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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-det2026

Optimized filtering for pulse-shape based pile-up rejection applied to search with Mo

V. Berest, M. Buchynska, P. Carniti +13

Pile-up events, arising from the partial or complete temporal overlap of distinct signals, represent a major challenge in many areas of experimental physics where rare or low-rate…

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…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2024★ 6 cited

BINGO innovative assembly for background reduction in bolometric experiments

A. Armatol, C. Augier, I. C. Bandac +45

BINGO is a project aiming to set the grounds for large-scale bolometric neutrinoless double-beta-decay experiments capable of investigating the effective Majorana neutrino mass at…

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

ZnO-based scintillating bolometers: New prospects to study double beta decay of Zn

A. Armatol, B. Broerman, L. Dumoulin +15

The first detailed study on the performance of a ZnO-based cryogenic scintillating bolometer as a detector to search for rare processes in zinc isotopes was performed. A 7.2 g ZnO…

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…

physics.ins-det2023★ 4 cited

Tagging and localisation of ionizing events using NbSi transition edge phonon sensors for Dark Matter searches

EDELWEISS Collaboration, C. Augier, A. Benoît +36

In the context of direct searches of sub-GeV Dark Matter particles with germanium detectors, the EDELWEISS collaboration has tested a new technique to tag ionizing events using NbS…

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2022★ 5 cited

High impedance TES bolometers for EDELWEISS

S. Marnieros, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud +35

The EDELWEISS collaboration aims for direct detection of light dark matter using germanium cryogenic detectors with low threshold phonon sensor technologies and efficient charge re…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

Low-mass Dark Matter searches with EDELWEISS

J. Gascon, E. Armengaud, Q. Arnaud +35

The EDELWEISS collaboration searches for light Dark Matter (DM) particles using germanium detectors equipped with a charge and phonon signal readout. Using the Neganov-Trofimov-Luk…

physics.ins-det2021★ 12 cited

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…

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 24 cited

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…