A search for solar axions with CUORE and other low-energy analyses
ORAL
Abstract
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) has a broad physics program ranging from its primary search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) to direct dark matter searches. As an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers at Gran Sasso National Laboratory, CUORE is a low background experiment with an energy resolution of ∼ 7.8 keV FWHM at 2527.5 keV, the Q-value of 0νββ in 130Te. CUORE has collected over 2 tonne-years of TeO2 exposure. Developments in analysis techniques increase CUORE’s sensitivity to multiple rare-event searches in the low-energy region of ~5 to 100 keV, including WIMP and solar axion searches in TeO2. These techniques include low-energy cuts, efficiency calculations, and denoising data. This talk will overview CUORE’s low-energy searches and analysis tools. The analysis for solar Axion Like Particles (ALPs) will be discussed in detail.
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Presenters
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Samantha Pagan
Yale University
Authors
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Samantha Pagan
Yale University