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Title: First Results from CUORE: A Search for Lepton Number Violation via 0 ν β β Decay of Te 130

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-number-violating process: 130Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of (7.7 ± 0.5) keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of (0.014 ± 0.002) counts /(keV kg yr), we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T $$0ν\atop{1/2}$$ (130 Te) > 1.3 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0 × 1024 yr. In conclusion, combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T $$0ν\atop{1/2}$$ (130Te) > 1.5 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find mββ < (110 - 520) meV , where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Contributing Organization:
CUORE Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344; FG02-08ER41551; FG03-00ER41138; SC0011091; SC0012654
OSTI ID:
1439231
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1429558; OSTI ID: 1466940
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-756941; PRLTAO; ark:/13030/qt6878h66t; TRN: US1900586
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 13; Related Information: © 2018 American Physical Society.; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 218 works
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