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Title: Measurement of 216Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment

Abstract

Rare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance detectors, and custom analysis strategies. Cryogenic calorimeters combine all these ingredients very effectively, representing a promising tool for next-generation experiments. CUPID-0 is one of the most advanced examples of such a technique, having demonstrated its potential with several results obtained with limited exposure. In this paper, we present a further application. Exploiting the analysis of delayed coincidence, we can identify the signals caused by the 220Rn-216Po decay sequence on an event-by-event basis. The analysis of these events allows us to extract the time differences between the two decays, leading to a new evaluation of 216Po half-life, estimated as (143.3 ± 2.8) ms.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); European Research Council (ERC)
OSTI Identifier:
1819962
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1901945; OSTI ID: 1906374
Grant/Contract Number:  
00ER41138; AC02-05CH11231; FP7/2007-2013; 247115
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physics Letters B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physics Letters B Journal Volume: 822 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Half-life measurement; Delayed coincidence; Cryogenic calorimeters

Citation Formats

Azzolini, O., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Capelli, S., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Caracciolo, V., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Colantoni, I., Cremonesi, O., Cruciani, A., Dafinei, I., D'Addabbo, A., Di Domizio, S., Ferroni, F., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Keppel, G., Martinez, M., Nagorny, S., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rusconi, C., Schäffner, K., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., and Zolotarova, A. Measurement of 216Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment. Netherlands: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136642.
Azzolini, O., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Capelli, S., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Caracciolo, V., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Colantoni, I., Cremonesi, O., Cruciani, A., Dafinei, I., D'Addabbo, A., Di Domizio, S., Ferroni, F., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Keppel, G., Martinez, M., Nagorny, S., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rusconi, C., Schäffner, K., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., & Zolotarova, A. Measurement of 216Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136642
Azzolini, O., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., Brofferio, C., Bucci, C., Capelli, S., Cardani, L., Carniti, P., Caracciolo, V., Casali, N., Chiesa, D., Clemenza, M., Colantoni, I., Cremonesi, O., Cruciani, A., Dafinei, I., D'Addabbo, A., Di Domizio, S., Ferroni, F., Gironi, L., Giuliani, A., Gorla, P., Gotti, C., Keppel, G., Martinez, M., Nagorny, S., Nastasi, M., Nisi, S., Orlandi, D., Pagnanini, L., Pallavicini, M., Pattavina, L., Pavan, M., Pessina, G., Pettinacci, V., Pirro, S., Pozzi, S., Previtali, E., Puiu, A., Rusconi, C., Schäffner, K., Tomei, C., Vignati, M., and Zolotarova, A. Mon . "Measurement of 216Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136642.
@article{osti_1819962,
title = {Measurement of 216Po half-life with the CUPID-0 experiment},
author = {Azzolini, O. and Beeman, J. W. and Bellini, F. and Beretta, M. and Biassoni, M. and Brofferio, C. and Bucci, C. and Capelli, S. and Cardani, L. and Carniti, P. and Caracciolo, V. and Casali, N. and Chiesa, D. and Clemenza, M. and Colantoni, I. and Cremonesi, O. and Cruciani, A. and Dafinei, I. and D'Addabbo, A. and Di Domizio, S. and Ferroni, F. and Gironi, L. and Giuliani, A. and Gorla, P. and Gotti, C. and Keppel, G. and Martinez, M. and Nagorny, S. and Nastasi, M. and Nisi, S. and Nones, C. and Orlandi, D. and Pagnanini, L. and Pallavicini, M. and Pattavina, L. and Pavan, M. and Pessina, G. and Pettinacci, V. and Pirro, S. and Pozzi, S. and Previtali, E. and Puiu, A. and Rusconi, C. and Schäffner, K. and Tomei, C. and Vignati, M. and Zolotarova, A.},
abstractNote = {Rare event physics demands very detailed background control, high-performance detectors, and custom analysis strategies. Cryogenic calorimeters combine all these ingredients very effectively, representing a promising tool for next-generation experiments. CUPID-0 is one of the most advanced examples of such a technique, having demonstrated its potential with several results obtained with limited exposure. In this paper, we present a further application. Exploiting the analysis of delayed coincidence, we can identify the signals caused by the 220Rn-216Po decay sequence on an event-by-event basis. The analysis of these events allows us to extract the time differences between the two decays, leading to a new evaluation of 216Po half-life, estimated as (143.3 ± 2.8) ms.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136642},
journal = {Physics Letters B},
number = C,
volume = 822,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {2021},
month = {11}
}

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