First results from CUORE: A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of 130Te

C. Alduino; F. Alessandria; K. Alfonso; E. Andreotti; C. Arnaboldi; F. T. Avignone; O. Azzolini; M. Balata; I. Bandac; T. I. Banks; G. Bari; M. Barucci; J. W. Beeman; F. Bellini; G. Benato; A. Bersani; D. Biare; M. Biassoni; F. Bragazzi; A. Branca; C. Brofferio; A. Bryant; A. Buccheri; C. Bucci; C. Bulfon; A. Camacho; A. Caminata; L. Canonica; X. G. Cao; S. Capelli; M. Capodiferro; L. Cappelli; L. Cardani; M. Cariello; P. Carniti; M. Carrettoni; N. Casali; L. Cassina; R. Cereseto; G. Ceruti; A. Chiarini; D. Chiesa; N. Chott; M. Clemenza; D. Conventi; S. Copello; C. Cosmelli; O. Cremonesi; C. Crescentini; R. J. Creswick; J. S. Cushman; A. D'Addabbo; D. D'Aguanno; I. Dafinei; V. Datskov; C. J. Davis; F. Del Corso; S. Dell'Oro; M. M. Deninno; S. Di Domizio; M. L. Di Vacri; L. Di Paolo; A. Drobizhev; L. Ejzak; R. Faccini; D. Q. Fang; M. Faverzani; E. Ferri; F. Ferroni; E. Fiorini; M. A. Franceschi; S. J. Freedman; B. K. Fujikawa; R. Gaigher; A. Giachero; L. Gironi; A. Giuliani; L. Gladstone; J. Goett; P. Gorla; C. Gotti; C. Guandalini; M. Guerzoni; T. D. Gutierrez; E. E. Haller; K. Han; E. V. Hansen; K. M. Heeger; R. Hennings-Yeomans; K. P. Hickerson; H. Z. Huang; M. Iannone; L. Ioannucci; R. Kadel; G. Keppel; L. Kogler; Yu G. Kolomensky; A. Leder; C. Ligi; K. E. Lim; X. Liu; Y. G. Ma; C. Maiano; M. Maino; L. Marini; M. Martinez; C. Martinez Amaya; R. H. Maruyama; Y. Mei; N. Moggi; S. Morganti; P. J. Mosteiro; S. S. Nagorny; T. Napolitano; M. Nastasi; S. Nisi; C. Nones; E. B. Norman; V. Novati; A. Nucciotti; I. Nutini; T. O'Donnell; M. Olcese; E. Olivieri; F. Orio; D. Orlandi; J. L. Ouellet; C. E. Pagliarone; M. Pallavicini; V. Palmieri; L. Pattavina; M. Pavan; M. Pedretti; R. Pedrotta; A. Pelosi; G. Pessina; V. Pettinacci; G. Piperno; C. Pira; S. Pirro; S. Pozzi; E. Previtali; F. Reindl; F. Rimondi; L. Risegari; C. Rosenfeld; C. Rossi; C. Rusconi; M. Sakai; E. Sala; C. Salvioni; S. Sangiorgio; D. Santone; D. Schaeffer; B. Schmidt; J. Schmidt; N. D. Scielzo; V. Singh; M. Sisti; A. R. Smith; F. Stivanello; L. Taffarello; L. Tatananni; M. Tenconi; F. Terranova; M. Tessaro; C. Tomei; G. Ventura; M. Vignati; S. L. Wagaarachchi; J. Wallig; B. S. Wang; H. W. Wang; B. Welliver; J. Wilson; K. Wilson; L. A. Winslow; T. Wise; L. Zanotti; C. Zarra; G. Q. Zhang; B. X. Zhu; S. Zimmermann; S. Zucchelli

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501

First results from CUORE: A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of ¹³⁰Te

