Publications (113)
Limits on Majoron-emitting double-beta decays of Xe-136 in the KamLAND-Zen experiment
Zen Collaboration, A. Gando, Y. Gando +37
We present limits on Majoron-emitting neutrinoless double-beta decay modes based on an exposure of 112.3 days with 125 kg of Xe-136. In particular, a lower limit on the ordinary (s…
Search for 14.4 keV solar axions from M1 transition of Fe-57 with CUORE crystals
The Cuore Collaboration, F. Alessandria, R. Ardito +112
We report the results of a search for axions from the 14.4 keV M1 transition from Fe-57 in the core of the sun using the axio-electric effect in TeO2 bolometers. The detectors are…
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…
Exploring the keV-scale physics potential of CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +120
We present the analysis techniques developed to explore the keV-scale energy region of the CUORE experiment, based on more than 2 tonne yr of data collected over 5 years. By priori…
The detection of marine microseismic activity with the CUORE tonne-scale cryogenic experiment
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +126
Vibrations from experimental setups and the environment are a persistent source of noise for low-temperature calorimeters searching for rare events, including neutrinoless double b…
Signatures of Electronic Nematicity in (111) LaAlO/SrTiO Interfaces
S. Davis, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
Symmetry breaking is a fundamental concept in condensed matter physics whose presence often heralds new phases of matter. For instance, the breaking of time reversal symmetry is tr…
Light Collection and Pulse-Shape Discrimination in Elongated Scintillator Cells for the PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
A meter-long, 23-liter EJ-309 liquid scintillator detector has been constructed to study the light collection and pulse-shape discrimination performance of elongated scintillator c…
An Absence of Neutrinos Associated with Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Gamma-Ray Bursts
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +259
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) have been proposed as a leading candidate for acceleration of ultra high-energy cosmic rays, which would be accompanied by emission of TeV neutrinos produce…
Novel technique for the study of pile-up events in cryogenic bolometers
A. Armatol, E. Armengaud, W. Armstrong +166
Precise characterization of detector time resolution is of crucial importance for next-generation cryogenic-bolometer experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay, such…
Strong spin-orbit coupling and magnetism in (111) (LaSr)(AlTa/SrTiO
V. V. Bal, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
Strong correlations, multiple lattice degrees of freedom, and the ease of doping make complex oxides a source of great research interest. Complex oxide heterointerfaces break inver…
The PROSPECT Reactor Antineutrino Experiment
PROSPECT Collaboration, J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin +86
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make both a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reac…
Observation of Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Galactic Cosmic Rays at Multiple Angular Scales with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +266
Between May 2009 and May 2010, the IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole recorded 32 billion muons generated in air showers produced by cosmic rays with a median energy of 20…
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…
Search for fractionally charged particles with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +117
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a detector array comprised by 988 5cm5cm5cm TeO crystals held below 20 mK, primaril…
Observation of perfect diamagnetism and interfacial effect on the electronic structures in Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2 superconducting infinite layers
S. W. Zeng, X. M. Yin, C. J. Li +13
Nickel-based complex oxides have served as a playground for decades in the quest for a copper-oxide analog of the high-temperature superconductivity. They may provide clues towards…
Low temperature magnetoresistance of (111) (LaSr)(AlTa)/SrTiO
V. V. Bal, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
The two dimensional conducting interfaces in SrTiO-based systems are known to show a variety of coexisting and competing phenomena in a complex phase space. Magnetoresistance m…
Electrical Properties and Subband Occupancy at the (La,Sr)(Al,Ta)O/SrTiO Interface
K. Han, Z. Huang, S. W. Zeng +9
The quasi two-dimensional electron gas (q-2DEG) at oxide interfaces provides a platform for investigating quantum phenomena in strongly correlated electronic systems. Here, we stud…
Neutrino analysis of the September 2010 Crab Nebula flare and time-integrated constraints on neutrino emission from the Crab using IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +266
We present the results for a search of high-energy muon neutrinos with the IceCube detector in coincidence with the Crab nebula flare reported on September 2010 by various experime…
CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +206
