Publications (113)
Reconstruction of interactions in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector with Pandora
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
The Pandora Software Development Kit and algorithm libraries provide pattern-recognition logic essential to the reconstruction of particle interactions in liquid argon time project…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume III: DUNE Far Detector Technical Coordination
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
CUPID-0: the first array of enriched scintillating bolometers for 0νββdecay investigations
O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera, J. W. Beeman +47
The CUPID-0 detector hosted at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, is the first large array of enriched scintillating cryogenic detectors for the investigation of $^{82…
The CUORE cryostat: an infrastructure for rare event searches at millikelvin temperatures
C. Alduino, F. Alessandria, M. Balata +53
The CUORE experiment is the world's largest bolometric experiment. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals, for a total mass of 742 kg. CUORE is presently taking dat…
Response of a TeO_2 bolometer to alpha particles
F. Bellini, M. Biassoni, C. Bucci +9
crystals are used as bolometers in experiments searching for Double Beta Decay without emission of neutrinos. One of the most important issues in this extremely delicate ki…
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…
Production of monochromatic Ra -sources for detector characterization
M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, S. Dell'Oro +3
The response of particle detectors to different types of radiation is not necessarily identical and, in some cases, neglecting this behavior can lead to a misinterpretation of the…
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…
Search of the neutrino-less double beta decay of Se into the excited states of Kr with CUPID-0
O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera, J. W. Beeman +47
The CUPID0 experiment searches for double beta decay using cryogenic calorimeters with double (heat and light) read-out. The detector, consisting of 24 ZnSe crystals 95 enriche…
Final result of CUPID-0 phase-I in the search for the Se Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +41
CUPID-0 is the first pilot experiment of CUPID, a next-generation project for the measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay (0DBD) with scintillating bolometers. The detect…
The CUORE cryostat
A. D'Addabbo, M. Biassoni, C. Bucci +38
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a bolometric experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay in Te search, currently taking data at the under…
Search for Sterile Neutrinos with CUPID-0
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +50
Sterile neutrinos are well-motivated extensions of the Standard Model, introduced to address fundamental questions such as the origin of neutrino masses and the nature of dark matt…
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 axioelectric effect of solar axions using BGO scintillating bolometer
A. V. Derbin, L. Gironi, S. S. Nagorny +19
A search for axioelectric absorption of solar axions produced in the reactions has been performed with a BGO detector placed in…
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…
The CUORE Cryostat: A 1-Ton Scale Setup for Bolometric Detectors
C. Ligi, C. Alduino, F. Alessandria +25
The cryogenic underground observatory for rare events (CUORE) is a 1-ton scale bolometric experiment whose detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals arranged in a cylindri…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume IV: Far Detector Single-phase Technology
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
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…
Characterization of the performances of plastic commercial scintillators in cryogenic environments
M. Biassoni, A. Caminata, S. Caprioli +4
Plastic scintillators have become increasingly important in particle physics for time-of-flight and calorimetry measurements. Their light yield and the possibility of customizing t…
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, A. Abed Abud +987
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of m. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Plat…
Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches
O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera, J. W. Beeman +47
The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will play a major role in next generation experiments. The background of detectors b…
First measurement of the partial widths of Bi decay to the ground and to the first excited states
J. W. Beeman, M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio +20
Bi alpha decay to the ground and to the first excited state have been contemporary observed for the first time with a large BGO scintillating bolometer. The half-life of $^…
Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay of Zn and Zn with CUPID-0
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +43
CUPID-0 is the first pilot experiment of CUPID, a next-generation project searching for neutrino-less double beta decay. In its first scientific run, CUPID-0 operated 26 ZnSe cryog…
New direct limit on neutrinoless double beta decay half-life of Te with CUORE
D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +117
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0$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…
Identification and reconstruction of low-energy electrons in the ProtoDUNE-SP detector
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1253
