With their excellent energy resolution, efficiency, and intrinsic radio-purity, cryogenic calorimeters are primed for the search of neutrino-less double beta decay (0nDBD). The sensitivity of these devices could be further increased by discriminating the dominant alpha background from the expected beta-like signal. The CUPID-0 collaboration aims at demonstrating that the measurement of the scintillation light produced by the absorber crystals allows for particle identification and, thus, for a complete rejection of the alpha background. The CUPID-0 detector, assembled in 2016 and now in data-taking, consists of 26 Zn82 Se scintillating calorimeters for about 2 × 1025 0nDBD emitters. In this contribution we present the preliminary results obtained with the detector and the perspectives for a next generation project.

Cardani, L., Artusa, D., Azzolini, O., Barrera, M., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., et al. (2018). CUPID-0: A cryogenic calorimeter with particle identification for double beta decay search. In Proceedings of International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics 2017 (pp.183-186). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC [10.1007/978-981-13-1316-5_34].

CUPID-0: A cryogenic calorimeter with particle identification for double beta decay search

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

Abstract

With their excellent energy resolution, efficiency, and intrinsic radio-purity, cryogenic calorimeters are primed for the search of neutrino-less double beta decay (0nDBD). The sensitivity of these devices could be further increased by discriminating the dominant alpha background from the expected beta-like signal. The CUPID-0 collaboration aims at demonstrating that the measurement of the scintillation light produced by the absorber crystals allows for particle identification and, thus, for a complete rejection of the alpha background. The CUPID-0 detector, assembled in 2016 and now in data-taking, consists of 26 Zn82 Se scintillating calorimeters for about 2 × 1025 0nDBD emitters. In this contribution we present the preliminary results obtained with the detector and the perspectives for a next generation project.
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neutrino physics; double beta decay; thermal detectors
English
International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics, TIPP 2017
9789811313158
2018
http://www.springer.com/series/361
Cardani, L., Artusa, D., Azzolini, O., Barrera, M., Beeman, J., Bellini, F., et al. (2018). CUPID-0: A cryogenic calorimeter with particle identification for double beta decay search. In Proceedings of International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics 2017 (pp.183-186). Springer Science and Business Media, LLC [10.1007/978-981-13-1316-5_34].
Cardani, L; Artusa, D; Azzolini, O; Barrera, M; Beeman, J; Bellini, F; Beretta, M; Biassoni, M; Brofferio, C; Bucci, C; Camacho, A; Canonica, L; Capelli, S; Carniti, P; Casali, N; Cassina, L; Clemenza, M; Cremonesi, O; Cruciani, A; D’Addabbo, A; Dafinei, I; Di Domizio, S; di Vacri, M; Ferroni, F; Gironi, L; Giuliani, A; Gorla, P; Gotti, C; Keppel, G; Maino, M; Martinez, M; Morganti, S; Nagorny, S; Nastasi, M; Nisi, S; Nones, C; Orio, F; Orlandi, D; Pagnanini, L; Pallavicini, M; Palmieri, V; Pattavina, L; Pavan, M; Pessina, G; Pettinacci, V; Pirro, S; Pozzi, S; Previtali, E; Puiu, A; Reindl, F; Rusconi, C; Schaeffner, K; Sinkunaite, L; Tomei, C; Vignati, M; Zolotarova, A
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