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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CUORE-0 detector: design, construction and operation
CUORE Collaboration, C. Alduino, K. Alfonso +151
The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Te with an array of 988 TeO bolometers arranged in 19 towers. CUORE-0, the first tower assembled…
The CUORE Cryostat: A 1-Ton Scale Setup for Bolometric Detectors
C. Ligi, C. Alduino, F. Alessandria +25
The cryogenic underground observatory for rare events (CUORE) is a 1-ton scale bolometric experiment whose detector consists of an array of 988 TeO2 crystals arranged in a cylindri…
Status of the CUORE and results from the CUORE-0 neutrinoless double beta decay experiments
CUORE Collaboration, M. Sisti, D. R. Artusa +125
CUORE is a 741 kg array of TeO2 bolometers for the search of neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te. The detector is being constructed at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso,…
CUORE-0 results and prospects for the CUORE experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +127
With 741 kg of TeO2 crystals and an excellent energy resolution of 5 keV (0.2%) at the region of interest, the CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment…
CUORE and beyond: bolometric techniques to explore inverted neutrino mass hierarchy
D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini +117
The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay of Te. With 741 kg of TeO crystals and an excell…
Searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay of Te with CUORE
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +118
Neutrinoless double-beta () decay is a hypothesized lepton-number-violating process that offers the only known means of asserting the possible Majorana nature of neutrino mas…
Initial performance of the CUORE-0 experiment
CUORE Collaboration, D. R. Artusa, F. T. Avignone +110
CUORE-0 is a cryogenic detector that uses an array of tellurium dioxide bolometers to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^{130}Te. We present the first data analysis with…
The low energy spectrum of TeO2 bolometers: results and dark matter perspectives for the CUORE-0 and CUORE experiments
F. Alessandria, R. Ardito, D. R. Artusa +113
We collected 19.4 days of data from four 750 g TeO2 bolometers, and in three of them we were able to set the energy threshold around 3 keV using a new analysis technique. We found…