Updates on Cuoricino and CUORE

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Abstract

Overviews of the neutrinoless double beta ($\beta\beta0\nu$) decay experiments Cuoricino and CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) will be presented. Cuoricino is currently the largest double beta decay experiment in operation and consists of 40 kg of TeO$_2$ crystals that act both as source and detector. The proposed CUORE experiment will consist of 988 TeO$_2$ crystals with a total source/detector mass of 750 kg. Updates from Cuoricino on the $\beta\beta0\nu$ limit for $^{130}$Te as well as evaluations of other decays will be presented.

Authors

  • Thomas D. Gutierrez

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory