2008/09/23 by R. Maruyama, Maruyama, Reina
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Neutrino Physics Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0809.3840
openalex publication_date 2008/09/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Cryogenic bolometers, with their excellent energy resolution, flexibility in material, and availability in high purity, are excellent detectors for the search for neutrinoless double beta decay. Kilogram-size single crystals of TeO2 are utilized in CUORICINO for an array with a total detector mass of 40.7 kg. CUORICINO currently sets the most stringent limit on the halflife of Te-130 of T > 2.4x1024 yr (90% C.L.), corresponding to a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass in the range of < 0.2-0.9 eV. Based on technology developed for CUORICINO and its predecessors, CUORE is a next-generation experiment designed to probe neutrino mass in the range of 10 - 100 meV. Latest results from CUORICINO and overview of the progress and current status of CUORE are presented.