Measurements of electrons from interactions are crucial for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) neutrino oscillation program, as well as searches for physics bey…
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…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume I: Introduction to DUNE
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
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…
First Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Se with CUPID-0
0 collaboration, O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera +49
We report the result of the search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Se obtained with CUPID-0, the first large array of scintillating ZnSe cryogenic calorimeters…
Scintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1220
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6x6x6m3 liquid argon…
Searching for solar KDAR with DUNE
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1174
The observation of 236 MeV muon neutrinos from kaon-decay-at-rest (KDAR) originating in the core of the Sun would provide a unique signature of dark matter annihilation. Since exce…
KATRIN Sensitivity to keV Sterile Neutrinos with the TRISTAN Detector Upgrade
H. Acharya, M. Aker, D. Batzler +127
Sterile neutrinos in the keV mass range are a well-motivated extension of the Standard Model and viable dark matter candidates. Their existence can be probed in laboratory experime…
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})…
Snowmass Neutrino Frontier: DUNE Physics Summary
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1240
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment with a primary physics goal of observing neutrino and antineutrin…
Double beta decay results from the CUPID-0 experiment
D. Chiesa, O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman +43
A convincing observation of neutrino-less double beta decay (0DBD) relies on the possibility of operating high energy-resolution detectors in background-free conditions. Scinti…
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…
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…
Supernova Neutrino Burst Detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
DUNE collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +967
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component…
Design, construction and operation of the ProtoDUNE-SP Liquid Argon TPC
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1175
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) that was constructed and operated in the CERN North Area at the end of the H4 beamline. Th…
Evidence of Single State Dominance in the Two-Neutrino Double- Decay of Se-82 with CUPID-0
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +42
We report on the measurement of the two-neutrino double- decay of Se performed for the first time with cryogenic calorimeters, in the framework of the CUPID-0~experiment…
Cerenkov light identification with Si low-temperature detectors with Neganov-Luke effect-enhanced sensitivity
L. Gironi, M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio +22
A new generation of cryogenic light detectors exploiting Neganov-Luke effect to enhance the thermal signal has been used to detect the Cherenkov light emitted by the electrons inte…
Background identification in cryogenic calorimeters through delayed coincidences
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +42
Localization and modeling of radioactive contaminations is a challenge that ultra-low background experiments are constantly facing. These are fundamental steps both to extract scie…
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…
Measurement of the electric potential and the magnetic field in the shifted analysing plane of the KATRIN experiment
M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +135
The projected sensitivity of the effective electron neutrino-mass measurement with the KATRIN experiment is below 0.3 eV (90 % CL) after five years of data acquisition. The sensiti…
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…
An acrylic assembly for low temperature detectors
M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, M. Faverzani +7
Thermal detectors are a powerful instrument for the search of rare particle physics events. Inorganic crystals are classically used as thermal detectors held in supporting frames m…
KATRIN: Status and Prospects for the Neutrino Mass and Beyond
M. Aker, M. Balzer, D. Batzler +159
The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) experiment is designed to measure a high-precision integral spectrum of the endpoint region of T2 beta decay, with the primary goal of probi…
A new way of comparing double beta decay experiments
M. Biassoni, O. Cremonesi, P. Gorla
Many experiments whose goal is the search for neutrino-less double beta decay are taking data or in a final construction stage. The need for a tool that allows for an objective com…
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…
Large area Si low-temperature light detectors with Neganov-Luke effect
M. Biassoni, C. Brofferio, S. Capelli +18
Next generation calorimetric experiments for the search of rare events rely on the detection of tiny amounts of light (of the order of 20 optical photons) to discriminate and reduc…
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…
Characterization of Silicon Drift Detectors with Electrons for the TRISTAN Project
S. Mertens, T. Brunst, M. Korzeczek +30
Sterile neutrinos are a minimal extension of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. A promising model-independent way to search for sterile neutrinos is via high-precision beta sp…
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…
First constraints on general neutrino interactions based on KATRIN data
