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Title: Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te 130 with CUORE

Abstract

We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $$^{130}$$Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a four-fold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of $$(1.38\pm0.07)\cdot10^{-2}$$ counts$/($keV$$\cdot$$kg$$\cdot$$yr$$)$$ in the $$0\nu\beta\beta$$ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5 kg$$\cdot$$yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of $$1.7\cdot10^{25}$$ yr. We find no evidence for $$0\nu\beta\beta$$ decay and set a $$90\%$$ CI Bayesian lower limit of $$3.2\cdot10^{25}$$ yr on the $$^{130}$$Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that $$0\nu\beta\beta$$ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350 meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.

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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Org.:
CUORE Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1597733
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1606591; OSTI ID: 1651189
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-813976
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; ark:/13030/qt4hj72269; TRN: US2103182
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; NSF-PHY-0605119; NSF-PHY-0500337; NSF-PHY-0855314; NSF-PHY-0902171; NSF-PHY-0969852; NSF-PHY-1307204; NSF-PHY-1314881; NSF-PHY-1401832; NSF-PHY-1404205; AC52-07NA27344; SC0012654; SC0020423; FG02-08ER41551; FG03-00ER41138; 754496
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Double beta decay; neutrinoless double beta decay; nuclear structure & decays; Baryon & lepton number symmetries

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Adams, D. Q., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., D’Addabbo, A., D’Aguanno, D., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell’Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Dompè, V., Fang, D. Q., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, R. G., Huang, H. Z., Johnston, J., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Ligi, C., Ma, Y. G., Ma, L., Marini, L., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O’Donnell, T., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sangiorgio, S., Schmidt, B., Scielzo, N. D., Sharma, V., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Zanotti, L., Zimmermann, S., and Zucchelli, S. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te130 with CUORE. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501.
Adams, D. Q., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., D’Addabbo, A., D’Aguanno, D., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell’Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Dompè, V., Fang, D. Q., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, R. G., Huang, H. Z., Johnston, J., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Ligi, C., Ma, Y. G., Ma, L., Marini, L., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O’Donnell, T., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sangiorgio, S., Schmidt, B., Scielzo, N. D., Sharma, V., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Zanotti, L., Zimmermann, S., & Zucchelli, S. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te130 with CUORE. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501
Adams, D. Q., Alduino, C., Alfonso, K., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Bari, G., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Biassoni, M., Branca, A., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Caminata, A., Campani, A., Canonica, L., Cao, X. G., Capelli, S., Cappelli, L., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Chott, N., Clemenza, M., Copello, S., Cosmelli, C., Cremonesi, O., Creswick, R. J., D’Addabbo, A., D’Aguanno, D., Dafinei, I., Davis, C. J., Dell’Oro, S., Di Domizio, S., Dompè, V., Fang, D. Q., Fantini, G., Faverzani, M., Ferri, E., Ferroni, F., Fiorini, E., Franceschi, M. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Giachero, A., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Gutierrez, T. D., Han, K., Heeger, K. M., Huang, R. G., Huang, H. Z., Johnston, J., Keppel, G., Kolomensky, Yu. G., Ligi, C., Ma, Y. G., Ma, L., Marini, L., Maruyama, R. H., Mei, Y., Moggi, N., Morganti, S., Napolitano, T., Nastasi, M., Nikkel, J., Norman, E. B., Novati, V., Nucciotti, A., Nutini, I., O’Donnell, T., Ouellet, J. L., Pagliarone, C. E., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pira, C., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rosenfeld, C., Rusconi, C., Sakai, M., Sangiorgio, S., Schmidt, B., Scielzo, N. D., Sharma, V., Singh, V., Sisti, M., Speller, D., Surukuchi, P. T., Taffarello, L., Terranova, F., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., Wagaarachchi, S. L., Wang, B. S., Welliver, B., Wilson, J., Wilson, K., Winslow, L. A., Zanotti, L., Zimmermann, S., and Zucchelli, S. Thu . "Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te130 with CUORE". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597733.
@article{osti_1597733,
title = {Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in Te130 with CUORE},
author = {Adams, D. Q. and Alduino, C. and Alfonso, K. and Avignone, F. T. and Azzolini, O. and Bari, G. and Bellini, F. and Benato, G. and Biassoni, M. and Branca, A. and Brofferio, C. and Bucci, C. and Caminata, A. and Campani, A. and Canonica, L. and Cao, X. G. and Capelli, S. and Cappelli, L. and Cardani, L. and Carniti, P. and Casali, N. and Chiesa, D. and Chott, N. and Clemenza, M. and Copello, S. and Cosmelli, C. and Cremonesi, O. and Creswick, R. J. and D’Addabbo, A. and D’Aguanno, D. and Dafinei, I. and Davis, C. J. and Dell’Oro, S. and Di Domizio, S. and Dompè, V. and Fang, D. Q. and Fantini, G. and Faverzani, M. and Ferri, E. and Ferroni, F. and Fiorini, E. and Franceschi, M. A. and Freedman, S. J. and Fujikawa, B. K. and Giachero, A. and Gironi, L. and Giuliani, A. and Gorla, P. and Gotti, C. and Gutierrez, T. D. and Han, K. and Heeger, K. M. and Huang, R. G. and Huang, H. Z. and Johnston, J. and Keppel, G. and Kolomensky, Yu. G. and Ligi, C. and Ma, Y. G. and Ma, L. and Marini, L. and Maruyama, R. H. and Mei, Y. and Moggi, N. and Morganti, S. and Napolitano, T. and Nastasi, M. and Nikkel, J. and Nones, C. and Norman, E. B. and Novati, V. and Nucciotti, A. and Nutini, I. and O’Donnell, T. and Ouellet, J. L. and Pagliarone, C. E. and Pagnanini, L. and Pallavicini, M. and Pattavina, L. and Pavan, M. and Pessina, G. and Pettinacci, V. and Pira, C. and Pirro, S. and Pozzi, S. and Previtali, E. and Puiu, A. and Rosenfeld, C. and Rusconi, C. and Sakai, M. and Sangiorgio, S. and Schmidt, B. and Scielzo, N. D. and Sharma, V. and Singh, V. and Sisti, M. and Speller, D. and Surukuchi, P. T. and Taffarello, L. and Terranova, F. and Tomei, C. and Vignati, M. and Wagaarachchi, S. L. and Wang, B. S. and Welliver, B. and Wilson, J. and Wilson, K. and Winslow, L. A. and Zanotti, L. and Zimmermann, S. and Zucchelli, S.},
abstractNote = {We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in $^{130}$Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a four-fold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of $(1.38\pm0.07)\cdot10^{-2}$ counts$/($keV$\cdot$kg$\cdot$yr$)$ in the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5 kg$\cdot$yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of $1.7\cdot10^{25}$ yr. We find no evidence for $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay and set a $90\%$ CI Bayesian lower limit of $3.2\cdot10^{25}$ yr on the $^{130}$Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350 meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.122501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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