The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparab…
The low energy spectrum of TeO2 bolometers: results and dark matter perspectives for the CUORE-0 and CUORE experiments
F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +113
We collected 19.4 days of data from four 750 g TeO2 bolometers, and in three of them we were able to set the energy threshold around 3 keV using a new analysis technique. We found…
TiAu Alloys: Hard Biocompatible Metals and Their Possible Applications
E. Svanidze, T. Besara, M. F. Ozaydin +5
The search for new hard materials is often challenging from both theoretical and experimental points of view. Furthermore, using materials for biomedical applications calls for all…
Half-life and precision shape measurement of 2νββ decay of Te
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +119
We present a new measurement of the 2nbb half-life of 130Te (T1/2) using the first complete model of the CUORE data, based on 1038 kg yr of collected exposure. Thanks to optimized…
Artificial two-dimensional polar metal by charge transfer to a ferroelectric insulator
W. X. Zhou, H. J. Wu, J. Zhou +20
Integrating multiple properties in a single system is crucial for the continuous developments in electronic devices. However, some physical properties are mutually exclusive in nat…
New direct limit on neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of Te with CUORE
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +117
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0$ν΅
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…
Measurement of the 2 Decay Half-life of Te with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +110
We measured two-neutrino double beta decay of Te using an exposure of 300.7 kgyr accumulated with the CUORE detector. Using a Bayesian analysis to fit simulated spec…
Optimization of the first CUPID detector module
CUPID collaboration, A. Armatol, C. Augier +175
CUPID will be a next generation experiment searching for the neutrinoless double decay, whose discovery would establish the Majorana nature of the neutrino. Based on the exper…
First search for short-baseline neutrino oscillations at HFIR with PROSPECT
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, C. Baldenegro +85
This Letter reports the first scientific results from the observation of antineutrinos emitted by fission products of U at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. PROSPECT, the Prec…
Study of Rare Nuclear Processes with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +116
TeO2 bolometers have been used for many years to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 130-Te. CUORE, a tonne-scale TeO2 detector array, recently published the most sensitiv…
Constraints on the Extremely-high Energy Cosmic Neutrino Flux with the IceCube 2008-2009 Data
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +261
We report on a search for extremely-high energy neutrinos with energies greater than GeV using the data taken with the IceCube detector at the South Pole. The data was colle…
Low temperature physical properties of Co-35Ni-20Mo-10Cr alloy MP35N
J. Lu, V. J. Toplosky, R. E. Goddard +1
Multiphase Co-35Ni-20Mo-10Cr alloy MP35N is a high strength alloy with excellent corrosion resistance. Its applications span chemical, medical, and food processing industries. Than…
A new nanometre resolution method for probing densification ratio at nanoindentation sites in glass: Unravelling discrepancies in the literature
J. -P. Guin, V. Keryvin, L. Charleux +3
The region of permanent densification beneath a Berkovich indentation imprint in silica glass is investigated using a novel chemical dissolution technique. The use of the similitud…
7Be Solar Neutrino Measurement with KamLAND
A. Gando, Y. Gando, H. Hanakago +68
We report a measurement of the neutrino-electron elastic scattering rate of 862 keV 7Be solar neutrinos based on a 165.4 kton-day exposure of KamLAND. The observed rate is 582 +/-…
Multi-year search for dark matter annihilations in the Sun with the AMANDA-II and IceCube detectors
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A search for an excess of muon-neutrinos from dark matter annihilations in the Sun has been performed with the AMANDA-II neutrino telescope using data collected in 812 days of live…
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})…
Search for Double-Beta Decay of to the States of with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +105
The CUORE experiment is a large bolometric array searching for the lepton number violating neutrino-less double beta decay () in the isotope . In this w…
Search for Neutrinoless $β^{+}\hspace{-0.2em}EC$ Decay of Te with CUORE-0
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +115
We have performed a search for neutrinoless $β^{+}\hspace{-0.2em}EC$ decay of Te using the final CUORE-0 data release. We describe a new analysis method for the simultaneo…
First search for atmospheric and extraterrestrial neutrino-induced cascades with the IceCube detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +264
We report on the first search for atmospheric and for diffuse astrophysical neutrino-induced showers (cascades) in the IceCube detector using 257 days of data collected in the year…
