First bolometric measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay of ${}^{100}$Mo with a ZnMoO${}_4$ crystals array

Abstract

The large statistics collected during the operation of a ZnMoO${}_4$ array, for a total exposure of 1.3 kg $\cdot$ day of ${}^{100}$Mo, allowed the first bolometric observation of the two neutrino double beta decay of ${}^{100}$Mo. The observed spectrum of each crystal was reconstructed taking into account the different background contributions due to environmental radioactivity and internal contamination. The analysis of coincidences between the crystals allowed the assignment of constraints to the intensity of the different background sources, resulting in a reconstruction of the measured spectrum down to an energy of $\sim$300 keV. The half-life extracted from the data is T${}_{1/2}^{2\nu }$= [7.15 $\pm$ 0.37 (stat) $\pm$ 0.66 (syst)] $\cdot$ 10${}^{18}$ y.

6 pages, 2 figure, Accepted for publication in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

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