M. Aker, D. Batzler, A. Beglarian +130
The precision measurement of the tritium -decay spectrum performed by the KATRIN experiment provides a unique way to search for general neutrino interactions (GNI). All theoret…
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…
Measurement of the 2 Decay Half-Life of Se-82 with the Global CUPID-0 Background Model
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +49
We report on the results obtained with the global CUPID-0 background model, which combines the data collected in the two measurement campaigns for a total exposure of 8.82~kg$\time…
Search for Majoron-like particles with CUPID-0
0 Collaboration, O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman +50
We present the first search for the Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double decay () using scintillating cryogenic calorimeters. We analysed the CUPID-0…
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector Conceptual Design Report
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1059
This report describes the conceptual design of the DUNE near detector
Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), Far Detector Technical Design Report, Volume II: DUNE Physics
B. Abi, R. Acciarri, Mario A. Acero +958
The preponderance of matter over antimatter in the early universe, the dynamics of the supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and whether protons eventuall…
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…
Long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far…
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…
Measurement of Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +44
Rare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance detectors, and custom analysis strategies. Cryogenic calorimeters combine all these ingredients very e…
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…
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…
The 4 K outer cryostat for the CUORE experiment: construction and quality control
F. Alessandria, M. Biassoni, G. Ceruti +13
The external shell of the CUORE cryostat is a large cryogen-free system designed to host the dilution refrigerator and the bolometers of the CUORE experiment in a low radioactivity…
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…
First search for Lorentz violation in double beta decay with scintillating calorimeters
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +42
We present the search for Lorentz violation in the double beta decay of ^{82}Se~with CUPID-0, using an exposure of 9.95 kg x y. We found no evidence for the searched signal and set…
First array of enriched ZnSe bolometers to search for double beta decay
D. R. Artusa, A. Balzoni, J. W. Beeman +47
The R&D activity performed during the last years proved the potential of ZnSe scintillating bolometers to the search for neutrino-less double beta decay, motivating the realization…
Searches for axioelectric effect of solar axions with BGO-scintillator and BGO-bolometer detectors
V. N. Muratova, A. V. Derbin, L. Gironi +20
A search for axioelectric absorption of 5.5 MeV solar axions produced in the reaction has been performed with a BGO detectors. A…
The Future of Neutrino Mass Measurements: Terrestrial, Astrophysical, and Cosmological Measurements in the Next Decade. Highlights of the NuMass 2013 Workshop. Milano, Italy, February 4 - 7, 2013
G. J. Barker, M. Biassoni, A. De Rujula +19
The third Workshop of the NuMass series ("The Future of Neutrino Mass Measurements: Terrestrial, Astrophysical, and Cosmological Measurements in the Next Decade: NuMass 2013") was…
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…
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…
Highly-parallelized simulation of a pixelated LArTPC on a GPU
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1300
The rapid development of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is allowing the implementation of highly-parallelized Monte Carlo simulation chains for part…
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…
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…
A Gaseous Argon-Based Near Detector to Enhance the Physics Capabilities of DUNE
A. Abed Abud, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +1239
This document presents the concept and physics case for a magnetized gaseous argon-based detector system (ND-GAr) for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Near Detector.…
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…
Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
C. Adams, K. Alfonso, C. Andreoiu +229
This White Paper, prepared for the Fundamental Symmetries, Neutrons, and Neutrinos Town Meeting related to the 2023 Nuclear Physics Long Range Plan, makes the case for double beta…
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…
Separation of track- and shower-like energy deposits in ProtoDUNE-SP using a convolutional neural network
DUNE Collaboration, A. Abed Abud, B. Abi +1221
Liquid argon time projection chamber detector technology provides high spatial and calorimetric resolutions on the charged particles traversing liquid argon. As a result, the techn…
Background Model of the CUPID-0 Experiment
O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +41
CUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched ZnSe scintillating low temperature calorimeters, operated at LNGS since 2017. During its first scientific runs, CUPID-0 col…
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,…
Experiment Simulation Configurations Approximating DUNE TDR
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, R. Acciarri +966
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment consisting of a high-power, broadband neutrino beam, a highly cap…