Time Resolution Effects in the Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

The CUORE (Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events) experiment is a bolometry experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay in Te-130. The detection of neutrinoless double beta decay would indicate that neutrinos, currently regarded as having distinct antiparticles, are their own antiparticle. Further, detection of neutrinoless double beta decay would isolate the effective Majorana neutrino mass, and inform modifications to the Standard Model. The extreme rarity of the event has led to difficulties with background, and has fueled the need for background models. The collaboration has created background models based on the decay chains of known isotopes using Geant4, and CUORE-developed software. Furthermore, the detector adds an amount of time smearing to the data, adding uncertainty to event timestamps. We will report on the effects of this time resolution on the background, and current work on time resolution models.