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1. The search for low-mass axion dark matter with ABRACADABRA-10cm

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Salemi, Chiara P., Foster, Joshua W., Ouellet, Jonathan L., Gavin, Andrew, Pappas, Kaliroe M. W., Cheng, Sabrina, Richardson, Kate A., Henning, Reyco, Kahn, Yonatan, Nguyen, Rachel, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R., and Winslow, Lindley

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

Two of the most pressing questions in physics are the microscopic nature of the dark matter that comprises 84% of the mass in the universe and the absence of a neutron electric dipole moment. These questions would be resolved by the existence of a hypothetical particle known as the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion. In this work, we probe the hypothesis that axions constitute dark matter, using the ABRACADABRA-10cm experiment in a broadband configuration, with world-leading sensitivity. We find no significant evidence for axions, and we present 95% upper limits on the axion-photon coupling down to the world-leading level $g_{a\gamma\gamma}<3.2 \times10^{-11}$ GeV$^{-1}$, representing one of the most sensitive searches for axions in the 0.41 - 8.27 neV mass range. Our work paves a direct path for future experiments capable of confirming or excluding the hypothesis that dark matter is a QCD axion in the mass range motivated by String Theory and Grand Unified Theories., Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures

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2021
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2. Search for Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter with ABRACADABRA-10 cm

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Salemi, Chiara P, Foster, Joshua W, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Gavin, Andrew, Pappas, Kaliroë MW, Cheng, Sabrina, Richardson, Kate A, Henning, Reyco, Kahn, Yonatan, Nguyen, Rachel, Rodd, Nicholas L, Safdi, Benjamin R, and Winslow, Lindley

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Quantum Physics, Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

Two of the most pressing questions in physics are the microscopic nature of the dark matter that comprises 84% of the mass in the Universe and the absence of a neutron electric dipole moment. These questions would be resolved by the existence of a hypothetical particle known as the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion. In this work, we probe the hypothesis that axions constitute dark matter, using the ABRACADABRA-10 cm experiment in a broadband configuration, with world-leading sensitivity. We find no significant evidence for axions, and we present 95% upper limits on the axion-photon coupling down to the world-leading level g_{aγγ}

Published
2021

3. Design and Implementation of the ABRACADABRA-10 cm Axion Dark Matter Search

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Ouellet, Jonathan L., Salemi, Chiara P., Foster, Joshua W., Henning, Reyco, Bogorad, Zachary, Conrad, Janet M., Formaggio, Joseph A., Kahn, Yonatan, Minervini, Joe, Radovinsky, Alexey, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R., Thaler, Jesse, Winklehner, Daniel, and Winslow, Lindley

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

The past few years have seen a renewed interest in the search for light particle dark matter. ABRACADABRA is a new experimental program to search for axion dark matter over a broad range of masses, $10^{-12}\lesssim m_a\lesssim10^{-6}$ eV. ABRACADABRA-10 cm is a small-scale prototype for a future detector that could be sensitive to QCD axion couplings. In this paper, we present the details of the design, construction, and data analysis for the first axion dark matter search with the ABRACADABRA-10 cm detector. We include a detailed discussion of the statistical techniques used to extract the limit from the first result with an emphasis on creating a robust statistical footing for interpreting those limits., Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures

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2019
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4. Detecting Cherenkov Light From 1-2 MeV Electrons in Linear Alkylbenzene

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Gruszko, Julieta, Naranjo, Brian, Daniel, Byron, Elagin, Andrey, Gooding, Diana, Grant, Chris, Ouellet, Jonathan, and Winslow, Lindley

Subjects
Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract

The FlatDot detector has been used to demonstrate the separation of Cherenkov and scintillation light for 1 to 2MeV electrons in linear alkylbenzene (LAB). With an average PMT transit time spread (TTS) of 200ps, the early light in each event is clearly dominated by the Cherenkov signal, which on average comprises $86^{+2}_{-3}\%$ of the light collected in the first 4.1ns of each event. The spatial distributions of the Cherenkov and scintillation light are found to match those predicted in Monte Carlo simulations. This is a key step towards demonstrating direction reconstruction of $\beta$ decays, a technique that could reduce $^8$B solar neutrino backgrounds for neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments in liquid scintillator., Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures. Submitted to JINST

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2018
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5. First Results from ABRACADABRA-10 cm: A Search for Sub-$\mu$eV Axion Dark Matter

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Ouellet, Jonathan L., Salemi, Chiara P., Foster, Joshua W., Henning, Reyco, Bogorad, Zachary, Conrad, Janet M., Formaggio, Joseph A., Kahn, Yonatan, Minervini, Joe, Radovinsky, Alexey, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R., Thaler, Jesse, Winklehner, Daniel, and Winslow, Lindley

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

The axion is a promising dark matter candidate, which was originally proposed to solve the strong-CP problem in particle physics. To date, the available parameter space for axion and axion-like particle dark matter is relatively unexplored, particularly at masses $m_a\lesssim1\,\mu$eV. ABRACADABRA is a new experimental program to search for axion dark matter over a broad range of masses, $10^{-12}\lesssim m_a\lesssim10^{-6}$ eV. ABRACADABRA-10 cm is a small-scale prototype for a future detector that could be sensitive to the QCD axion. In this Letter, we present the first results from a 1 month search for axions with ABRACADABRA-10 cm. We find no evidence for axion-like cosmic dark matter and set 95% C.L. upper limits on the axion-photon coupling between $g_{a\gamma\gamma}<1.4\times10^{-10}$ GeV$^{-1}$ and $g_{a\gamma\gamma}<3.3\times10^{-9}$ GeV$^{-1}$ over the mass range $3.1\times10^{-10}$ eV - $8.3\times10^{-9}$ eV. These results are competitive with the most stringent astrophysical constraints in this mass range., Comment: 7 pages, 3 Figures. Submitted to PRL

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2018
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6. US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report

