The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events: Status and Prospects
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INPC2016_369.pdf
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Author(s)
Norman, Eric
Alduino, C.
Alfonso, K.
Artusa, D. R.
Avignone III, F. T.
Azzolini, O.
Banks, T. I.
Bari, G.
Beeman, J. W.
Bellini, F.
Date Issued
May 2017
Journal
26th International Nuclear Physics Conference
Publisher
Sissa Medialab
Citation
Norman, Eric et al. "The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events: Status and Prospects." 26th International Nuclear Physics Conference, September 2016, Adelaide, Australia, Sissa Medialab, May 2017 © The author(s)
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Abstract
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a large-scale double beta decay experiment utilizing cryogenic bolometers that is currently being commissioned at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. Its primary focus is to search for the neutrino-less double beta decay of 130 Te with a projected sensitivity to Majorana neutrino masses near the inverted mass hierarchy region. The detector is composed of 988 5x5x5-cm 3 TeO 2 crystals of natural isotopic composition arranged in 19 towers of 52 crystals each, all housed in a common dilution refrigerator. A single CUORE-like tower, CUORE-0, was assembled and operated as a stand-alone detector for a period of approximately two years. In this report, the results from CUORE-0 and the current status and physics potential of CUORE are presented.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.22323/1.281.0369
