The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will play a major role in next generation experiments. The background of detectors based on the technology of cryogenic calorimeters is expected to be dominated by α particles, that could be disentangled from double beta decay signals by exploiting the difference in the emission of the scintillation light. CUPID-0, an array of enriched Zn82Se scintillating calorimeters, is the first large mass demonstrator of this technology. The detector started data-taking in 2017 at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso with the aim of proving that dual read-out of light and heat allows for an efficient suppression of the α background. In this paper we describe the software tools we developed for the analysis of scintillating calorimeters and we demonstrate that this technology allows to reach an unprecedented background for cryogenic calorimeters.

Azzolini, O., Barrera, M., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., et al. (2018). Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 78(9) [10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6202-5].

Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches

Beretta, M.;Biassoni, M.;Brofferio, C.;Canonica, L.;Capelli, S.;Carniti, P.;Clemenza, M.;Cremonesi, O.;Gironi, L.;Gotti, C.;Nastasi, M.;Pagnanini, L.;Pattavina, L.;Pavan, M.;Pessina, G.;Pozzi, S.;Previtali, E.;Puiu, A.;
2018

Abstract

The suppression of spurious events in the region of interest for neutrinoless double beta decay will play a major role in next generation experiments. The background of detectors based on the technology of cryogenic calorimeters is expected to be dominated by α particles, that could be disentangled from double beta decay signals by exploiting the difference in the emission of the scintillation light. CUPID-0, an array of enriched Zn82Se scintillating calorimeters, is the first large mass demonstrator of this technology. The detector started data-taking in 2017 at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso with the aim of proving that dual read-out of light and heat allows for an efficient suppression of the α background. In this paper we describe the software tools we developed for the analysis of scintillating calorimeters and we demonstrate that this technology allows to reach an unprecedented background for cryogenic calorimeters.
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2018
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Azzolini, O., Barrera, M., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., Beretta, M., Biassoni, M., et al. (2018). Analysis of cryogenic calorimeters with light and heat read-out for double beta decay searches. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 78(9) [10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6202-5].
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