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Battaglieri, Marco, Belloni, Alberto, Chou, Aaron, Cushman, Priscilla, Echenard, Bertrand, Essig, Rouven, Estrada, Juan, Feng, Jonathan L., Flaugher, Brenna, Fox, Patrick J., Graham, Peter, Hall, Carter, Harnik, Roni, Hewett, JoAnne, Incandela, Joseph, Izaguirre, Eder, McKinsey, Daniel, Pyle, Matthew, Roe, Natalie, Rybka, Gray, Sikivie, Pierre, Tait, Tim M. P., Toro, Natalia, Van De Water, Richard, Weiner, Neal, Zurek, Kathryn, Adelberger, Eric, Afanasev, Andrei, Alexander, Derbin, Alexander, James, Antochi, Vasile Cristian, Asner, David Mark, Baer, Howard, Banerjee, Dipanwita, Baracchini, Elisabetta, Barbeau, Phillip, Barrow, Joshua, Bastidon, Noemie, Battat, James, Benson, Stephen, Berlin, Asher, Bird, Mark, Blinov, Nikita, Boddy, Kimberly K., Bondi, Mariangela, Bonivento, Walter M., Boulay, Mark, Boyce, James, Brodeur, Maxime, Broussard, Leah, Budnik, Ranny, Bunting, Philip, Caffee, Marc, Caiazza, Sabato Stefano, Campbell, Sheldon, Cao, Tongtong, Carosi, Gianpaolo, Carpinelli, Massimo, Cavoto, Gianluca, Celentano, Andrea, Chang, Jae Hyeok, Chattopadhyay, Swapan, Chavarria, Alvaro, Chen, Chien-Yi, Clark, Kenneth, Clarke, John, Colegrove, Owen, Coleman, Jonathon, Cooke, David, Cooper, Robert, Crisler, Michael, Crivelli, Paolo, D'Eramo, Francesco, D'Urso, Domenico, Dahl, Eric, Dawson, William, De Napoli, Marzio, De Vita, Raffaella, DeNiverville, Patrick, Derenzo, Stephen, Di Crescenzo, Antonia, Di Marco, Emanuele, Dienes, Keith R., Diwan, Milind, Dongwi, Dongwi Handiipondola, Drlica-Wagner, Alex, Ellis, Sebastian, Ezeribe, Anthony Chigbo, Farrar, Glennys, Ferrer, Francesc, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Filippi, Alessandra, Fiorillo, Giuliana, Fornal, Bartosz, Freyberger, Arne, Frugiuele, Claudia, Galbiati, Cristian, Galon, Iftah, Gardner, Susan, Geraci, Andrew, Gerbier, Gilles, Graham, Mathew, Gschwendtner, Edda, Hearty, Christopher, Heise, Jaret, Henning, Reyco, Hill, Richard J., Hitlin, David, Hochberg, Yonit, Hogan, Jason, Holtrop, Maurik, Hong, Ziqing, Hossbach, Todd, Humensky, T. B., Ilten, Philip, Irwin, Kent, Jaros, John, Johnson, Robert, Jones, Matthew, Kahn, Yonatan, Kalantarians, Narbe, Kaplinghat, Manoj, Khatiwada, Rakshya, Knapen, Simon, Kohl, Michael, Kouvaris, Chris, Kozaczuk, Jonathan, Krnjaic, Gordan, Kubarovsky, Valery, Kuflik, Eric, Kusenko, Alexander, Lang, Rafael, Leach, Kyle, Lin, Tongyan, Lisanti, Mariangela, Liu, Jing, Liu, Kun, Liu, Ming, Loomba, Dinesh, Lykken, Joseph, Mack, Katherine, Mans, Jeremiah, Maris, Humphrey, Markiewicz, Thomas, Marsicano, Luca, Martoff, C. J., Mazzitelli, Giovanni, McCabe, Christopher, McDermott, Samuel D., McDonald, Art, McKinnon, Bryan, Mei, Dongming, Melia, Tom, Miller, Gerald A., Miuchi, Kentaro, Nazeer, Sahara Mohammed Prem, Moreno, Omar, Morozov, Vasiliy, Mouton, Frederic, Mueller, Holger, Murphy, Alexander, Neilson, Russell, Nelson, Tim, Neu, Christopher, Nosochkov, Yuri, O'Hare, Ciaran, Oblath, Noah, Orrell, John, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pastore, Saori, Paul, Sebouh, Perelstein, Maxim, Peter, Annika, Phan, Nguyen, Phinney, Nan, Pivovaroff, Michael, Pocar, Andrea, Pospelov, Maxim, Pradler, Josef, Privitera, Paolo, Profumo, Stefano, Raggi, Mauro, Rajendran, Surjeet, Randazzo, Nunzio, Raubenheimer, Tor, Regenfus, Christian, Renshaw, Andrew, Ritz, Adam, Rizzo, Thomas, Rosenberg, Leslie, Rubbia, Andre, Rybolt, Ben, Saab, Tarek, Safdi, Benjamin R., Santopinto, Elena, Scarff, Andrew, Schneider, Michael, Schuster, Philip, Seidel, George, Sekiya, Hiroyuki, Seong, Ilsoo, Simi, Gabriele, Sipala, Valeria, Slatyer, Tracy, Slone, Oren, Smith, Peter F, Smolinsky, Jordan, Snowden-Ifft, Daniel, Solt, Matthew, Sonnenschein, Andrew, Sorensen, Peter, Spooner, Neil, Srivastava, Brijesh, Stancu, Ion, Strigari, Louis, Strube, Jan, Sushkov, Alexander O., Szydagis, Matthew, Tanedo, Philip, Tanner, David, Tayloe, Rex, Terrano, William, Thaler, Jesse, Thomas, Brooks, Thorpe, Brianna, Thorpe, Thomas, Tiffenberg, Javier, Tran, Nhan, Trovato, Marco, Tully, Christopher, Tyson, Tony, Vachaspati, Tanmay, Vahsen, Sven, van Bibber, Karl, Vandenbroucke, Justin, Villano, Anthony, Volansky, Tomer, Wang, Guojian, Ward, Thomas, Wester, William, Whitbeck, Andrew, Williams, David A., Wing, Matthew, Winslow, Lindley, Wojtsekhowski, Bogdan, Yu, Hai-Bo, Yu, Shin-Shan, Yu, Tien-Tien, Zhang, Xilin, Zhao, Yue, and Zhong, Yi-Ming

Subjects
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract

This white paper summarizes the workshop "U.S. Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter" held at University of Maryland on March 23-25, 2017., Comment: 102 pages + references

Published
2017

7. Results from the Cuore Experiment †

Author

Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan Zhong, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, and Speller, Danielle

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Synchrotrons and Accelerators, Physical Sciences, neutrinoless double beta decay, CUORE, Majorana Neutrino, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay that has been able to reach the 1-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO 2 crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers, each of them made of 52 crystals. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 and the data taking started in spring 2017 after a period of commissioning and tests. In this work we present the neutrinoless double beta decay results of CUORE from examining a total TeO 2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts/(keV kg yr). In this physics run, CUORE placed a lower limit on the decay half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te ≤ 1.3 · 10 25 yr (90% C.L.). Moreover, an analysis of the background of the experiment is presented as well as the measurement of the 130 Te 2vββ decay with a resulting half-life of T 2v1/2 = [7.9 ± 0.1 (stat.) ± 0.2 (syst.)] x 10 20 yr which is the most precise measurement of the half-life and compatible with previous results.

