CUORE is a proposed tightly packed array of 1000 TeO2 bolometers, each being a cube 5 cm on a side with a mass of 760 g. The array consists of 25 vertical towers, arranged in a square of 5 towers×5 towers, each containing 10 layers of four crystals. The design of the detector is optimized for ultralow-background searches: for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 130Te (33.8% abundance), cold dark matter, solar axions, and rare nuclear decays. A preliminary experiment involving 20 crystals 3×3×6 cm3 of 340 g has been completed, and a single CUORE tower is being constructed as a smaller-scale experiment called CUORICINO. The expected performance and sensitivity, based on Monte Carlo simulations and extrapolations of present results, are reported.

CUORE: a cryogenic underground observatory for rare events

GIULIANI, ANDREA ERNESTO GUIDO;PEDRETTI, MARISA;PAVAN, MANUELA;
2004-01-01

Abstract

CUORE is a proposed tightly packed array of 1000 TeO2 bolometers, each being a cube 5 cm on a side with a mass of 760 g. The array consists of 25 vertical towers, arranged in a square of 5 towers×5 towers, each containing 10 layers of four crystals. The design of the detector is optimized for ultralow-background searches: for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 130Te (33.8% abundance), cold dark matter, solar axions, and rare nuclear decays. A preliminary experiment involving 20 crystals 3×3×6 cm3 of 340 g has been completed, and a single CUORE tower is being constructed as a smaller-scale experiment called CUORICINO. The expected performance and sensitivity, based on Monte Carlo simulations and extrapolations of present results, are reported.
2004
Underground detectors; Double-beta decay; Dark Matter; WIMPs; Axions
C., Arnaboldi; F. T., Avignone; J., Beeman; M., Barucci; M., Balata; C., Brofferio; C., Bucci; S., Cebrian; R. J., Creswick; S., Capelli; L., Carbone; O., Cremonesi; A., de Ward; E., Fiorini; H. A., Farach; G., Frossati; Giuliani, ANDREA ERNESTO GUIDO; D., Giugni; P., Gorla; E. E., Haller; I. G., Irastorza; R. J., Mcdonald; A., Morales; E. B., Norman; P., Negri; A., Nucciotti; Pedretti, Marisa; C., Pobes; V., Palmieri; Pavan, Manuela; G., Pessina; S., Pirro; E., Previtali; C., Rosenfeld; A. R., Smith; M., Sisti; G., Ventura; M., Vanzini; L., Zanotti; For the CUORE, Collaboration
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