C. Alduino, F. Alessandria, K. Alfonso, E. Andreotti, C. Arnaboldi, F. T. Avignone, O. Azzolini, M. Balata, I. Bandac, T. I. Banks, G. Bari, M. Barucci, J. W. Beeman, F. Bellini, G. Benato, A. Bersani, D. Biare, M. Biassoni, F. Bragazzi, A. BrancaC. Brofferio, A. Bryant, A. Buccheri, C. Bucci, C. Bulfon, A. Camacho, A. Caminata, L. Canonica, X. G. Cao, S. Capelli, M. Capodiferro, L. Cappelli, L. Cardani, M. Cariello, P. Carniti, M. Carrettoni, N. Casali, L. Cassina, R. Cereseto, G. Ceruti, A. Chiarini, D. Chiesa, N. Chott, M. Clemenza, D. Conventi, S. Copello, C. Cosmelli, O. Cremonesi, C. Crescentini, R. J. Creswick, J. S. Cushman, A. D'Addabbo, D. D'Aguanno, I. Dafinei, V. Datskov, C. J. Davis, F. Del Corso, S. Dell'Oro, M. M. Deninno, S. Di Domizio, M. L. Di Vacri, L. Di Paolo, A. Drobizhev, L. Ejzak, R. Faccini, D. Q. Fang, M. Faverzani, E. Ferri, F. Ferroni, E. Fiorini, M. A. Franceschi, S. J. Freedman, B. K. Fujikawa, R. Gaigher, A. Giachero, L. Gironi, A. Giuliani, L. Gladstone, J. Goett, P. Gorla, C. Gotti, C. Guandalini, M. Guerzoni, T. D. Gutierrez, E. E. Haller, K. Han, E. V. Hansen, K. M. Heeger, R. Hennings-Yeomans, K. P. Hickerson, H. Z. Huang, M. Iannone, L. Ioannucci, R. Kadel, G. Keppel, L. Kogler, Yu G. Kolomensky, A. Leder, C. Ligi, K. E. Lim, X. Liu, Y. G. Ma, C. Maiano, M. Maino, L. Marini, M. Martinez, C. Martinez Amaya, R. H. Maruyama, Y. Mei, N. Moggi, S. Morganti, P. J. Mosteiro, S. S. Nagorny, T. Napolitano, M. Nastasi, S. Nisi, C. Nones, E. B. Norman, V. Novati, A. Nucciotti, I. Nutini, T. O'Donnell, M. Olcese, E. Olivieri, F. Orio, D. Orlandi, J. L. Ouellet, C. E. Pagliarone, M. Pallavicini, V. Palmieri, L. Pattavina, M. Pavan, M. Pedretti, R. Pedrotta, A. Pelosi, G. Pessina, V. Pettinacci, G. Piperno, C. Pira, S. Pirro, S. Pozzi, E. Previtali, F. Reindl, F. Rimondi, L. Risegari, C. Rosenfeld, C. Rossi, C. Rusconi, M. Sakai, E. Sala, C. Salvioni, S. Sangiorgio, D. Santone, D. Schaeffer, B. Schmidt, J. Schmidt, N. D. Scielzo, V. Singh, M. Sisti, A. R. Smith, F. Stivanello, L. Taffarello, L. Tatananni, M. Tenconi, F. Terranova, M. Tessaro, C. Tomei, G. Ventura, M. Vignati, S. L. Wagaarachchi, J. Wallig, B. S. Wang, H. W. Wang, B. Welliver, J. Wilson, K. Wilson, L. A. Winslow, T. Wise, L. Zanotti, C. Zarra, G. Q. Zhang, B. X. Zhu, S. Zimmermann, S. Zucchelli

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Abstract

The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-numberviolating process: ¹³⁰Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of d7.7 ± 0.5T keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of d0.014 ± 0.002T counts=dkeV kg yrT, we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T^0ν_1/2 (¹³⁰Te) > 1.3 × 10²⁵ yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0 × 10²⁴ yr. Combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T^0ν_1/2 (¹³⁰Te) > 1.5 × 10²⁵ yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find m_ββ < (110 - 520) meV, where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	132501
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501
State	Published - 2018
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Alduino, C., Alessandria, F., Alfonso, K., Andreotti, E., Arnaboldi, C., Avignone, F. T., Azzolini, O., Balata, M., Bandac, I., Banks, T. I., Bari, G., Barucci, M., Beeman, J. W., Bellini, F., Benato, G., Bersani, A., Biare, D., Biassoni, M., Bragazzi, F., ... Zucchelli, S. (2018). First results from CUORE: A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of ¹³⁰Te. Physical Review Letters, 120(13), [132501]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501

