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most citedFirst Results from CUORE: A Search for Lepton Number Violation via Decay of Te

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44 papers

physics.ins-det2024★ 76 cited

The XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers +192

The multi-staged XENON program at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso aims to detect dark matter with two-phase liquid xenon time projection chambers of increasing size and se…

hep-ex2022★ 16 cited

Search for Majoron-like particles with CUPID-0

0 Collaboration, O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman +50

We present the first search for the Majoron-emitting modes of the neutrinoless double decay () using scintillating cryogenic calorimeters. We analysed the CUPID-0 Phas…

hep-ex2022★ 53 cited

Final Result on the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of Se with CUPID-0

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +45

CUPID-0, an array of ZnSe cryogenic calorimeters, was the first medium-scale demonstrator of the scintillating bolometers technology. The first project phase (March 2017 - D…

physics.ins-det2022★ 11 cited

Performance of the SABRE detector module in a purely passive shielding

F. Calaprice, J. B. Benziger, S. Copello +19

We present here a characterization of the low background NaI(Tl) crystal NaI-33 based on a period of almost one year of data taking (891 kgxdays exposure) in a detector configurati…

hep-ph2022★ 44 cited

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in the PTOLEMY project: a theory update

PTOLEMY Collaboration, A. Apponi, M. G. Betti +58

We discuss the consequences of the quantum uncertainty on the spectrum of the electron emitted by the -processes of a tritium atom bound to a graphene sheet. We analyze quantita…

physics.ins-det2021★ 26 cited

Implementation and Optimization of the PTOLEMY Transverse Drift Electromagnetic Filter

A. Apponi, M. G. Betti, M. Borghesi +53

The PTOLEMY transverse drift filter is a new concept to enable precision analysis of the energy spectrum of electrons near the tritium beta-decay endpoint. This paper details the i…

physics.ins-det2021★ 2 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 20 cited

High sensitivity characterization of an ultra-high purity NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator with the SABRE proof-of-principle detector

F. Calaprice, S. Copello, I. Dafinei +23

We present new results on the radiopurity of a 3.4-kg NaI(Tl) crystal scintillator operated in the SABRE proof-of-principle detector setup. The amount of potassium contamination, d…

nucl-ex2021★ 11 cited

Measurement of Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +44

Rare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance detectors, and custom analysis strategies. Cryogenic calorimeters combine all these ingredients very e…

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…

nucl-ex2020★ 1 cited

Results on Se with CUPID-0 Phase I

L Pagnanini, O Azzolini, J W Beeman +41

The nucleus is an extraordinarily complex object where fundamental forces are at work. The solution of this many-body problem has challenged physicists for decades: several models…

physics.ins-det2020★ 33 cited

Characterization of SABRE crystal NaI-33 with direct underground counting

M. Antonello, I. J. Arnquist, E. Barberio +43

Ultra-pure NaI(Tl) crystals are the key element for a model-independent verification of the long standing DAMA result and a powerful means to search for the annual modulation signa…

nucl-ex2020

Double beta decay results from the CUPID-0 experiment

D. Chiesa, O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman +43

A convincing observation of neutrino-less double beta decay (0DBD) relies on the possibility of operating high energy-resolution detectors in background-free conditions. Scintil…

nucl-ex2020★ 12 cited

Search for Neutrino-less Double Beta Decay of Zn and Zn with CUPID-0

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +43

CUPID-0 is the first pilot experiment of CUPID, a next-generation project searching for neutrino-less double beta decay. In its first scientific run, CUPID-0 operated 26 ZnSe cryog…

nucl-ex2019★ 39 cited

First search for Lorentz violation in double beta decay with scintillating calorimeters

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +42

We present the search for Lorentz violation in the double beta decay of ^{82}Se~with CUPID-0, using an exposure of 9.95 kg x y. We found no evidence for the searched signal and set…

nucl-ex2019★ 55 cited

Evidence of Single State Dominance in the Two-Neutrino Double- Decay of Se-82 with CUPID-0

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +42

We report on the measurement of the two-neutrino double- decay of Se performed for the first time with cryogenic calorimeters, in the framework of the CUPID-0~experiment.…

nucl-ex2019★ 91 cited

Final result of CUPID-0 phase-I in the search for the Se Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +41

CUPID-0 is the first pilot experiment of CUPID, a next-generation project for the measurement of neutrinoless double beta decay (0DBD) with scintillating bolometers. The detecto…

nucl-ex2019★ 62 cited

Background Model of the CUPID-0 Experiment

O. Azzolini, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini +41

CUPID-0 is the first large mass array of enriched ZnSe scintillating low temperature calorimeters, operated at LNGS since 2017. During its first scientific runs, CUPID-0 col…

physics.ins-det2019★ 73 cited

The CUORE cryostat: an infrastructure for rare event searches at millikelvin temperatures

C. Alduino, F. Alessandria, M. Balata +53

The CUORE experiment is the world's largest bolometric experiment. The detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals, for a total mass of 742 kg. CUORE is presently taking dat…

nucl-ex2018★ 26 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2018★ 34 cited

Monte Carlo simulation of the SABRE PoP background

M. Antonello, E. Barberio, T. Baroncelli +45

SABRE (Sodium-iodide with Active Background REjection) is a direct dark matter search experiment based on an array of radio-pure NaI(Tl) crystals surrounded by a liquid scintillato…

physics.ins-det2018★ 115 cited

The SABRE project and the SABRE PoP

M. Antonello, E. Barberio, T. Baroncelli +46

SABRE aims to directly measure the annual modulation of the dark matter interaction rate with NaI(Tl) crystals. A modulation compatible with the standard hypothesis in which our Ga…

physics.ins-det2018★ 40 cited

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…

physics.ins-det2018★ 72 cited

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…