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Final Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of $^{82}$Se with CUPID-0

Authors :
Azzolini, O.
Beeman, J. W.
Bellini, F.
Beretta, M.
Biassoni, M.
Brofferio, C.
Bucci, C.
Capelli, S.
Caracciolo, V.
Cardani, L.
Carniti, P.
Casali, N.
Chiesa, D.
Clemenza, M.
Colantoni, I.
Cremonesi, O.
Cruciani, A.
D'Addabbo, A.
Dafinei, I.
De Dominics, F.
Di Domizio, S.
Ferroni, F.
Gironi, L.
Giuliani, A.
Gorla, P.
Gotti, C.
Keppel, G.
Martinez, M.
Nagorny, S.
Nastasi, M.
Nisi, S.
Nones, C.
Orlandi, D.
Pagnanini, L.
Pallavicini, M.
Pattavina, L.
Pavan, M.
Pessina, G.
Pettinacci, V.
Pirro, S.
Pozzi, S.
Previtali, E.
Puiu, A.
Rusconi, C.
Schaeffner, K.
Tomei, C.
Vignati, M.
Zolotarova, A. S.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

CUPID-0, an array of Zn$^{82}$Se cryogenic calorimeters, was the first medium-scale demonstrator of the scintillating bolometers technology. The first project phase (March 2017 - December 2018) allowed the most stringent limit on the neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of the isotope of interest, $^{82}$Se, to be set. After a six months long detector upgrade, CUPID-0 began its second and last phase (June 2019 - February 2020). In this letter, we describe the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{82}$Se with a total exposure (phase I + II) of 8.82 kg$\times$yr of isotope. We set a limit on the half-life of $^{82}$Se to the ground state of $^{82}$Kr of T$^{0\nu}_{1/2}$($^{82}$Se)$>$ 4.6$\times \mathrm{10}^{24}$ yr (90\% credible interval), corresponding to an effective Majorana neutrino mass m$_{\beta\beta} <$ (263 -- 545) meV. We also set the most stringent lower limits on the neutrinoless decays of $^{82}$Se to the 0$_1^+$, 2$_1^+$ and 2$_2^+$ excited states of $^{82}$Kr, finding 1.8$\times$10$^{23}$ yr, 3.0$\times$10$^{23}$ yr, 3.2$\times$10$^{23}$ yr (90$\%$ credible interval) respectively.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2206.05130
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.111801