Alduino, C, Alessandria, F, Alfonso, K, Andreotti, E, Arnaboldi, C, Avignone, FT, Azzolini, O, Balata, M, Bandac, I, Banks, TI, Bari, G, Barucci, M, Beeman, JW, Bellini, F, Benato, G, Bersani, A, Biare, D, Biassoni, M, Bragazzi, F, Branca, A, Brofferio, C, Bryant, A, Buccheri, A, Bucci, C, Bulfon, C, Camacho, A, Caminata, A, Canonica, L, Cao, XG, Capelli, S, Capodiferro, M, Cappelli, L, Cardani, L, Cariello, M, Carniti, P, Carrettoni, M, Casali, N, Cassina, L, Cereseto, R, Ceruti, G, Chiarini, A, Chiesa, D, Chott, N, Clemenza, M, Conventi, D, Copello, S, Cosmelli, C, Cremonesi, O, Crescentini, C, Creswick, RJ, Cushman, JS, D'Addabbo, A, D'Aguanno, D, Dafinei, I, Datskov, V, Davis, CJ, Del Corso, F, Dell'Oro, S, Deninno, MM, Di Domizio, S, Di Vacri, ML, Di Paolo, L, Drobizhev, A, Ejzak, L, Faccini, R, Fang, DQ, Faverzani, M, Ferri, E, Ferroni, F, Fiorini, E, Franceschi, MA, Freedman, SJ, Fujikawa, BK, Gaigher, R, Giachero, A, Gironi, L, Giuliani, A, Gladstone, L, Goett, J, Gorla, P, Gotti, C, Guandalini, C, Guerzoni, M, Gutierrez, TD, Haller, EE, Han, K, Hansen, EV, Heeger, KM, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hickerson, KP, Huang, HZ, Iannone, M, Ioannucci, L, Kadel, R, Keppel, G, Kogler, L, Kolomensky, YG, Leder, A, Ligi, C, Lim, KE, Liu, X, Ma, YG, Maiano, C, Maino, M, Marini, L, Martinez, M, Amaya, CM, Maruyama, RH, Mei, Y, Moggi, N, Morganti, S, Mosteiro, PJ, Nagorny, SS, Napolitano, T, Nastasi, M, Nisi, S, Nones, C, Norman, EB, Novati, V, Nucciotti, A, Nutini, I, O'Donnell, T, Olcese, M, Olivieri, E, Orio, F, Orlandi, D, Ouellet, JL, Pagliarone, CE, Pallavicini, M, Palmieri, V, Pattavina, L, Pavan, M, Pedretti, M, Pedrotta, R, Pelosi, A, Pessina, G, Pettinacci, V, Piperno, G, Pira, C, Pirro, S, Pozzi, S, Previtali, E, Reindl, F, Rimondi, F, Risegari, L, Rosenfeld, C, Rossi, C, Rusconi, C, Sakai, M, Sala, E, Salvioni, C, Sangiorgio, S, Santone, D, Schaeffer, D, Schmidt, B, Schmidt, J, Scielzo, ND, Singh, V, Sisti, M, Smith, AR, Stivanello, F, Taffarello, L, Tatananni, L, Tenconi, M, Terranova, F, Tessaro, M, Tomei, C, Ventura, G, Vignati, M, Wagaarachchi, SL, Wallig, J, Wang, BS, Wang, HW, Welliver, B, Wilson, J, Wilson, K, Winslow, LA, Wise, T, Zanotti, L, Zarra, C, Zhang, GQ, Zhu, BX, Zimmermann, S & Zucchelli, S 2018, 'First results from CUORE: A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of ¹³⁰Te', Physical Review Letters, vol. 120, no. 13, 132501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501

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abstract = "The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-numberviolating process: 130Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of d7.7 ± 0.5T keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of d0.014 ± 0.002T counts=dkeV kg yrT, we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.3 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0 × 1024 yr. Combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.5 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find mββ < (110 - 520) meV, where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.",