Toward CUPID-1T
A. Armatol, C. Augier, F. T. Avignone +172
Current experiments to search for broken lepton-number symmetry through the observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay () provide the most stringent limits on…
Sensitivity of neutrinoless double beta decays from a combined analysis of ground and excited states
C. R. Ding, K. Han, S. B. Wang +1
Next-generation neutrinoless double-beta () decay experiments, with projected half-life sensitivities approaching years, aim to probe the entire parameter space…
A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics
J. Aalbers, K. Abe, V. Aerne +591
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leadi…
CeLAND: search for a 4th light neutrino state with a 3 PBq 144Ce-144Pr electron antineutrino generator in KamLAND
A. Gando, Y. Gando, S. Hayashida +63
The reactor neutrino and gallium anomalies can be tested with a 3-4 PBq (75-100 kCi scale) 144Ce-144Pr antineutrino beta-source deployed at the center or next to a large low-backgr…
Dominant role of oxygen vacancies in electrical properties of unannealed LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces
Z. Q. Liu, L. Sun, Z. Huang +6
We report that in unannealed LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterostructures the critical thickness for the appearance of the two-dimensional electron gas can be less than 4 unit cell (uc…
Controlling Kondo-like Scattering at the SrTiO3-based Interfaces
K. Han, N. Palina, S. W. Zeng +11
The observation of magnetic interaction at the interface between nonmagnetic oxides has attracted much attention in recent years. In this report, we show that the Kondo-like scatte…
The PROSPECT Physics Program
J. Ashenfelter, B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +61
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly-enriched uranium reactor a…
Time-Dependent Searches for Point Sources of Neutrinos with the 40-String and 22-String Configurations of IceCube
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
This paper presents searches for flaring sources of neutrinos using the IceCube neutrino telescope. For the first time, a search is performed over the entire parameter space of ene…
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…
CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification
The CUPID Collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +190
CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification, is a next-generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay () and other rare events using enriched…
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…
Ultrafast terahertz responses in monolayer graphene
Q. Jin, H. M. Dong, K. Han +1
We theoretically investigate the ultrafast terahertz(THz) properties of monolayer graphene. The analytical formulations of the photon carrier, electric polarization and optical cur…
The Effect of Polar Fluctuation and Lattice Mismatch on Carrier Mobility at Oxide Interfaces
Z. Huang, K. Han, S. W. Zeng +7
Since the discovery of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at the oxide interface of LaAlO3/SrTiO3, improving carrier mobility has become an important issue for device applications…
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…
Measurement of the 8B Solar Neutrino Flux with the KamLAND Liquid Scintillator Detector
KamLAND Collaboration, S. Abe, K. Furuno +77
We report a measurement of the neutrino-electron elastic scattering rate from 8B solar neutrinos based on a 123 kton-day exposure of KamLAND. The background-subtracted electron rec…
Results of CUORE
S. Dell'Oro, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +109
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, is the world's largest bolometric experiment. The detector consists…
Bandgap Controlling of the Oxygen-Vacancy-Induced Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in SrTiO3
Z. Q. Liu, W. Lu, S. W. Zeng +16
We report very large bandgap enhancement in SrTiO3 (STO) films (fabricated by pulsed laser deposition below 800 °C), which can be up to 20% greater than the bulk value, depending…
End-to-End Data Analysis Methods for the CUORE Experiment
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +117
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment set the most stringent limit on the neutrinoless double-beta () decay half-life of Te with…
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…
Characterization of cubic LiMoO crystals for the CUPID experiment
A. Armatol, E. Armengaud, W. Armstrong +169
The CUPID Collaboration is designing a tonne-scale, background-free detector to search for double beta decay with sufficient sensitivity to fully explore the parameter space corres…
Limits on Neutrino Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the 40 String IceCube Detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
IceCube has become the first neutrino telescope with a sensitivity below the TeV neutrino flux predicted from gamma-ray bursts if GRBs are responsible for the observed cosmic-ray f…
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…
Searches for periodic neutrino emission from binary systems with 22 and 40 strings of IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +257
