First CUORE-0 Performance Results and Status of CUORE Experiment

Canonica, L.; Artusa, D. R.; Avignone, F. T.; Azzolini, O.; Balata, M.; Banks, T. I.; Bari, G.; Beeman, J.; Bellini, F.; Bersani, A.; Biassoni, M.; Bloxham, T.; Brofferio, C.; Bucci, C.; Cai, X. Z.; Camacho, A.; Cao, X.; Capelli, S.; Carbone, L.; Cardani, L.; Carrettoni, M.; Casali, N.; Chiesa, D.; Chott, N.; Clemenza, M.; Cosmelli, C.; Cremonesi, O.; Creswick, R. J.; Dafinei, I.; Dally, A.; Datskov, V.; Biasi, A.; Deninno, MARIA MADDALENA; Domizio, S.; Vacri, M. L.; Ejzak, L.; Faccini, R.; Fang, D. Q.; Farach, H. A.; Faverzani, M.; Fernandes, G.; Ferri, E.; Ferroni, F.; Fiorini, E.; Franceschi, M. A.; Freedman, S. J.; Fujikawa, B. K.; Giachero, A.; Gironi, L.; Giuliani, A.; Goett, J.; Gorla, P.; Gotti, C.; Gutierrez, T. D.; Haller, E. E.; Han, K.; Heeger, K. M.; Huang, H. Z.; Kadel, R.; Kazkaz, K.; Keppel, G.; Kogler, L.; Kolomensky, Y. u. G.; Lenz, D.; Y. L., Li; Ligi, C.; Liu, X.; Y. G., Ma; Maiano, C.; Maino, M.; Martinez, M.; Maruyama, R. H.; Mei, Y.; Moggi, Niccolo'; Morganti, S.; Napolitano, T.; Newman, S.; Nisi, S.; Nones, C.; Norman, E. B.; Nucciotti, A.; O’Donnell, T.; Orio, F.; Orlandi, D.; Ouellet, J. L.; Pallavicini, M.; Palmieri, V.; Pattavina, L.; Pavan, M.; Pedretti, M.; Pessina, G.; Piperno, G.; Pira, C.; Pirro, S.; Previtali, E.; Rampazzo, V.; Rimondi, F.; Rosenfeld, C.; Rusconi, C.; Sala, E.; Sangiorgio, S.; Scielzo, N. D.; Sisti, M.; Smith, A. R.; Taffarello, L.; Tenconi, M.; Terranova, F.; Tian, W. D.; Tomei, C.; Trentalange, S.; Ventura, G.; Vignati, M.; Wang, B. S.; Wang, H. W.; Wielgus, L.; Wilson, J.; Wise, T.; Woodcraft, A.; Zanotti, L.; Zarra, C.; Zhu, B. X.; Zucchelli, Stefano

doi:10.1007/s10909-014-1094-8

The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment will search for neutrinoless double beta decay in Te. Observation of the process would unambiguously establish that neutrinos are Majorana particles as well as provide information about the absolute neutrino mass scale and mass hierarchy.The CUORE setup will consist of an array of 988 tellurium dioxide crystals (containing 206 kg of Te in total), operated as bolometers at a temperature of 10 mK. The experiment is now under construction at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. As a first step towards CUORE, a tower (CUORE-0) has been assembled and is taking data. Here a detailed description of the CUORE-0 tower and its performance is reported. The status of the CUORE experiment and its expected sensitivity will then be discussed.

First CUORE-0 Performance Results and Status of CUORE Experiment / L. Canonica;D. R. Artusa;F. T. Avignone;O. Azzolini;M. Balata;T. I. Banks;G. Bari;J. Beeman;F. Bellini;A. Bersani;M. Biassoni;T. Bloxham;C. Brofferio;C. Bucci;X. Z. Cai;A. Camacho;X. Cao;S. Capelli;L. Carbone;L. Cardani;M. Carrettoni;N. Casali;D. Chiesa;N. Chott;M. Clemenza;C. Cosmelli;O. Cremonesi;R. J. Creswick;I. Dafinei;A. Dally;V. Datskov;A. Biasi;M. M. Deninno;S. Domizio;M. L. Vacri;L. Ejzak;R. Faccini;D. Q. Fang;H. A. Farach;M. Faverzani;G. Fernandes;E. Ferri;F. Ferroni;E. Fiorini;M. A. Franceschi;S. J. Freedman;B. K. Fujikawa;A. Giachero;L. Gironi;A. Giuliani;J. Goett;P. Gorla;C. Gotti;T. D. Gutierrez;E. E. Haller;K. Han;K. M. Heeger;H. Z. Huang;R. Kadel;K. Kazkaz;G. Keppel;L. Kogler;Yu. G. Kolomensky;D. Lenz;Y. L. Li;C. Ligi;X. Liu;Y. G. Ma;C. Maiano;M. Maino;M. Martinez;R. H. Maruyama;Y. Mei;N. Moggi;S. Morganti;T. Napolitano;S. Newman;S. Nisi;C. Nones;E. B. Norman;A. Nucciotti;T. O’Donnell;F. Orio;D. Orlandi;J. L. Ouellet;M. Pallavicini;V. Palmieri;L. Pattavina;M. Pavan;M. Pedretti;G. Pessina;G. Piperno;C. Pira;S. Pirro;E. Previtali;V. Rampazzo;F. Rimondi;C. Rosenfeld;C. Rusconi;E. Sala;S. Sangiorgio;N. D. Scielzo;M. Sisti;A. R. Smith;L. Taffarello;M. Tenconi;F. Terranova;W. D. Tian;C. Tomei;S. Trentalange;G. Ventura;M. Vignati;B. S. Wang;H. W. Wang;L. Wielgus;J. Wilson;T. Wise;A. Woodcraft;L. Zanotti;C. Zarra;B. X. Zhu;S. Zucchelli. - In: JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS. - ISSN 0022-2291. - STAMPA. - 176:5-6(2014), pp. 986-994. [10.1007/s10909-014-1094-8]