Published
2019

8. Separating Double-Beta Decay Events from Solar Neutrino Interactions in a Kiloton-Scale Liquid Scintillator Detector By Fast Timing

Author

Elagin, Andrey, Frisch, Henry, Naranjo, Brian, Ouellet, Jonathan, Winslow, Lindley, and Wongjirad, Taritree

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

We present a technique for separating nuclear double beta decay ($\beta\beta$-decay) events from background neutrino interactions due to $^{8}$B decays in the sun. This background becomes dominant in a kiloton-scale liquid-scintillator detector deep underground and is usually considered as irreducible due to an overlap in deposited energy with the signal. However, electrons from 0$\nu\beta\beta$-decay often exceed the Cherenkov threshold in liquid scintillator, producing photons that are prompt and correlated in direction with the initial electron direction. The use of large-area fast photodetectors allows some separation of these prompt photons from delayed isotropic scintillation light and, thus, the possibility of reconstructing the event topology. Using a simulation of a 6.5~m radius liquid scintillator detector with 100~ps resolution photodetectors, we show that a spherical harmonics analysis of early-arrival light can discriminate between 0$\nu\beta\beta$-decay signal and $^{8}$B solar neutrino background events on a statistical basis. Good separation will require the development of a slow scintillator with a 5 nsec risetime.

Published
2016
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9. The Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with 130Te with CUORE-0:

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Ouellet, Jonathan, L

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This thesis describes the design, operation and results of anexperimental search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) of$^{130}$Te using the CUORE-0 detector.The discovery of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ would have profound implications for particlephysics and our understanding of the Universe. Its discovery woulddemonstrate the violation of lepton number and imply that neutrinosare Majorana fermions and therefore their own anti-particles. Combinedwith other experimental results, the discovery of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ could alsohave implications for understanding the absolute neutrino mass scaleas well as the presently unknown neutrino mass hierarchy.The CUORE experiment is a ton-scale search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ in $^{130}$Teexpected to begin operation in late 2015. The first stage ofthis experiment is a smaller 39-kg active-mass detector called CUORE-0. Thisdetector contains 11~kg of $^{130}$Te and operates in the LaboratoriNazionali del Gran Sasso lab in Italy from 2013 -- 2015.The results presented here are based on a $^\text{nat}$TeO$_2$exposure of 35.2~kg$\cdot$yr, or 9.8~kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{130}$Te collectedbetween 2013 -- 2015. We see no evidence of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ and place anupper limit on the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay rate of$\Gamma_\text{0$\nu\beta\beta$}2.8\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.).We combine the present result with the results of previous searches in$^{130}$Te. Combining it with the 1.2~kg$\cdot$yr $^{130}$Te exposure from theThree Towers Test run we place a half-life limit of$T_{1/2}^{0\nu}>3.3\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.). And combining theseresults with the 19.75~kg$\cdot$yr $^{130}$Te exposure from CUORE-0ino, we placethe strongest limit on the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $^{130}$Te to date, at$T^{0\nu}_{1/2}>4.5\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.). Using the presentnuclear matrix element calculations for $^{130}$Te, this resultcorresponds to a 90\% upper limit range on the effective Majoranamass of $m_{\beta\beta}

Published
2017

10. The Coldest Cubic Meter in the Known Universe

Author

Ouellet, Jonathan

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

CUORE is a 741 kg array of TeO2 bolometers that will search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te. The detector is being constructed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, where it will begin taking data in 2015. The CUORE cryostat will cool several metric tonnes of material to below 1 K and the CUORE detector itself will operate at a typical temperature of 10 mK. At this temperature, the CUORE detector will be the coldest contiguous cubic meter in the known Universe., Comment: Updated numbers and references

Published
2014

11. AndroSSL: A Platform to Test Android Applications Connection Security

Author

Gagnon, François, Ferland, Marc-Antoine, Fortier, Marc-Antoine, Desloges, Simon, Ouellet, Jonathan, Boileau, Catherine, Hutchison, David, Series editor, Kanade, Takeo, Series editor, Kittler, Josef, Series editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., Series editor, Mattern, Friedemann, Series editor, Mitchell, John C., Series editor, Naor, Moni, Series editor, Pandu Rangan, C., Series editor, Steffen, Bernhard, Series editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, Series editor, Tygar, Doug, Series editor, Weikum, Gerhard, Series editor, Garcia-Alfaro, Joaquin, editor, Kranakis, Evangelos, editor, and Bonfante, Guillaume, editor

Published
2016
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14. Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Iṣṭakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms.

Author

Ouellet, Jonathan

Subjects
*HISTORY of cartography, *HISTORICAL geography, *HISTORICAL maps, *HISTORY of Islam, *MUSLIM scholars
Abstract

"Picturing the Islamicate World: The Story of al-Istakhrī's Book of Routes and Realms" by Nadja Danilenko is a meticulously researched exploration of al-Istakhrī's tenth-century Book of Routes and Realms, a seminal work in Islamic geography. The book delves into the creation, evolution, and lasting impact of al-Istakhrī's work, tracing its translation and transmission into Persian and Ottoman Turkish. While the volume excels in analyzing cartographic details, it could benefit from a deeper exploration of the broader socio-political and cultural implications of al-Istakhrī's work beyond cartography and geography. Danilenko's interdisciplinary approach offers valuable insights into the significance of non-Western cartographic traditions in the global history of cartography, enriching our understanding of historical geography and diverse knowledge systems." [Extracted from the article]

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2024
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15. From Samarqand to Toledo: Greek, Sogdian and Arabic Documents and Manuscripts from the Islamicate World and Beyond.

Author

Ouellet, Jonathan

Subjects
*HISTORY of Islam, *MUSLIM scholars, *HISTORICAL literacy, *MUSLIM students, *CULTURAL history
Abstract

"From Samarqand to Toledo: Greek, Sogdian and Arabic Documents and Manuscripts from the Islamicate World and Beyond" is a comprehensive volume edited by Andreas Kaplony and Matt Malczycki that explores the interactions between diverse regions from Central Asia to western Europe during the early Islamic centuries. The book, part of the Brill Islamic History and Civilization series, consists of seven chapters that shed light on historical and cultural interconnections through interdisciplinary research involving less-studied languages and topics. While the volume's specialized focus may limit accessibility to non-specialists, it serves as a critical strength in addressing significant gaps in Islamic history studies and inspiring new avenues for research within the field of Islamic studies and archaeology. [Extracted from the article]

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2024
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16. Search for Low-energy Electron Antineutrinos in KamLAND Associated with Gravitational Wave Events

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Axani, Spencer Nicholas, Winslow, Lindley, Fu, Z., Ouellet, Jonathan L, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Axani, Spencer Nicholas, Winslow, Lindley, Fu, Z., and Ouellet, Jonathan L

Abstract

Abstract We present the results of a search for MeV-scale electron antineutrino events in KamLAND coincident with the 60 gravitational wave events/candidates reported by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration during their second and third observing runs. We find no significant coincident signals within a ±500 s timing window from each gravitational wave and present 90% C.L. upper limits on the electron antineutrino fluence between 108 and 1013 cm−2 for neutrino energies in the energy range of 1.8–111 MeV.

