A search for neutrinoless double beta decay of [sup 130]Te with a low temperature calorimeter

Conference · Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 1992 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:6643338

Alessandrello, A ^[1]; Brofferio, C ^[2]; Camin, D V; Cremonesi, O; Gervasio, G; Fiorini, E; Giuliani, A; Pavan, M; Pessina, G; Previtali, E; Zanotti, L ^[1]

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1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita and INFN, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano (Italy)
2. Lab. Naz. del Gran Sasso, INFN, S.S. 17 bis km 18+910, 67010 Assergi, L'Aquila (Italy)

Possible impacts of the bolometric technique on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0[nu]-DVD) search are discussed. In this approach, the performances of two TeO[sub 2] low temperature calorimeters with masses of 73 g and 340 g are reported: the FWHM resolutions are respectively 6 keV and 20 keV at 2614 keV. The operation of these detectors in a low background environment in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory has allowed to set a limit on the half-life of [sup 130]Te 2[nu]-DBD of about 2.5[times]10[sup 21] and to study the residual radioactive background components.

• OSTI ID: 6643338
• Report Number(s): CONF-920837-; CODEN: APCPCS
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 272:2; Conference: ICHEP-26: 26th International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) conference on high energy physics, Dallas, TX (United States), 6-12 Aug 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
TELLURIUM 130
DOUBLE BETA DECAY
HALF-LIFE
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BOLOMETERS
CALIBRATION
CALORIMETERS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION SOURCES
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
BETA DECAY
BETA-MINUS DECAY
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DECAY
DETECTION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEI
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
STABLE ISOTOPES
TELLURIUM ISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
663210* - Ground-State Radioactivity- (1992-)