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most citedThe CUPID-Mo experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay: performance and prospects

116 citations · 690 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

physics.ins-det2026

The CROSS experiment: detector construction, background projection, and sensitivity to Mo decay

D. Auguste, A. S. Barabash, G. Benato +42

The CROSS experiment to search for neutrinoless double-beta () decay in Mo with the help of an array of scintillating cryogenic calorimeters, containing 4.9 kg of $…

physics.ins-det2025

Muon veto system for the CROSS double-beta decay search experiment

A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé, M. Buchynska +36

In preparation to the CROSS experiment at the Canfranc underground laboratory (Spain) aiming to search for neutrinoless double-beta () decay of Mo using low-tempe…

physics.ins-det2025

Cryogenic light detectors with thermal signal amplification for search experiments

A. Armatol, A. S. Barabash, D. Baudin +44

As a step towards the realization of cryogenic-detector experiments to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (such as CROSS, BINGO, and CUPID), we investigated a batch of 10 Ge…

nucl-ex2025★ 3 cited

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 159…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2025★ 18 cited

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 Li…

nucl-ex2024

Precise Cd decay spectral shape measurement and interpretation in terms of possible quenching

I. Bandac, L. Berge, J. M. Calvo-Mozota +29

Highly forbidden decays provide a sensitive test to nuclear models in a regime in which the decay goes through high spin-multipole states, similar to the neutrinoless double-$β…

physics.ins-det2024★ 3 cited

Development of large-volume TeO bolometers for the CROSS decay search experiment

F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, V. Berest +36

We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in Te to about 91%, for the CR…

physics.ins-det2024★ 7 cited

A novel mechanical design of a bolometric array for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment

D. Auguste, A. S. Barabash, V. Berest +35

The CROSS experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay using a specific mechanical structure to hold thermal detectors. The design of the structure was tuned to minimi…

nucl-ex2024

Searching for Beyond the Standard Model physics using the improved description of Mo decay spectral shape with CUPID-Mo

C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini +80

The current experiments searching for neutrinoless double- () decay also collect large statistics of Standard Model allowed two-neutrino double- () decay events.…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

Test of CdWO and LiMoO scintillating bolometers in the CROSS underground facility with upgraded detector suspension

A. Ahmine, I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash +38

In preparation to the CROSS decay experiment, we installed a new detector suspension with magnetic dumping inside a pulse-tube cryostat of a dedicated low-background facility…

hep-ex2023★ 14 cited

The background model of the CUPID-Mo experiment

Mo Collaboration, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +79

CUPID-Mo, located in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France), was a demonstrator for the next generation decay experiment, CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 enrich…

physics.ins-det2023★ 12 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 11 cited

Twelve-crystal prototype of LiMoO scintillating bolometers for CUPID and CROSS experiments

CUPID, CROSS collaborations, : +182

An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS…

physics.ins-det2023

Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the decay search

A. Ahmine, A. Armatol, I. Bandac +24

Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their mod…

nucl-ex2022

New measurement of double beta decays of Mo to excited states of Ru with the CUPID-Mo experiment

Mo Collaboration, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +79

The CUPID-Mo experiment, located at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France), was a demonstrator experiment for CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 LiMoO (LMO) cal…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

First cryogenic tests on BINGO innovations

A. Armatol, C. Augier, D. Baudin +33

Neutrinoless double-beta decay () is a hypothetical rare nuclear transition. Its observation would provide an important insight about the nature of neutrinos (Dirac or Majo…

nucl-ex2022★ 5 cited

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 the…

physics.ins-det2022

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 experi…

nucl-ex2022

Final results on the decay half-life limit of Mo from the CUPID-Mo experiment

C. Augier, A. S. Barabash, F. Bellini +76

The CUPID-Mo experiment to search for 0 decay in Mo has been recently completed after about 1.5 years of operation at Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France). It ser…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Phonon-mediated crystal detectors with metallic film coating capable of rejecting and events induced by surface radioactivity

I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé +33

Phonon-mediated particle detectors based on single crystals and operated at millikelvin temperatures are used in rare-event experiments for neutrino physics and dark-matter searche…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

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…

nucl-ex2020★ 92 cited

New Limit for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Mo from the CUPID-Mo Experiment

E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +91

The CUPID-Mo experiment at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (France) is a demonstrator for CUPID, the next-generation ton-scale cryogenic experiment. It consists of a 4.…