In this paper we present the results of searches for periodic neutrino emission from a catalog of binary systems. Such modulation, observed in the photon flux, would be caused by t…
Measurement of the atmospheric neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A measurement of the atmospheric muon neutrino energy spectrum from 100 GeV to 400 TeV was performed using a data sample of about 18,000 up-going atmospheric muon neutrino events i…
Low Energy Analysis Techniques for CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +121
CUORE is a tonne-scale cryogenic detector operating at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) that uses tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta…
New results from the CUORE experiment
A. Giachero, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +110
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first cryogenic experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta () decay that has been able to reach…
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…
Searching for soft relativistic jets in Core-collapse Supernovae with the IceCube Optical Follow-up Program
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
Context. Transient neutrino sources such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and Supernovae (SNe) are hypothesized to emit bursts of high-energy neutrinos on a time-scale of \lesssim 100 s.…
Sensitivity of the CUPID experiment to decay of Mo
K. Alfonso, A. Armatol, C. Augier +189
CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay () of Mo using LiMoO scintillating crystals. It will operate…
Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +108
We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a four-fold increase in exposure, lower tr…
Search for Majorana neutrinos exploiting millikelvin cryogenics with CUORE
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +111
The possibility that neutrinos may be their own antiparticles, unique among the known fundamental particles, arises from the symmetric theory of fermions proposed by Ettore Majoran…
Data-driven background model for the CUORE experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +115
We present the model we developed to reconstruct the CUORE radioactive background based on the analysis of an experimental exposure of 1038.4 kg yr. The data reconstruction relies…
Energy-Aware Edge Association for Cluster-based Personalized Federated Learning
Y. Li, X. Qin, H. Chen +2
Federated Learning (FL) over wireless network enables data-conscious services by leveraging the ubiquitous intelligence at network edge for privacy-preserving model training. As th…
An Energy-dependent Electro-thermal Response Model of CUORE Cryogenic Calorimeter
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +118
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the most sensitive experiment searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay () in . CUORE…
Essentiality landscape of metabolic networks
P. Kim, K. Han, D. -S. Lee +1
Local perturbations of individual metabolic reactions may result in different levels of lethality, depending on their roles in metabolism and the size of subsequent cascades induce…
All-particle cosmic ray energy spectrum measured with 26 IceTop stations
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +255
We report on a measurement of the cosmic ray energy spectrum with the IceTop air shower array, the surface component of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The data…
IceCube Sensitivity for Low-Energy Neutrinos from Nearby Supernovae
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
This paper describes the response of the IceCube neutrino telescope located at the geographic South Pole to outbursts of MeV neutrinos from the core collapse of nearby massive star…
Performance of a segmented Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment
J. Ashenfelter, A. B. Balantekin, H. R. Band +63
This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype for the PROSPECT…
Calibration and Characterization of the IceCube Photomultiplier Tube
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +256
Over 5,000 PMTs are being deployed at the South Pole to compose the IceCube neutrino observatory. Many are placed deep in the ice to detect Cherenkov light emitted by the products…
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…
Background studies for acoustic neutrino detection at the South Pole
The IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
The detection of acoustic signals from ultra-high energy neutrino interactions is a promising method to measure the tiny flux of cosmogenic neutrinos expected on Earth. The energy…
Reconstruction of cosmic-ray muon events with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +118
We report the in-situ 3D reconstruction of through-going muons in the CUORE experiment, a cryogenic calorimeter array searching for neutrinoless double beta () decay, leve…
Constraints on high-energy neutrino emission from SN 2008D
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +259
SN 2008D, a core collapse supernova at a distance of 27 Mpc, was serendipitously discovered by the Swift satellite through an associated X-ray flash. Core collapse supernovae have…