Published
2022

17. First results from the CUORE experiment

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) is a ton-scale experiment aiming to the search of neutrino-less double beta decay in 130Te with a projected sensitivity on the Majorana effective mass close to the inverted hierarchy region. The CUORE detector consists of a segmented array of 988 TeO2 bolometers, organized in 19 towers and operated at a temperature of about 10 mK thanks to a custom cryogenic system which, besides the uncommon scale, observes several constraints from the radio-purity of the materials to the mechanical decoupling of the cooling systems. The successful commissioning of the CUORE cryogenic system has been completed early in 2016 and represents an outstanding achievement by itself. The installation of the detector proceeded along 2016 followed by the cooldown to base temperature at the beginning of 2017. The CUORE detector is now operational and has been taking science data since Spring 2017. With the first ∼3 weeks of collected data, we present here the most stringent constraint on the 130Te half-live for the neutrino-less double beta decay.

Published
2022

18. Limits on Astrophysical Antineutrinos with the KamLAND Experiment

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Axani, Spencer Nicholas, Winslow, Lindley, Fu, Z., Ouellet, Jonathan L, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Axani, Spencer Nicholas, Winslow, Lindley, Fu, Z., and Ouellet, Jonathan L

Abstract

We report on a search for electron antineutrinos (${\bar{\nu }}_{e}$) from astrophysical sources in the neutrino energy range 8.3–30.8 MeV with the KamLAND detector. In an exposure of 6.72 kton-year of the liquid scintillator, we observe 18 candidate events via the inverse beta decay reaction. Although there is a large background uncertainty from neutral current atmospheric neutrino interactions, we find no significant excess over background model predictions. Assuming several supernova relic neutrino spectra, we give upper flux limits of 60–110 cm−2 s−1 (90% confidence level, CL) in the analysis range and present a model-independent flux. We also set limits on the annihilation rates for light dark matter pairs to neutrino pairs. These data improve on the upper probability limit of 8B solar neutrinos converting into ${\bar{\nu }}_{e}$, ${P}_{{\nu }_{e}\to {\bar{\nu }}_{e}}\lt 3.5\times {10}^{-5}$ (90% CL) assuming an undistorted ${\bar{\nu }}_{e}$ shape. This corresponds to a solar ${\bar{\nu }}_{e}$ flux of 60 cm−2 s−1 (90% CL) in the analysis energy range.

Published
2022

19. Study of rare nuclear processes with CUORE

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

© World Scientific Publishing Company. TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 130Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitive limit on the half-life, > 1.5 × 1025 yr, which corresponds to an upper bound of 140-400 meV on the effective Majorana mass of the neutrino. While it makes CUORE a world-leading experiment looking for neutrinoless double beta decay, it is not the only study that CUORE will contribute to in the field of nuclear and particle physics. As already done over the years with many small-scale experiments, CUORE will investigate both rare decays (such as the two-neutrino double beta decay of 130Te and the hypothesized electron capture in 123Te), and rare processes (e.g. dark matter and axion interactions). This paper describes some of the achievements of past experiments that used TeO2 bolometers, and perspectives for CUORE.

Published
2022

20. CUORE-0 detector: design, construction and operation

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, Eric Calvin, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, Eric Calvin, Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

© 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl. The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 130Te with an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers arranged in 19 towers. CUORE-0, the first tower assembled according to the CUORE procedures, was built and commissioned at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, and took data from March 2013 to March 2015. In this paper we describe the design, construction and operation of the CUORE-0 experiment, with an emphasis on the improvements made over a predecessor experiment, Cuoricino. In particular, we demonstrate with CUORE-0 data that the design goals of CUORE are within reach.

Published
2022

23. The Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in $^{130}$Te With CUORE-0

Author

Ouellet, Jonathan Loren

Subjects
Particle physics, Nuclear physics and radiation, Bolometer, CUORE, CUORE-0, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, TeO2
Abstract

This thesis describes the design, operation and results of anexperimental search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) of$^{130}$Te using the CUORE-0 detector.The discovery of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ would have profound implications for particlephysics and our understanding of the Universe. Its discovery woulddemonstrate the violation of lepton number and imply that neutrinosare Majorana fermions and therefore their own anti-particles. Combinedwith other experimental results, the discovery of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ could alsohave implications for understanding the absolute neutrino mass scaleas well as the presently unknown neutrino mass hierarchy.The CUORE experiment is a ton-scale search for 0$\nu\beta\beta$ in $^{130}$Teexpected to begin operation in late 2015. The first stage ofthis experiment is a smaller 39-kg active-mass detector called CUORE-0. Thisdetector contains 11~kg of $^{130}$Te and operates in the LaboratoriNazionali del Gran Sasso lab in Italy from 2013 -- 2015.The results presented here are based on a $^\text{nat}$TeO$_2$exposure of 35.2~kg$\cdot$yr, or 9.8~kg$\cdot$yr exposure of $^{130}$Te collectedbetween 2013 -- 2015. We see no evidence of 0$\nu\beta\beta$ and place anupper limit on the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay rate of$\Gamma_{0\nu\beta\beta}2.8\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.).We combine the present result with the results of previous searches in$^{130}$Te. Combining it with the 1.2~kg$\cdot$yr $^{130}$Te exposure from theThree Towers Test run we place a half-life limit of$T_{1/2}^{0\nu}>3.3\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.). And combining theseresults with the 19.75~kg$\cdot$yr $^{130}$Te exposure from CUORE-0ino, we placethe strongest limit on the 0$\nu\beta\beta$ half-life of $^{130}$Te to date, at$T^{0\nu}_{1/2}>4.5\times10^{24}$~yr (90\% C.L.). Using the presentnuclear matrix element calculations for $^{130}$Te, this resultcorresponds to a 90\% upper limit range on the effective Majoranamass of $m_{\beta\beta}

