Publications (17)
Status of the CUORE and results from the CUORE-0 neutrinoless double beta decay experiments
CUORE Collaboration, M. Sisti, D. R. Artusa +125
CUORE is a 741 kg array of TeO2 bolometers for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te. The detector is being constructed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso,…
Searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Te with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +118
Neutrinoless double-beta () decay is a hypothesized lepton-number-violating process that offers the only known means of asserting the possible Majorana nature of neutrino…
Double-beta decay of Te to the first excited state of Xe with CUORE-0
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +118
We report on a search for double beta decay of Te to the first excited state of Xe using a 9.8 kgyr exposure of Te collected with the CUORE-0…
CUORE-0 detector: design, construction and operation
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +151
The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Te with an array of 988 TeO bolometers arranged in 19 towers. CUORE-0, the first tower assembled…
The projected background for the CUORE experiment
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +129
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te with an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers operating at te…
Analysis Techniques for the Evaluation of the Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Lifetime in Te with CUORE-0
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +118
We describe in detail the methods used to obtain the lower bound on the lifetime of neutrinoless double-beta () decay in Te and the associated limit on the effecti…
Initial performance of the CUORE-0 experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +110
CUORE-0 is a cryogenic detector that uses an array of tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^{130}Te. We present the first data analysis with…
The CUORE and CUORE-0 Experiments at Gran Sasso
A. Giachero, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +125
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is an experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay () in Te and other rare processes. CUOR…
Exploring the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the Inverted Neutrino Hierarchy with Bolometric Detectors
D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini +116
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0nubb) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this p…
CUORE Sensitivity to Decay
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +128
We report a study of the CUORE sensitivity to neutrinoless double beta () decay. We used a Bayesian analysis based on a toy Monte Carlo (MC) approach to extract the exclus…
CUORE-0 results and prospects for the CUORE experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +127
With 741 kg of TeO2 crystals and an excellent energy resolution of 5 keV (0.2%) at the region of interest, the CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment…
Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Te with CUORE-0
K. Alfonso, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +115
We report the results of a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in a 9.8~kgyr exposure of Te using a bolometric detector array, CUORE-0. The characteristic dete…
Sensitivity and Discovery Potential of CUORE to Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay
F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +118
We present a study of the sensitivity and discovery potential of CUORE, a bolometric double-beta decay experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in I…
CUORE and beyond: bolometric techniques to explore inverted neutrino mass hierarchy
D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini +117
The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Te. With 741 kg of TeO crystals and an excell…
Measurement of the Two-Neutrino Double Beta Decay Half-life of Te with the CUORE-0 Experiment
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +123
We report on the measurement of the two-neutrino double beta decay half-life of Te with the CUORE-0 detector. From an exposure of 33.4 kgy of TeO, the half-life…
The CUORE and CUORE-0 experiments at LNGS
A. D'Addabbo, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +122
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a 1-ton scale bolometric experiment devoted to the search of the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0ν\b{eta}\b{eta})…
Borexino calibrations: Hardware, Methods, and Results
Borexino collaboration, H. Back, G. Bellini +93
Borexino was the first experiment to detect solar neutrinos in real-time in the sub-MeV region. In order to achieve high precision in the determination of neutrino rates, the detec…