author = "C. Alduino and F. Alessandria and K. Alfonso and E. Andreotti and C. Arnaboldi and Avignone, {F. T.} and O. Azzolini and M. Balata and I. Bandac and Banks, {T. I.} and G. Bari and M. Barucci and Beeman, {J. W.} and F. Bellini and G. Benato and A. Bersani and D. Biare and M. Biassoni and F. Bragazzi and A. Branca and C. Brofferio and A. Bryant and A. Buccheri and C. Bucci and C. Bulfon and A. Camacho and A. Caminata and L. Canonica and Cao, {X. G.} and S. Capelli and M. Capodiferro and L. Cappelli and L. Cardani and M. Cariello and P. Carniti and M. Carrettoni and N. Casali and L. Cassina and R. Cereseto and G. Ceruti and A. Chiarini and D. Chiesa and N. Chott and M. Clemenza and D. Conventi and S. Copello and C. Cosmelli and O. Cremonesi and C. Crescentini and Creswick, {R. J.} and Cushman, {J. S.} and A. D'Addabbo and D. D'Aguanno and I. Dafinei and V. Datskov and Davis, {C. J.} and {Del Corso}, F. and S. Dell'Oro and Deninno, {M. M.} and {Di Domizio}, S. and {Di Vacri}, {M. L.} and {Di Paolo}, L. and A. Drobizhev and L. Ejzak and R. Faccini and Fang, {D. Q.} and M. Faverzani and E. Ferri and F. Ferroni and E. Fiorini and Franceschi, {M. A.} and Freedman, {S. J.} and Fujikawa, {B. K.} and R. Gaigher and A. Giachero and L. Gironi and A. Giuliani and L. Gladstone and J. Goett and P. Gorla and C. Gotti and C. Guandalini and M. Guerzoni and Gutierrez, {T. D.} and Haller, {E. E.} and K. Han and Hansen, {E. V.} and Heeger, {K. M.} and R. Hennings-Yeomans and Hickerson, {K. P.} and Huang, {H. Z.} and M. Iannone and L. Ioannucci and R. Kadel and G. Keppel and L. Kogler and Kolomensky, {Yu G.} and A. Leder and C. Ligi and Lim, {K. E.} and X. Liu and Ma, {Y. G.} and C. Maiano and M. Maino and L. Marini and M. Martinez and Amaya, {C. Martinez} and Maruyama, {R. H.} and Y. Mei and N. Moggi and S. Morganti and Mosteiro, {P. J.} and Nagorny, {S. S.} and T. Napolitano and M. Nastasi and S. Nisi and C. Nones and Norman, {E. B.} and V. Novati and A. Nucciotti and I. Nutini and T. O'Donnell and M. Olcese and E. Olivieri and F. Orio and D. Orlandi and Ouellet, {J. L.} and Pagliarone, {C. E.} and M. Pallavicini and V. Palmieri and L. Pattavina and M. Pavan and M. Pedretti and R. Pedrotta and A. Pelosi and G. Pessina and V. Pettinacci and G. Piperno and C. Pira and S. Pirro and S. Pozzi and E. Previtali and F. Reindl and F. Rimondi and L. Risegari and C. Rosenfeld and C. Rossi and C. Rusconi and M. Sakai and E. Sala and C. Salvioni and S. Sangiorgio and D. Santone and D. Schaeffer and B. Schmidt and J. Schmidt and Scielzo, {N. D.} and V. Singh and M. Sisti and Smith, {A. R.} and F. Stivanello and L. Taffarello and L. Tatananni and M. Tenconi and F. Terranova and M. Tessaro and C. Tomei and G. Ventura and M. Vignati and Wagaarachchi, {S. L.} and J. Wallig and Wang, {B. S.} and Wang, {H. W.} and B. Welliver and J. Wilson and K. Wilson and Winslow, {L. A.} and T. Wise and L. Zanotti and C. Zarra and Zhang, {G. Q.} and Zhu, {B. X.} and S. Zimmermann and S. Zucchelli",

note = "Funding Information: The CUORE Collaboration thanks the directors and staff of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and our technical staff for their valuable contribution to building and operating the detector. We thank Danielle Speller for contributions to detector calibration, data analysis, and discussion of the manuscript. We thank Giorgio Frossati for his crucial support in the commissioning of the dilution unit. This work was supported by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); the National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF-PHY-0605119, No. NSF-PHY-0500337, No. NSF-PHY-0855314, No. NSF-PHY-0902171, No. NSFPHY- 0969852, No. NSF-PHY-1307204, and No. NSF-PHY- 1404205; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and Yale University. This material is also based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contracts No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 and No. DEAC52-07NA27344; and by the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contracts No. DE-FG02- 08ER41551, No. DE-FG03-00ER41138, No. DESC0011091, and No. DE-SC0012654. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Funding Information: The CUORE Collaboration thanks the directors and staff of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and our technical staff for their valuable contribution to building and operating the detector. We thank Danielle Speller for contributions to detector calibration, data analysis, and discussion of the manuscript. We thank Giorgio Frossati for his crucial support in the commissioning of the dilution unit. This work was supported by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); the National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF-PHY-0605119, No. NSF-PHY-0500337, Funding Information: No. NSF-PHY-0855314, No. NSF-PHY-0902171, No. NSF-PHY-0969852, No. NSF-PHY-1307204, and No. NSF-PHY-1404205; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and Yale University. This material is also based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contracts No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 and No. DE-AC52-07NA27344; and by the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contracts No. DE-FG02-08ER41551, No. DE-FG03-00ER41138, No. DESC0011091, and No. DE-SC0012654. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 American Physical Society.",

