Latest Results from the CUORE Experiment
Abstract The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first cryogenic experiment searching for $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer US
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145781 |
| Summary: | Abstract
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is the first cryogenic experiment searching for
$$0\nu \beta \beta $$
0
ν
β
β
decay that has been able to reach the one-tonne mass scale. The detector, located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, consists of an array of 988
$${\mathrm{TeO}}_{2}$$
TeO
2
crystals arranged in a compact cylindrical structure of 19 towers. CUORE began its first physics data run in 2017 at a base temperature of about 10 mK and in April 2021 released its
$$3{\mathrm{rd}}$$
3
rd
result of the search for
$$0\nu \beta \beta $$
0
ν
β
β
, corresponding to a tonne-year of
$$\mathrm{TeO}_{2}$$
TeO
2
exposure. This is the largest amount of data ever acquired with a solid state detector and the most sensitive measurement of
$$0\nu \beta \beta $$
0
ν
β
β
decay in
$${}^{130}\mathrm{Te}$$
130
Te
ever conducted . We present the current status of CUORE search for
$$0\nu \beta \beta $$
0
ν
β
β
with the updated statistics of one tonne-yr. We finally give an update of the CUORE background model and the measurement of the
$${}^{130}\mathrm{Te}$$
130
Te
$$2\nu \beta \beta $$
2
ν
β
β
decay half-life and decay to excited states of
$${}^{130}\mathrm{Xe}$$
130
Xe
, studies performed using an exposure of 300.7 kg yr. |
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