Martínez, F. T. Avignone, Ezio Previtali, E. Andreotti, S. Di Domizio, Marisa Pedretti, C. Brofferio, L. Foggetta, L. Carbone, Simone Capelli, M. Carrettoni, R. Kadel, I. C. Bandac, Yu. G. Kolomensky, E. Guardincerri, M. Pavan, Lucia Canonica, L. Pattavina, Reina H. Maruyama, F. Bellini, C. Rusconi, L. Mizouni, Jeffrey W. Beeman, A. Giachero, S. Kraft, M. Vignati, Lara Risegari, R. J. Creswick, Alan R. Smith, Marco Barucci, Monica Sisti, C. Maiano, D. Schaeffer, Ettore Fiorini, H. A. Farach, A. Giuliani, Claudia Tomei, C. Rosenfeld, Stefano Pirro, M. J. Dolinski, P. Gorla, F. Ferroni, G. Ventura, F. Orio, Emanuele Ferri, Eugene E. Haller, L. Kogler, Samuele Sangiorgio, Stefano Nisi, A. Nucciotti, Larissa M. Ejzak, V. Palmieri, Eric B. Norman, R. Faccini, Silvio Morganti, Kareem Kazkaz, Andreotti, E, Arnaboldi, C, Avignone III, F, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, J, Bellini, F, Bloxham, T, Brofferio, C, Bryant, A, Bucci, C, Canonica, L, Capelli, S, Carbone, L, Carrettoni, M, Clemenza, M, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Di Domizio, S, Dolinski, M, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Farach, H, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Foggetta, L, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Guardincerri, E, Gutierrez, T, Haller, E, Kadel, K, Kazkaz, K, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, Y, Kraft, S, Maiano, C, Martinez, C, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mizouni, L, Morganti, S, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Orio, F, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, E, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Salvioni, C, Sangiorgio, S, Schaeffer, D, Scielzo, N, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Tomei, C, Ventura, G, and Vignati, M

Subjects
Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, muons, neutrinos, cuoricino, cosmic rays, double beta decay, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Scintillator, CUORICINO, Double beta decay, Particle detector, Nuclear physics, Scintillation counter, Neutrino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, Radioactive decay, FIS/04 - FISICA NUCLEARE E SUBNUCLEARE
Abstract

To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during the final 3 months of the experiment. From these measurements, an upper limit of 0.0021 counts/(keV kg yr) (95% CL) was obtained on the cosmic ray-induced background in the neutrinoless double beta decay region of interest. The measurements were also compared to Geant4 simulations., 16 pages, 7 figures

Published
2009

11. Development of cryogenic detectors for rare event searches

Abstract

The experimental evidence of neutrino oscillations clearly showed that the neutrino is a finite-mass particle. Anyway, two big questions concerning the neutrino are still unsolved: its nature (Dirac or Majorana) and the absolute value of its mass. The Double Beta Decay without emission of neutrinos (0nDBD) is at present the most sensitive method to answer the two questions. Bolometers, together with germanium diodes, have provided so far the best results within this kind of research. The choice of the so-called calorimetric approach, where the detector is made of the 0nDBD material, allows the study of large quantities of isotope with an excellent energy resolution (around 0.2-0.3 %). Both features are crucial to disentangle the searched peak from background. The Cuoricino experiment, in which 62 detectors of tellurium dioxide (TeO2) were involved, was carried out in hall A at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), and represented the bolometric experiment with the best sensitivity concerning the study on the 0nDBD decay. The knowledge achieved in the bolometric technique and its excellent results on 0nDBD led to the development of new experiments to study rare events with bolometric technique. The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment, composed by 988 bolometric detectors of TeO2, is under construction and foresees a sensitivity on neutrino mass of the order of about 50 meV. This high sensitivity requires excellent energetic resolutions, low number of spurious counts within the region of interest and high quantity of the 0nDBD active isotope. The reduction of the background in the energetic window where the 0nDBD for the isotope 130Te is expected (Q_bb = 2527 keV) plays a primary role. In this context, the activities I have done are focused primarily on the analysis of the different contributions to the background of CUORE and the optimization of methods for its reduction. This work has been done both through measurements perform, CREMONESI, OLIVIERO, 1714, open, open, Gironi, Gironi, L

Published
2011

12. Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment

Abstract

To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during the final 3 months of the experiment. From these measurements, an upper limit of 0.0021 counts/(keV kg yr) (95% CL) was obtained on the cosmic ray-induced background in the neutrinoless double beta decay region of interest. The measurements were also compared to GEANT4 simulations.

Published
2010

13. New Limit on the Neutrinoless BetaBeta Decay of 130Te

Author

C, Arnaboldi, D R, Artusa, F T, Avignone, M, Balata, I, Bandac, M, Barucci, J W, Beeman, C, Brofferio, C, Bucci, S, Capelli, L, Carbone, S, Cebrian, O, Cremonesi, R J, Creswick, A, de Waard, H A, Farach, E, Fiorini, G, Frossati, E, Guardincerri, A, Giuliani, P, Gorla, E E, Haller, R J, McDonald, A, Morales, E B, Norman, A, Nucciotti, E, Olivieri, M, Pallavicini, E, Palmieri, E, Pasca, M, Pavan, M, Pedretti, G, Pessina, S, Pirro, E, Previtali, L, Risegari, C, Rosenfeld, S, Sangiorgio, M, Sisti, A R, Smith, L, Torres, G, Ventura, Arnaboldi, C, Artura, D, Avignone III, F, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Barucci, M, Beeman, J, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Carbone, L, Capelli, S, Cebrian, S, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, de Waard, A, Farach, H, Fiorini, E, Frossati, G, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Guardincerri, E, Haller, E, Mcdonald, R, Morales, A, Norman, E, Nucciotti, A, Olivieri, E, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, E, Pasca, E, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pessina, G, Pirro, S, Previtali, E, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Sangiorgio, S, Sisti, M, Smith, A, Torres, L, and Ventura, G

Subjects
Neutrinoless ββ decay, Nuclear matrix element, CUORICINO
Abstract

We report the present results of CUORICINO, a search for neutrinoless double-beta (0nu betabeta) decay of 130Te. The detector is an array of 62 TeO2 bolometers with a total active mass of 40.7 kg. The array is cooled by a dilution refrigerator shielded from environmental radioactivity and energetic neutrons, operated at approximately 8 mK in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. No evidence for (0nu betabeta) decay was found and a new lower limit, T(1/2)(0nu)or = 1.8 x 10(24) yr (90% C.L.) is set, corresponding to [m(nu)]or = 0.2 to 1.1 eV, depending on the theoretical nuclear matrix elements used in the analysis.

Published
2005

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