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T1 - First results from CUORE

T2 - A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of 130Te

AU - Alduino, C.

AU - Alessandria, F.

AU - Alfonso, K.

AU - Andreotti, E.

AU - Arnaboldi, C.

AU - Avignone, F. T.

AU - Azzolini, O.

AU - Balata, M.

AU - Bandac, I.

AU - Banks, T. I.

AU - Bari, G.

AU - Barucci, M.

AU - Beeman, J. W.

AU - Bellini, F.

AU - Benato, G.

AU - Bersani, A.

AU - Biare, D.

AU - Biassoni, M.

AU - Bragazzi, F.

AU - Branca, A.

AU - Brofferio, C.

AU - Bryant, A.

AU - Buccheri, A.

AU - Bucci, C.

AU - Bulfon, C.

AU - Camacho, A.

AU - Caminata, A.

AU - Canonica, L.

AU - Cao, X. G.

AU - Capelli, S.

AU - Capodiferro, M.

AU - Cappelli, L.

AU - Cardani, L.

AU - Cariello, M.

AU - Carniti, P.

AU - Carrettoni, M.

AU - Casali, N.

AU - Cassina, L.

AU - Cereseto, R.

AU - Ceruti, G.

AU - Chiarini, A.

AU - Chiesa, D.

AU - Chott, N.

AU - Clemenza, M.

AU - Conventi, D.

AU - Copello, S.

AU - Cosmelli, C.

AU - Cremonesi, O.

AU - Crescentini, C.

AU - Creswick, R. J.

AU - Cushman, J. S.

AU - D'Addabbo, A.

AU - D'Aguanno, D.

AU - Dafinei, I.

AU - Datskov, V.

AU - Davis, C. J.

AU - Del Corso, F.

AU - Dell'Oro, S.

AU - Deninno, M. M.

AU - Di Domizio, S.

AU - Di Vacri, M. L.

AU - Di Paolo, L.

AU - Drobizhev, A.

AU - Ejzak, L.

AU - Faccini, R.

AU - Fang, D. Q.

AU - Faverzani, M.

AU - Ferri, E.

AU - Ferroni, F.

AU - Fiorini, E.

AU - Franceschi, M. A.

AU - Freedman, S. J.

AU - Fujikawa, B. K.

AU - Gaigher, R.

AU - Giachero, A.

AU - Gironi, L.

AU - Giuliani, A.

AU - Gladstone, L.

AU - Goett, J.

AU - Gorla, P.

AU - Gotti, C.

AU - Guandalini, C.

AU - Guerzoni, M.

AU - Gutierrez, T. D.

AU - Haller, E. E.

AU - Han, K.

AU - Hansen, E. V.

AU - Heeger, K. M.

AU - Hennings-Yeomans, R.

AU - Hickerson, K. P.

AU - Huang, H. Z.

AU - Iannone, M.

AU - Ioannucci, L.

AU - Kadel, R.

AU - Keppel, G.

AU - Kogler, L.

AU - Kolomensky, Yu G.

AU - Leder, A.

AU - Ligi, C.

AU - Lim, K. E.

AU - Liu, X.

AU - Ma, Y. G.

AU - Maiano, C.

AU - Maino, M.

AU - Marini, L.

AU - Martinez, M.

AU - Amaya, C. Martinez

AU - Maruyama, R. H.

AU - Mei, Y.

AU - Moggi, N.

AU - Morganti, S.

AU - Mosteiro, P. J.

AU - Nagorny, S. S.

AU - Napolitano, T.

AU - Nastasi, M.

AU - Nisi, S.

AU - Nones, C.

AU - Norman, E. B.

AU - Novati, V.

AU - Nucciotti, A.

AU - Nutini, I.

AU - O'Donnell, T.

AU - Olcese, M.

AU - Olivieri, E.

