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Double-beta decay of Te to the first excited state of Xe with CUORE-0
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +118
We report on a search for double beta decay of Te to the first excited state of Xe using a 9.8 kgyr exposure of Te collected with the CUORE-0…
Update on the recent progress of the CUORE experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +118
CUORE is a 741 kg array of 988 TeO bolometeric crystals designed to search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of Te and other rare processes. CUORE has been taking…
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…
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…
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…
Search for Neutrinoless Decay of Te with CUORE-0
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +115
We have performed a search for neutrinoless decay of Te using the final CUORE-0 data release. We describe a new analysis method for the simultaneou…
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…
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…
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 effective…
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…
Exploring the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in the Inverted Neutrino Hierarchy with Bolometric Detectors
D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini +116
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0nubb) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this p…
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…
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…
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…
Double-beta decay of Te to the first 0 excited state of Xe with CUORICINO
E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63
The CUORICINO experiment was an array of 62 TeO single-crystal bolometers with a total Te mass of kg. The experiment finished in 2008 after more than 3 years…
130Te Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay with CUORICINO
E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63
We report the final result of the CUORICINO experiment. Operated between 2003 and 2008, with a total exposure of 19.75 kg y of 130Te, CUORICINO was able to set a lower bound on the…
Search for beta plus/EC double beta decay of 120Te
E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +63
We present a search for beta plus/EC double beta decay of 120Te performed with the CUORICINO experiment, an array of TeO2 cryogenic bolometers. After collecting 0.0573 kg y of 120T…
Muon-induced backgrounds in the CUORICINO experiment
E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone +68
To better understand the contribution of cosmic ray muons to the CUORICINO background, 10 plastic scintillator detectors were installed at the CUORICINO site and operated during th…