Published
2015

25. Low-energy astrophysics with KamLAND

Author

Kawada, Nanami, primary, Obara, Shuhei, additional, Ishidoshiro, Koji, additional, Abe, Seisho, additional, Asami, Sachihiro, additional, Gando, Azusa, additional, Gando, Yoshihito, additional, Gima, Tomomi, additional, Goto, Anna, additional, Hachiya, Takahiko, additional, Hata, Kazumi, additional, Hayashida, Shingo, additional, Hosokawa, Keishi, additional, Ichimura, Koichi, additional, Ieki, Sei, additional, Ikeda, Haruo, additional, Inoue, Kunio, additional, Kamei, Yuto, additional, Kishimoto, Yasuhiro, additional, Kinoshita, Tatsuya, additional, Koga, Masayuki, additional, Maemura, Naoya, additional, Mitsui, Tadao, additional, Miyake, Haruhiko, additional, Nakamura, Kengo, additional, Nakamura, Kosuke, additional, Nakamura, Rikuo, additional, Ozaki, Hideyoshi, additional, Sakai, Taichi, additional, Sambonsugi, Hiroto, additional, Shimizu, Itaru, additional, Shirai, Junpei, additional, Shiraishi, Kensuke, additional, SUZUKI, Atsuto, additional, Suzuki, Yuya, additional, Takeuchi, Atsuto, additional, Tamae, Kyoko, additional, Ueshima, Kota, additional, Wada, Yoshiki, additional, Watanabe, Hiroko, additional, Yoshida, Yuki, additional, Ichikawa, Atsuko, additional, Kozlov, Alexandre, additional, CHERNYAK, Dmitry, additional, Takemoto, Yasuhiro, additional, Yoshida, Sei, additional, Umehara, Saori, additional, Fushimi, Ken-Ichi, additional, Nakamura, Kazuhiro, additional, Yoshida, Masashi, additional, Edmond Berger, Bruce, additional, Kurt Fujikawa, Brian, additional, Gregory Learned, John, additional, Maricic, Jelena, additional, N. Axani, Spencer, additional, Anne Winslow, Lindley, additional, Fu, Zhenghao, additional, Ouellet, Jonathan, additional, Efremenko, Yuri, additional, J. Karwowski, Hugon, additional, M. Markoff, Dian, additional, Tornow, Werner, additional, Li, Aobo, additional, A. Detwiler, Jason, additional, Enomoto, Sanshiro, additional, Decowski, Patric, additional, Grant, Chistopher, additional, O'Donnell, Thomas, additional, and Dell'Oro, Stefano, additional

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2021
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26. Design and implementation of the ABRACADABRA-10 cm axion dark matter search

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Ouellet, Jonathan L., Salemi, Chiara P., Foster, Joshua W., Henning, Reyco, Bogorad, Zachary, Conrad, Janet M., Formaggio, Joseph A., Kahn, Yonatan, Minervini, Joe, Radovinsky, Alexey, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R., Thaler, Jesse, Winklehner, Daniel, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Ouellet, Jonathan L., Salemi, Chiara P., Foster, Joshua W., Henning, Reyco, Bogorad, Zachary, Conrad, Janet M., Formaggio, Joseph A., Kahn, Yonatan, Minervini, Joe, Radovinsky, Alexey, Rodd, Nicholas L., Safdi, Benjamin R., Thaler, Jesse, Winklehner, Daniel, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

The past few years have seen a renewed interest in the search for light particle dark matter. ABRACADABRA is a new experimental program to search for axion dark matter over a broad range of masses, 10^{-12}≲m_{a}≲10^{-6} eV. ABRACADABRA-10 cm is a small-scale prototype for a future detector that could be sensitive to QCD axion couplings. In this paper, we present the details of the design, construction, and data analysis for the first axion dark matter search with the ABRACADABRA-10 cm detector. We include a detailed discussion of the statistical techniques used to extract the limit from the first result with an emphasis on creating a robust statistical footing for interpreting those limits.

Published
2021

27. The commissioning of the CUORE experiment: the mini-tower run

Author

Copello, Simone, Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Camacho, Andrea, Caminata, Alessio, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, Dafinei, Ioan, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Di Vacri, Maria Laura, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Huan Zhong, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alex, Ligi, Carlo, Lim, Kyungeun, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvio, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michi, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Schmidt, Jedediah, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Copello, Simone, Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Camacho, Andrea, Caminata, Alessio, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, Dafinei, Ioan, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Di Vacri, Maria Laura, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Huan Zhong, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alex, Ligi, Carlo, Lim, Kyungeun, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvio, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michi, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Schmidt, Jedediah, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Abstract

© Copyright owned by the author(s). CUORE is a ton-scale experiment approaching the data taking phase in Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Its primary goal is to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay in 130 Te using 988 crystals of tellurim dioxide. The crystals are operated as bolometers at about 10 mK taking advantage of one of the largest dilution cryostat ever built. Concluded in March 2016, the cryostat commissioning consisted in a sequence of cool down runs each one integrating new parts of the apparatus. The last run was performed with the fully configured cryostat and the thermal load at 4 K reached the impressive mass of about 14 tons. During that run the base temperature of 6.3 mK was reached and maintained for more than 70 days. An array of 8 crystals, called mini-tower, was used to check bolometers operation, readout electronics and DAQ. Results will be presented in terms of cooling power, electronic noise, energy resolution and preliminary background measurements.

Published
2021

28. Results from the CUORE experiment

Author

Marini, Laura, Adams, Douglas Q., Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Caminata, Alessio, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger G, Huang, Huan, Johnston, Joseph, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvia, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine E., Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ettore, Puiu, Andrei, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Daniel, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Marini, Laura, Adams, Douglas Q., Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Caminata, Alessio, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger G, Huang, Huan, Johnston, Joseph, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvia, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine E., Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ettore, Puiu, Andrei, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Daniel, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Published
2021

29. CUORE: first results and prospects

Author

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Novati, Valentina, Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Camacho, Andrea, Caminata, Alessio, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Di Vacri, Maria Laura, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Huan Zhong, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alex, Ligi, Carlo, Lim, Kyungeun, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvio, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine E., Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Schmidt, Jedediah, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Novati, Valentina, Alduino, Christopher, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone III, Frank T., Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Camacho, Andrea, Caminata, Alessio, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Cassina, Lorenzo, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Rick J., Cushman, Jeremy S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, D'Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Maria Maddalena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Di Vacri, Maria Laura, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, Deqing, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart J., Fujikawa, Brian K., Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas D., Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten M., Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Huan Zhong, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury G., Leder, Alex, Ligi, Carlo, Lim, Kyungeun, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina H., Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolò, Morganti, Silvio, Nagorny, Sergey, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O'Donnell, Tommy, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine E., Pallavicini, Marco, Palmieri, Vincenzo, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Reindl, Florian, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Santone, Daria, Schmidt, Ben, Schmidt, Jedediah, Scielzo, Nicholas D., Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, Barbara S., Wang, Hongwei, Welliver, Brad, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zhang, Guoqiang, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Published
2021

