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Status and prospects for CUORE

Conference · · Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
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CUORE is a cryogenic detector consisting of 988 TeO2 crystals, 750 g each, and will be operated at a temperature of ~10 mK, to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) of 130Te. The detector, in the final stages of construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy), will start its operations in 2016. CUORE-0, its pilot experiment, has proven the feasibility of CUORE, demonstrating that the target background of 0.01 counts/keV/kg/y and the energy resolution of 5 keV are within reach. CUORE-0 also made the most precise measurement of the 2νββ decay. The expected sensitivity of CUORE to the 0νββ 130Te half-life is 9 •1025y, for 5 years of data taking. Here, we report the most recent results of CUORE-0, their implications for CUORE, and the current status of the CUORE experiment.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1827644
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online), Journal Name: Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online); ISSN 1742-6596
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Search for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Te 130 with CUORE-0 journal September 2015
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An assembly line for the construction of ultra-radio-pure detectors
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