AU - Orio, F.

AU - Orlandi, D.

AU - Ouellet, J. L.

AU - Pagliarone, C. E.

AU - Pallavicini, M.

AU - Palmieri, V.

AU - Pattavina, L.

AU - Pavan, M.

AU - Pedretti, M.

AU - Pedrotta, R.

AU - Pelosi, A.

AU - Pessina, G.

AU - Pettinacci, V.

AU - Piperno, G.

AU - Pira, C.

AU - Pirro, S.

AU - Pozzi, S.

AU - Previtali, E.

AU - Reindl, F.

AU - Rimondi, F.

AU - Risegari, L.

AU - Rosenfeld, C.

AU - Rossi, C.

AU - Rusconi, C.

AU - Sakai, M.

AU - Sala, E.

AU - Salvioni, C.

AU - Sangiorgio, S.

AU - Santone, D.

AU - Schaeffer, D.

AU - Schmidt, B.

AU - Schmidt, J.

AU - Scielzo, N. D.

AU - Singh, V.

AU - Sisti, M.

AU - Smith, A. R.

AU - Stivanello, F.

AU - Taffarello, L.

AU - Tatananni, L.

AU - Tenconi, M.

AU - Terranova, F.

AU - Tessaro, M.

AU - Tomei, C.

AU - Ventura, G.

AU - Vignati, M.

AU - Wagaarachchi, S. L.

AU - Wallig, J.

AU - Wang, B. S.

AU - Wang, H. W.

AU - Welliver, B.

AU - Wilson, J.

AU - Wilson, K.

AU - Winslow, L. A.

AU - Wise, T.

AU - Zanotti, L.

AU - Zarra, C.

AU - Zhang, G. Q.

AU - Zhu, B. X.

AU - Zimmermann, S.

AU - Zucchelli, S.

N1 - Funding Information: The CUORE Collaboration thanks the directors and staff of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and our technical staff for their valuable contribution to building and operating the detector. We thank Danielle Speller for contributions to detector calibration, data analysis, and discussion of the manuscript. We thank Giorgio Frossati for his crucial support in the commissioning of the dilution unit. This work was supported by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); the National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF-PHY-0605119, No. NSF-PHY-0500337, No. NSF-PHY-0855314, No. NSF-PHY-0902171, No. NSFPHY- 0969852, No. NSF-PHY-1307204, and No. NSF-PHY- 1404205; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and Yale University. This material is also based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contracts No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 and No. DEAC52-07NA27344; and by the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contracts No. DE-FG02- 08ER41551, No. DE-FG03-00ER41138, No. DESC0011091, and No. DE-SC0012654. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Funding Information: The CUORE Collaboration thanks the directors and staff of the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and our technical staff for their valuable contribution to building and operating the detector. We thank Danielle Speller for contributions to detector calibration, data analysis, and discussion of the manuscript. We thank Giorgio Frossati for his crucial support in the commissioning of the dilution unit. This work was supported by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); the National Science Foundation under Grants No. NSF-PHY-0605119, No. NSF-PHY-0500337, Funding Information: No. NSF-PHY-0855314, No. NSF-PHY-0902171, No. NSF-PHY-0969852, No. NSF-PHY-1307204, and No. NSF-PHY-1404205; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and Yale University. This material is also based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contracts No. DE-AC02-05CH11231 and No. DE-AC52-07NA27344; and by the DOE Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contracts No. DE-FG02-08ER41551, No. DE-FG03-00ER41138, No. DESC0011091, and No. DE-SC0012654. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC). Publisher Copyright: © 2018 American Physical Society.

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-numberviolating process: 130Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of d7.7 ± 0.5T keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of d0.014 ± 0.002T counts=dkeV kg yrT, we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.3 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0 × 1024 yr. Combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.5 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find mββ < (110 - 520) meV, where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.

AB - The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-numberviolating process: 130Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO2 exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of d7.7 ± 0.5T keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of d0.014 ± 0.002T counts=dkeV kg yrT, we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.3 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0 × 1024 yr. Combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T0ν1/2 (130Te) > 1.5 × 1025 yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find mββ < (110 - 520) meV, where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.132501

M3 - Review article

C2 - 29694201

AN - SCOPUS:85042922256

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 120

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 13

M1 - 132501

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First results from CUORE: A search for lepton number violation via 0νββ decay of ¹³⁰Te

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