32. New results from the CUORE experiment

Author

Giachero, Andrea, primary, Adams, Douglas Q., additional, Alduino, Christopher, additional, Alfonso, Krystal, additional, Avignone III, Frank T., additional, Azzolini, Oscar, additional, Bari, Giacomo, additional, Bellini, Fabio, additional, Benato, Giovanni, additional, Biassoni, Matteo, additional, Branca, Antonio, additional, Brofferio, Chiara, additional, Bucci, Carlo, additional, Camilleri, Joseph, additional, Caminata, Alessio, additional, Campani, Alice, additional, Canonica, Lucia, additional, Cao, Xi-Guang, additional, Capelli, Silvia, additional, Cappelli, Luigi, additional, Cardani, Laura, additional, Carniti, Paolo, additional, Casali, Nicola, additional, Chiesa, Davide, additional, Chott, Nicholas, additional, Clemenza, Massimiliano, additional, Copello, Simone, additional, Cosmelli, Carlo, additional, Cremonesi, Oliviero, additional, Creswick, Rick J., additional, D'Addabbo, Antonio, additional, Dafinei, Ioan, additional, Davis, Christopher J., additional, Dell'Oro, Stefano, additional, Di Domizio, Sergio, additional, Dompè, Valentina, additional, Fang, Deqing, additional, Fantini, Guido, additional, Faverzani, Marco, additional, Ferri, Elena, additional, Ferroni, Fernando, additional, Fiorini, Ettore, additional, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, additional, Freedman, Stuart J., additional, Fu, Shi H, additional, Fujikawa, Brian K., additional, Gironi, Luca, additional, Giuliani, Andrea, additional, Gorla, Paolo, additional, Gotti, Claudio, additional, Gutierrez, Thomas D., additional, Han, Ke, additional, Heeger, Karsten M., additional, Huang, Roger G, additional, Huang, Huan Zhong, additional, Johnston, Joseph, additional, Keppel, Giorgio, additional, Kolomensky, Yury G., additional, Ligi, Carlo, additional, Ma, Long, additional, Ma, Yu-Gang, additional, Marini, Laura, additional, Maruyama, Reina H., additional, Mayer, Daniel, additional, Mei, Yuan, additional, Moggi, Niccolò, additional, Morganti, Silvio, additional, Napolitano, Tommaso, additional, Nastasi, Massimliano, additional, Nikkel, James, additional, Nones, Claudia, additional, Norman, Eric, additional, Nucciotti, Angelo, additional, Nutini, Irene, additional, O'Donnell, T, additional, Ouellet, Jonathan, additional, Pagan, Samantha, additional, Pagliarone, Carmine E., additional, Pagnanini, Lorenzo, additional, Pallavicini, Marco, additional, Pattavina, Luca Maria, additional, Pavan, Maura, additional, Pessina, Gianluigi, additional, Pettinacci, Valerio, additional, Pira, Cristian, additional, Pirro, Stefano, additional, Pozzi, Stefano, additional, Previtali, Ezio, additional, Puiu, Andrei, additional, Rosenfeld, Carl, additional, Rusconi, Claudia, additional, Sakai, Michinari, additional, Sangiorgio, Samuele, additional, Schmidt, Ben, additional, Scielzo, Nicholas D., additional, Sharma, Vivek, additional, Singh, Vivek, additional, Sisti, Monica, additional, Speller, Danielle, additional, Surukuchi, Pranava T, additional, Taffarello, Luca, additional, Terranova, Francesco, additional, Tomei, Claudia, additional, Vetter, Kenneth, additional, Vignati, Marco, additional, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, additional, Wang, Barbara S., additional, Welliver, Brad, additional, Wilson, Jeffrey, additional, Wilson, Kevin, additional, Winslow, Lindley, additional, Zimmermann, Sergio, additional, and Zucchelli, Stefano, additional

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2021
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38. Solutions to Axion Electrodynamics in Various Geometries

Author

Bogorad, Zachary, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Bogorad, Zachary A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Bogorad, Zachary A.

Subjects
Electromagnetic field, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Physics beyond the Standard Model, FOS: Physical sciences, Magnetostatics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Magnetic field, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), symbols.namesake, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Maxwell's equations, Quantum electrodynamics, Electric field, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Boundary value problem, 010306 general physics, Axion
Abstract

Recently there has been a surge of new experimental proposals to search for ultra-light axion dark matter with axion mass, $m_a\lesssim1\,\mu$eV. Many of these proposals search for small oscillating magnetic fields induced in or around a large static magnetic field. Lately, there has been interest in alternate detection schemes which search for oscillating electric fields in a similar setup. In this paper, we explicitly solve Maxwell's equations in a simplified geometry and demonstrate that in this mass range, the axion induced electric fields are heavily suppressed by boundary conditions. Unfortunately, experimentally measuring axion induced electric fields is not feasible in this mass regime using the currently proposed setups with static primary fields. We show that at larger axion masses, induced electric fields are not suppressed, but boundary effects may still be relevant for an experiment's sensitivity. We then make a general argument about a generic detector configuration with a static magnetic field to show that the electric fields are always suppressed in the limit of large wavelength., Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures

Published
2018

39. Supplementary material for: Identification of new riboswitches and ribozymes: a multiplicity of approaches and challenges

Author

Naghdi, Mohammad Reza, Mucha, Clarisse, Smail, Katia, Ouellet, Jonathan, and Perreault, Jonathan

Subjects
hammerhead ribozyme, manganese, metal ion, RiboGap
Abstract

Supplementary material to the article: Identification of new riboswitches and ribozymes: a multiplicity of approaches and challenges submitted to MDPI journal:Non-Coding RNA. This material include hypotheses on previoulsy discovered putative ncRNAs, updated versions of ncRNA discovery pipeline, as well as data on several putative (and confirmed) hammerhead ribozymes that have been assayed.

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2019
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40. Results from the CUORE experiment

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan Zhong, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan Zhong, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay that has been able to reach the 1-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO[subscript 2] crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers, each of them made of 52 crystals. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 and the data taking started in spring 2017 after a period of commissioning and tests. In this work we present the neutrinoless double beta decay results of CUORE from examining a total TeO[subscript 2] exposure of 86.3kgyr , characterized by an effective energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts/(keVkgyr) . In this physics run, CUORE placed a lower limit on the decay half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te>1.3⋅1025 yr (90% C.L.). Moreover, an analysis of the background of the experiment is presented as well as the measurement of the 130 Te 2 νββ decay with a resulting half-life of T2ν1/2=[7.9±0.1(stat.)±0.2(syst.)]×1020 yr which is the most precise measurement of the half-life and compatible with previous results. ©2019 Keywords: neutrinoless double beta decay; CUORE; Majorana Neutrino, National Science Foundation (grant nos. NSF-PHY-0605119 ; NSF-PHY-0500337 ; NSF-PHY-0855314 ; NSF-PHY-0902171 ; NSF-PHY-0969852 ; NSF-PHY-1307204 ; NSF-PHY-1314881 ; NSF-PHY-1401832 ; NSF-PHY-140420), US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (contract nos. DE-AC02-05CH11231 ; DE-AC52-07NA27344 ; DE-SC0012654), DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics (contract nos. DE-FG02-08ER41551 ; DE-FG03-00ER41138)

