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First measurement of GaAs as a scintillating calorimeter: achievements and prospects
A. Melchiorre, D. L. Helis, A. Puiu +23
In this paper we present the first measurement of a Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) crystal as a scintillating calorimeter with dual heat and light readout within the DAREDEVIL project. Th…
LUCE: A milli-Kelvin calorimeter experiment to study the electron capture of 176Lu
Shihong Fu, Giovanni Benato, Carlo Bucci +8
The LUCE (LUtetium sCintillation Experiment) project will search for the 176Lu electron capture based on a milli-Kelvin calorimetric approach. This decay is of special interest in…
Array of Cryogenic Calorimeters to Evaluate the Spectral Shape of forbidden -decays: the ACCESS project
L. Pagnanini, G. Benato, P. Carniti +21
The ACCESS (Array of Cryogenic Calorimeters to Evaluate Spectral Shapes) project aims to establish a novel technique to perform precision measurements of forbidden \b{eta}-decays,…
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…
A Strategy for Low-Mass Dark Matter Searches with Cryogenic Detectors in the SuperCDMS SNOLAB Facility
SuperCDMS Collaboration, M. F. Albakry, I. Alkhatib +125
The SuperCDMS Collaboration is currently building SuperCDMS SNOLAB, a dark matter search focused on nucleon-coupled dark matter in the 1-5 GeV/c mass range. Looking to the futu…
Ionization yield measurement in a germanium CDMSlite detector using photo-neutron sources
SuperCDMS Collaboration, M. F. Albakry, I. Alkhatib +126
Two photo-neutron sources, YBe and SbBe, have been used to investigate the ionization yield of nuclear recoils in the CDMSlite germanium detectors by the…
CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments
CUORE Collaboration, D. Q. Adams, C. Alduino +206
The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparab…
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…
Search for double -decay modes of Zn using purified zinc
F. Bellini, M. Beretta, L. Cardani +27
The production of ultra-pure raw material is a crucial step to ensure the required background level in rare event searches. In this work, we establish an innovative technique devel…
Na-based crystal scintillators for next-generation rare event searches
S. Nagorny, C. Rusconi, S. Sorbino +9
The growing interest in clarifying the controversial situation in the Dark Matter sector has driven the experimental efforts towards new ways to investigate the long-standing DAMA/…
Production and characterization of a PbMoO cryogenic detector from archaeological Pb
L. Pattavina, S. Nagorny, S. Nisi +7
We operated a PbMoO scintillating cryogenic detector of 570 g, produced with archaeological lead. This compound features excellent low temperature characteristics in terms of l…
A Test of Bolometric Properties of Tm-containing Crystals as a Perspective Detector for the Solar Axion Search
E. Bertoldo, A. V. Derbin, I. S. Drachnev +13
The Tm nuclide has first nuclear level at 8.41 keV with magnetic type transition to the ground state and, therefore, can be used as a target nucleus for the search of reson…
Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches
O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera, J. W. Beeman +47
The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will play a major role in next generation experiments. The background of detectors b…
CUPID-0: the first array of enriched scintillating bolometers for 0νββdecay investigations
O. Azzolini, M. T. Barrera, J. W. Beeman +47
The CUPID-0 detector hosted at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, is the first large array of enriched scintillating cryogenic detectors for the investigation of $^{82…
An innovative technique for the investigation of the 4-fold forbidden beta-decay of V
L. Pattavina, M. Laubenstein, S. S. Nagorny +5
For the first time a Vanadium-based crystal was operated as cryogenic particle detector. The scintillating low temperature calorimetric technique was used for the characterization…
Development of Mo-containing scintillating bolometers for a high-sensitivity neutrinoless double-beta decay search
E. Armengaud, C. Augier, A. S. Barabash +99
This paper reports on the development of a technology involving Mo-enriched scintillating bolometers, compatible with the goals of CUPID, a proposed next-generation bolomet…
Production of 82Se enriched Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) crystals for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay
I. Dafinei, S. Nagorny, S. Pirro +15
High purity Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) crystals are produced starting from elemental Zn and Se to be used for the search of the neutrinoless double beta decay (0νDBD) of 82Se. In order t…
Enriched TeO bolometers with active particle discrimination: towards the CUPID experiment
D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, J. W. Beeman +23
We present the performances of two 92% enriched TeO crystals operated as thermal bolometers in view of a next generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double be…
First array of enriched ZnSe bolometers to search for double beta decay
D. R. Artusa, A. Balzoni, J. W. Beeman +47
The R&D activity performed during the last years proved the potential of ZnSe scintillating bolometers to the search for neutrino-less double beta decay, motivating the realization…
The COSINUS project - perspectives of a NaI scintillating calorimeter for dark matter search
G. Angloher, D. Hauff, L. Gironi +13
The R&D project COSINUS (Cryogenic Observatory for SIgnatures seen in Next-generation Underground Searches) aims to develop a cryogenic scintillating calorimeter using NaI as targe…
A CsI low temperature detector for dark matter search
G. Angloher, I. Dafinei, A. Gektin +18
Cryogenic detectors have a long history of success in the field of rare event searches. In particular scintillating calorimeters are very suitable detectors for this task since the…
Background suppression in massive TeO bolometers with Neganov-Luke amplified light detectors
N. Casali, L. Dumoulin, A. Giuliani +13
Bolometric detectors are excellent devices for the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0). The observation of such decay would demonstrate the violation of lepton…
Double-beta decay investigation with highly pure enriched Se for the LUCIFER experiment
J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini, P. Benetti +26
The LUCIFER project aims at deploying the first array of enriched scintillating bolometers for the investigation of neutrinoless double-beta decay of Se. The matrix which em…
Particle Discrimination in TeO Bolometers using Light Detectors read out by Transition Edge Sensors
K. Schäffner, G. Angloher, F. Bellini +11
An active discrimination of the dominant -background is the prerequisite for future neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments based on TeO bolometers. We investigate such…