Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2009-10-15
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
6 pages, 5 figures; to be published in the proceedings of DPF-2009, Detroit, Jul. 27-31
Scientific paper
Understanding the nature of neutrino masses will require physics beyond the long-standing Standard Model of particle physics. Neutrinoless double beta decay experiments like the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) are uniquely suited for probing the remaining mysteries of neutrino mass, particularly the question of the neutrino's Majorana nature. CUORE will be a next-generation experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy; it will consist of an array of 988 TeO2 detector crystals operated at ~10 mK, following the bolometric technique established by the Cuoricino experiment. It will look for the energy signal produced by the theoretically-predicted neutrinoless double beta decay in Te-130, and therefore reliable energy calibration of the detector is crucial to the experiment's success. We will present the most recent results from Cuoricino and discuss the current status of the CUORE project, with a particular emphasis on the development of the calibration system.
Ejzak Larissa M.
for the CUORE Collaboration
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