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Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ^{130} Te with CUORE

Authors :
Adams, DQ
Alduino, C
Alfonso, K
Avignone, FT
Azzolini, O
Bari, G
Bellini, F
Benato, G
Biassoni, M
Branca, A
Brofferio, C
Bucci, C
Caminata, A
Campani, A
Canonica, L
Cao, XG
Capelli, S
Cappelli, L
Cardani, L
Carniti, P
Casali, N
Chiesa, D
Chott, N
Clemenza, M
Copello, S
Cosmelli, C
Cremonesi, O
Creswick, RJ
D'Addabbo, A
D'Aguanno, D
Dafinei, I
Davis, CJ
Dell'Oro, S
Di Domizio, S
Dompè, V
Fang, DQ
Fantini, G
Faverzani, M
Ferri, E
Ferroni, F
Fiorini, E
Franceschi, MA
Freedman, SJ
Fujikawa, BK
Giachero, A
Gironi, L
Giuliani, A
Gorla, P
Gotti, C
Gutierrez, TD
Han, K
Heeger, KM
Huang, RG
Huang, HZ
Johnston, J
Keppel, G
Kolomensky, Yu G
Ligi, C
Ma, YG
Ma, L
Marini, L
Maruyama, RH
Mei, Y
Moggi, N
Morganti, S
Napolitano, T
Nastasi, M
Nikkel, J
Nones, C
Norman, EB
Novati, V
Nucciotti, A
Nutini, I
O'Donnell, T
Ouellet, JL
Pagliarone, CE
Pagnanini, L
Pallavicini, M
Pattavina, L
Pavan, M
Pessina, G
Pettinacci, V
Pira, C
Pirro, S
Pozzi, S
Previtali, E
Puiu, A
Rosenfeld, C
Rusconi, C
Sakai, M
Sangiorgio, S
Schmidt, B
Scielzo, ND
Sharma, V
Singh, V
Sisti, M
Speller, D
Surukuchi, PT
Taffarello, L
Terranova, F
Source :
Physical review letters, vol 124, iss 12
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
eScholarship, University of California, 2020.

Abstract

We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ^{130} Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a fourfold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds, and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of (1.38±0.07)×10^{-2} counts/(keV kg yr)) in the 0νββ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5kg yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of 1.7×10^{25} yr. We find no evidence for 0νββ decay and set a 90% credibility interval Bayesian lower limit of 3.2×10^{25} yr on the ^{130} Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that 0νββ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.

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Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical review letters, vol 124, iss 12
Accession number :
edsair.dedup.wf.001..59f70b424a86bba3876a8729a7450797