A compact ultra-clean system for deploying radioactive sources inside the KamLAND detector
T. I. Banks, S. J. Freedman, J. Wallig +54
We describe a compact, ultra-clean device used to deploy radioactive sources along the vertical axis of the KamLAND liquid-scintillator neutrino detector for purposes of calibratio…
Magnetoresistance in the superconducting state at the (111) LaAlO/SrTiO interface
S. Davis, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
Condensed matter systems that simultaneously exhibit superconductivity and ferromagnetism are rare due the antagonistic relationship between conventional spin-singlet superconducti…
Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Halo with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +262
Self-annihilating or decaying dark matter in the Galactic halo might produce high energy neutrinos detectable with neutrino telescopes. We have conducted a search for such a signal…
A Search for a Diffuse Flux of Astrophysical Muon Neutrinos with the IceCube 40-String Detector
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +261
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a 1 km detector currently taking data at the South Pole. One of the main strategies used to look for astrophysical neutrinos with IceCube…
A first test of CUPID prototypal light detectors with NTD-Ge sensors in a pulse-tube cryostat
CUPID collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +176
CUPID is a next-generation bolometric experiment aiming at searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay with ~250 kg of isotopic mass of Mo. It will operate at 10 mK…
Electrostatic tuning of magnetism at the conducting (111) (LaSr)(AlTa)/SrTiO interface
V. V. Bal, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
We present measurements of the low temperature electrical transport properties of the two dimensional carrier gas that forms at the interface of (LaSr)(Al$_…
Observation of an Anisotropy in the Galactic Cosmic Ray arrival direction at 400 TeV with IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
In this paper we report the first observation in the Southern hemisphere of an energy dependence in the Galactic cosmic ray anisotropy up to a few hundred TeV. This measurement was…
First Results from CUORE: A Search for Lepton Number Violation via Decay of Te
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +162
The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advanc…
Innovating Bolometers' Mounting: A Gravity-Based Approach
The CUPID Collaboration, K. Alfonso, A. Armatol +190
Cryogenic calorimeters, also known as bolometers, are among the leading technologies for searching for rare events. The CUPID experiment is exploiting this technology to deploy a t…
Superconductivity and Frozen Electronic States at the (111) LaAlO/SrTiO Interface
S. Davis, Z. Huang, K. Han +3
In spite of Anderson's theorem, disorder is known to affect superconductivity in conventional s-wave superconductors. In most superconductors, the degree of disorder is fixed durin…
Room-temperature colossal magnetoresistance in terraced single-layer graphene
J. X. Hu, J. Gou, M. Yang +9
Disorder-induced magnetoresistance (MR) effect is quadratic at low perpendicular magnetic fields and linear at high fields. This effect is technologically appealing, especially in…
Validation of techniques to mitigate copper surface contamination in CUORE
F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +115
In this article we describe the background challenges for the CUORE experiment posed by surface contamination of inert detector materials such as copper, and present three techniqu…
A CUPID LiMoO scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility
The CUPID Interest Group, A. Armatol, E. Armengaud +178
A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic LiMoO crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operated in the CROSS cryogenic facil…
CUORE crystal validation runs: results on radioactive contamination and extrapolation to CUORE background
F. Alessandria, E. Andreotti, R. Ardito +116
The CUORE Crystal Validation Runs (CCVRs) have been carried out since the end of 2008 at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories, in order to test the performances and the radiopurity…
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,…
Search for a Lorentz-violating sidereal signal with atmospheric neutrinos in IceCube
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +258
A search for sidereal modulation in the flux of atmospheric muon neutrinos in IceCube was performed. Such a signal could be an indication of Lorentz-violating physics. Neutrino osc…
The first search for extremely-high energy cosmogenic neutrinos with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
IceCube Collaboration, R. Abbasi, Y. Abdou +250
We report on the results of the search for extremely-high energy (EHE) neutrinos with energies above GeV obtained with the partially (30%) constructed IceCube in 2007.…
Anisotropic, multi-carrier transport at the (111) LaAlO/SrTiO interface
Samuel Davis, V. Chandrasekhar, Z. Huang +3
The conducting gas that forms at the interface between LaAlO and SrTiO has proven to be a fertile playground for a wide variety of physical phenomena. The bulk of previous…