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2020

41. The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events: Status and Prospects

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Norman, Eric, Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xu, Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R., Cushman, J. S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Fang, D. Q., 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., Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E, Han, K., Hansen, Eric Calvin, Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. C., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Ma, Y., Maino, M., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Mosteiro, P. J., Napolitano, T., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Scielzo, N., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, B. S., Wang, H., Wilson, J., Winslow, Lindley, Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., Zimmermann, S., Zucchelli, S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Norman, Eric, Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Artusa, D. R., Avignone III, F. T., Azzolini, O., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xu, Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R., Cushman, J. S., D'Addabbo, Antonio, Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell'Oro, Stefano, Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Fang, D. Q., 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., Gladstone, Laura, Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Haller, E. E, Han, K., Hansen, Eric Calvin, Heeger, K. M., Hennings-Yeomans, R., Hickerson, K. P., Huang, H. C., Kadel, R., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Ma, Y., Maino, M., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Mosteiro, P. J., Napolitano, T., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., O'Donnell, T, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Scielzo, N., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachi, Wang, B. S., Wang, H., Wilson, J., Winslow, Lindley, Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., Zimmermann, S., and Zucchelli, S.

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a large-scale double beta decay experiment utilizing cryogenic bolometers that is currently being commissioned at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. Its primary focus is to search for the neutrino-less double beta decay of 130 Te with a projected sensitivity to Majorana neutrino masses near the inverted mass hierarchy region. The detector is composed of 988 5x5x5-cm 3 TeO 2 crystals of natural isotopic composition arranged in 19 towers of 52 crystals each, all housed in a common dilution refrigerator. A single CUORE-like tower, CUORE-0, was assembled and operated as a stand-alone detector for a period of approximately two years. In this report, the results from CUORE-0 and the current status and physics potential of CUORE are presented.

Published
2020

43. CUORE sensitivity to 0νββ decay

Author

Cononica, L., Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, E., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Cononica, L., Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, E., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

We report a study of the CUORE sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta (0) decay. We used a Bayesian analysis based on a toy Monte Carlo (MC) approach to extract the exclusion sensitivity to the 0 decay half-life (T[superscript 0ν][subscript 1/2]) at 90 % credibility interval (CI) – i.e. the interval containing the true value of T[superscript 0ν][subscript 1/2] with 90 % probability – and the 3σ discovery sensitivity. We consider various background levels and energy resolutions, and describe the influence of the data division in subsets with different background levels. If the background level and the energy resolution meet the expectation, CUORE will reach a 90 % CI exclusion sensitivity of 2 · 10[superscript 25] year with 3 months, and 9 · 10[superscript 25] year with 5 years of live time. Under the same conditions, the discovery sensitivity after 3 months and 5 years will be 7 · 10[superscript 24] year and 4 · 10[superscript 25] year, respectively., National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY-0605119), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY-0500337), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSFPHY-0855314), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY-0902171), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY-0969852), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY-1314881), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY1307204), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY- 1401832), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant NSF-PHY1404205), Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, University of Wisconsin Foundation, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science (Contract DE-AC02-05CH1-1231), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science (Contract DEAC52-07NA27344), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science (Contract DE-SC0012654), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Nuclear Physics (Contract DE-FG02-08ER41551), United States. Department of Energy. Office of Nuclear Physics (Contract DE-FG03-00ER41138), National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (U.S.), Istituto nazionale di fisica nucleare (INFN)

Published
2017

44. Latest Results from the CUORE Experiment

Author

Ouellet, Jonathan

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) that has been able to reach the one-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals arranged in a compact cylindrical structure of 19 towers. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 with the installation of all towers in the cryostat. Following a cooldown, diagnostic, and optimization campaign, routine data-taking began in spring 2017. After the first two months of data taking, CUORE collected a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg·yr with an average energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts/(keV·kg·yr). With this dataset, CUORE placed a lower limit on the 130Te 0νββ half-life of > 1.3 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.). In this talk, we report on the latest evaluation of the CUORE background budget, and using this same 86.3 kg·yr dataset, we present the most precise measurement of the 130Te 0νββ half-life to date.

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2018
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45. First Results from ABRACADABRA-10 cm: A Search for Sub- μeV Axion Dark Matter

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Ouellet, Jonathan L., primary, Salemi, Chiara P., additional, Foster, Joshua W., additional, Henning, Reyco, additional, Bogorad, Zachary, additional, Conrad, Janet M., additional, Formaggio, Joseph A., additional, Kahn, Yonatan, additional, Minervini, Joe, additional, Radovinsky, Alexey, additional, Rodd, Nicholas L., additional, Safdi, Benjamin R., additional, Thaler, Jesse, additional, Winklehner, Daniel, additional, and Winslow, Lindley, additional

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2019
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46. Design and implementation of the ABRACADABRA-10 cm axion dark matter search

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Ouellet, Jonathan L., primary, Salemi, Chiara P., additional, Foster, Joshua W., additional, Henning, Reyco, additional, Bogorad, Zachary, additional, Conrad, Janet M., additional, Formaggio, Joseph A., additional, Kahn, Yonatan, additional, Minervini, Joe, additional, Radovinsky, Alexey, additional, Rodd, Nicholas L., additional, Safdi, Benjamin R., additional, Thaler, Jesse, additional, Winklehner, Daniel, additional, and Winslow, Lindley, additional

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2019
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48. Results from the Cuore Experiment †

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Caminata, A, Adams, D, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Campani, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D’Addabbo, A, D’Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell’Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Dompè, V, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, R, Huang, H, Johnston, J, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O’Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Schmidt, B, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Caminata, A, Adams, D, Alduino, C, Alfonso, K, Avignone, F, Azzolini, O, Bari, G, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biassoni, M, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bucci, C, Campani, A, Canonica, L, Cao, X, Capelli, S, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Carniti, P, Casali, N, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Creswick, R, Cushman, J, D’Addabbo, A, D’Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Davis, C, Dell’Oro, S, Deninno, M, Di Domizio, S, Dompè, V, Drobizhev, A, Fang, D, Fantini, G, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, M, Freedman, S, Fujikawa, B, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Gutierrez, T, Han, K, Heeger, K, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Huang, R, Huang, H, Johnston, J, Keppel, G, Kolomensky, Y, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Ma, Y, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Maruyama, R, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nones, C, Norman, E, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O’Donnell, T, Ouellet, J, Pagliarone, C, Pallavicini, M, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Puiu, A, Rosenfeld, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sangiorgio, S, Schmidt, B, Scielzo, N, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Speller, D, Taffarello, L, Terranova, F, Tomei, C, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, S, Wang, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, L, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zimmermann, S, Zucchelli, S, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay that has been able to reach the 1-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers, each of them made of 52 crystals. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 and the data taking started in spring 2017 after a period of commissioning and tests. In this work we present the neutrinoless double beta decay results of CUORE from examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 counts/ (keV kg yr). In this physics run, CUORE placed a lower limit on the decay half- life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te > 1.3.1025 yr (90% C. L.). Moreover, an analysis of the background of the experiment is presented as well as the measurement of the 130Te 2vo3p decay with a resulting half- life of T2 2. [7.9 :- 0.1 (stat.) :- 0.2 (syst.)] x 10(20) yr which is the most precise measurement of the half- life and compatible with previous results

