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physics.ins-det2026

Probing dark matter interactions with a RES-NOVA prototype cryogenic detector

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +44

We report on the operation of a 13 g PbWO crystal, grown from archaeological Pb and operated as a cryogenic calorimeter in an underground environment. Read out with a Ge thermi…

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-det2025★ 5 cited

A new dark matter direct search based on archaeological Pb

D. Alloni, G. Benato, P. Carniti +44

The RES-NOVA project is an experimental initiative aimed at detecting neutrinos from the next galactic supernova using PbWO cryogenic detectors, operated at low temperatures…

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★ 3 cited

Development of MMC-based lithium molybdate cryogenic calorimeters for AMoRE-II

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +105

The AMoRE collaboration searches for neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo using molybdate scintillating crystals via low temperature thermal calorimetric detection. The ear…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

Projected background and sensitivity of AMoRE-II

A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal +103

AMoRE-II aims to search for neutrinoless double beta decay with an array of 423 LiMoO crystals operating in the cryogenic system as the main phase of the Advanced M…

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-det2023★ 9 cited

LiMoO Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments

I. C. Bandac, A. S. Barabash, L. Bergé +35

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals containing molybdenum depleted in the double- active isotope Mo (Li$^{10…

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-det2022★ 1 cited

Characterization of a kg-scale archaeological lead-based cryogenic detectors for the RES-NOVA experiment

J. W. Beeman, G. Benato, C. Bucci +41

One of the most energetic events in the Universe are core-collapse Supernovae (SNe), where almost all the star's binding energy is released as neutrinos. These particles are direct…

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★ 17 cited

Radiopurity of a kg-scale PbWO cryogenic detector produced from archaeological Pb for the RES-NOVA experiment

J. W. Beeman, G. Benato, C. Bucci +41

RES-NOVA is a newly proposed experiment for the detection of neutrinos from astrophysical sources, mainly Supernovae, using an array of cryogenic detectors made of PbWO crystal…

physics.ins-det2022★ 27 cited

Optical, luminescence, and scintillation properties of advanced ZnWO crystal scintillators

P. Belli, R. Bernabei, Yu. A. Borovlev +12

Zinc tungstate (ZnWO) crystal scintillators are promising detection material for the experiments searching for double beta decay, dark matter, and investigating rare alpha deca…

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-det2021★ 9 cited

Operation of an archaeological lead PbWO crystal to search for neutrinos from astrophysical sources with a Transition Edge Sensor

N. Ferreiro Iachellini, L. Pattavina, A. H. Abdelhameed +9

The experimental detection of the CENS allows the investigation of neutrinos and neutrino sources with all-flavor sensitivity. Given its large content in neutrons and stability,…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Alpha backgrounds in the AMoRE-Pilot experiment

V. Alenkov, H. W. Bae, J. Beyer +102

The Advanced Mo-based Rare process Experiment (AMoRE)-Pilot experiment is an initial phase of the AMoRE search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo, with the purpose of…

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…

physics.ins-det2020★ 6 cited

Developments and improvements of radiopure ZnWO anisotropic scintillators

P. Belli, R. Bernabei, F. Cappella +10

The ZnWO is an anisotropic crystal scintillator; for its peculiar characteristics, it is a very promising detector to exploit the so-called directionality approach in the inves…