Published
2019

49. Results from the Cuore Experiment

Author

Center for Neutrino Physics, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan Zhong, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, Zucchelli, Stefano, Center for Neutrino Physics, Caminata, Alessio, Adams, Douglas, Alduino, Chris, Alfonso, Krystal, Avignone, Frank, Azzolini, Oscar, Bari, Giacomo, Bellini, Fabio, Benato, Giovanni, Bersani, Andrea, Biassoni, Matteo, Branca, Antonio, Brofferio, Chiara, Bucci, Carlo, Campani, Alice, Canonica, Lucia, Cao, Xi-Guang, Capelli, Silvia, Cappelli, Luigi, Cardani, Laura, Carniti, Paolo, Casali, Nicola, Chiesa, Davide, Chott, Nicholas, Clemenza, Massimiliano, Copello, Simone, Cosmelli, Carlo, Cremonesi, Oliviero, Creswick, Richard, Cushman, Jeremy, D’Addabbo, Antonio, D’Aguanno, Damiano, Dafinei, Ioan, Davis, Christopher, Dell’Oro, Stefano, Deninno, Milena, Di Domizio, Sergio, Dompè, Valentina, Drobizhev, Alexey, Fang, De-Qing, Fantini, Guido, Faverzani, Marco, Ferri, Elena, Ferroni, Fernando, Fiorini, Ettore, Franceschi, Massimo Alberto, Freedman, Stuart, Fujikawa, Brian, Giachero, Andrea, Gironi, Luca, Giuliani, Andrea, Gorla, Paolo, Gotti, Claudio, Gutierrez, Thomas, Han, Ke, Heeger, Karsten, Hennings-Yeomans, Raul, Huang, Roger, Huang, Huan Zhong, Johnston, Joe, Keppel, Giorgio, Kolomensky, Yury, Leder, Alexander, Ligi, Carlo, Ma, Yu-Gang, Marini, Laura, Martinez, Maria, Maruyama, Reina, Mei, Yuan, Moggi, Niccolo, Morganti, Silvio, Napolitano, Tommaso, Nastasi, Massimiliano, Nones, Claudia, Norman, Eric, Novati, Valentina, Nucciotti, Angelo, Nutini, Irene, O’Donnell, Thomas, Ouellet, Jonathan, Pagliarone, Carmine, Pallavicini, Marco, Pattavina, Luca, Pavan, Maura, Pessina, Gianluigi, Pettinacci, Valerio, Pira, Cristian, Pirro, Stefano, Pozzi, Stefano, Previtali, Ezio, Puiu, Andrei, Rosenfeld, Carl, Rusconi, Claudia, Sakai, Michinari, Sangiorgio, Samuele, Schmidt, Benjamin, Scielzo, Nick, Singh, Vivek, Sisti, Monica, Speller, Danielle, Taffarello, Luca, Terranova, Francesco, Tomei, Claudia, Vignati, Marco, Wagaarachchi, Sachinthya, Wang, Barbara, Welliver, Bradford, Wilson, Jeffrey, Wilson, Kevin, Winslow, Lindley, Wise, Tom, Zanotti, Luigi, Zimmermann, Sergio, and Zucchelli, Stefano

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first bolometric experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay that has been able to reach the 1-ton scale. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO 2 emantics> crystals arranged in a cylindrical compact structure of 19 towers, each of them made of 52 crystals. The construction of the experiment was completed in August 2016 and the data taking started in spring 2017 after a period of commissioning and tests. In this work we present the neutrinoless double beta decay results of CUORE from examining a total TeO 2 emantics> exposure of 86.3 kg yr emantics> , characterized by an effective energy resolution of 7.7 keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of 0.014 emantics> counts / ( keV kg yr ) emantics> . In this physics run, CUORE placed a lower limit on the decay half-life of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130 Te > 1.3 · 10 25 emantics> yr (90% C.L.). Moreover, an analysis of the background of the experiment is pre

Published
2019

50. Measurement of the Two-Neutrino Double-Beta Decay Half-Life of ¹³⁰Te with the CUORE-0 Experiment

Author

Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Artusa, D. R., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Bersani, A., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Camacho, A., Caminata, A., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Carbone, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Cassina, L., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., Cushman, J. S., D’Addabbo, A., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell’Oro, S., Deninno, M. M., Di Domizio, S., Di Vacri, M. L., Drobizhev, A., Fang, D. Q., Faverzani, M., Feintzeig, J., 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., Ligi, C., Lim, K. E., Liu, X., Ma, Y. G., Maino, M., Marini, L., Martinez, M., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Mosteiro, P. J., Napolitano, T., Nones, C., Norman, E. B., Nucciotti, A., O’Donnell, T., Orio, F., Pagliarone, C. E., Pallavicini, M., Palmieri, V., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Piperno, G., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sangiorgio, S., Santone, D., Scielzo, N. D., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Smith, A. R., Taffarello, L., Tenconi, M., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Trentalange, S., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Wang, H. W., Wilson, J., Wise, T., Woodcraft, A., Zanotti, L., Zhang, G. Q., Zhu, B. X., Zimmermann, S., Zucchelli, S., Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, E., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, Winslow, Lindley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Canonica, Lucia, Gladstone, Laura, Hansen, E., Leder, Alexander Friedrich, Ouellet, Jonathan L, and Winslow, Lindley

Abstract

We report on the measurement of the two-neutrino double-beta decay half-life of ¹³⁰Te with the CUORE-0 detector. From an exposure of 33.4 kg year of TeO₂, the half-life is determined to be T[subscript 1/2][superscript 2ν] = [8.2 ± 0.2 (stat.) ± 0.6 (syst.)] × 10²⁰ year. This result is obtained after a detailed reconstruction of the sources responsible for the CUORE-0 counting rate, with a specific study of those contributing to the ¹³⁰Te neutrinoless double-beta decay region of interest., National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0605119), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0500337), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0855314), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0902171), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-0969852), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-1307204), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-1314881), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-1401832), National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant PHY-1404205)

Published
2016

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