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Adams DQ, Alduino C, Alfonso K, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Bari G, Bellini F, Benato G, Biassoni M, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Camilleri J, Caminata A, Campani A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Clemenza M, Copello S, Cosmelli C, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, D'Addabbo A, Dafinei I, Davis CJ, Dell'Oro S, Di Domizio S, Dompè V, Fang DQ, Fantini G, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fu SH, Fujikawa BK, Giachero A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Gutierrez TD, Han K, Heeger KM, Huang RG, Huang HZ, Johnston J, Keppel G, Kolomensky YG, Ligi C, Ma L, Ma YG, Marini L, Maruyama RH, Mayer D, Mei Y, Moggi N, Morganti S, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nikkel J, Nones C, Norman EB, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Ouellet JL, Pagan S, Pagliarone CE, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rosenfeld C, Rusconi C, Sakai M, Sangiorgio S, Schmidt B, Scielzo ND, Sharma V, Singh V, Sisti M, Speller D, Surukuchi PT, Taffarello L, Terranova F, Tomei C, Vetter KJ, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wang BS, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. Erratum: Measurement of the 2νββ Decay Half-Life of ^{130}Te with CUORE [Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 171801 (2021)]. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:249902. [PMID: 38181163 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.249902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.171801.
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Abratenko P, Aduszkiewicz A, Akbar F, Pons MA, Asaadi J, Aslin M, Babicz M, Badgett WF, Bagby LF, Baibussinov B, Behera B, Bellini V, Beltramello O, Benocci R, Berger J, Berkman S, Bertolucci S, Bertoni R, Betancourt M, Bettini M, Biagi S, Biery K, Bitter O, Bonesini M, Boone T, Bottino B, Braggiotti A, Brailsford D, Bremer J, Brice SJ, Brio V, Brizzolari C, Brown J, Budd HS, Calaon F, Campani A, Carber D, Carneiro M, Terrazas IC, Carranza H, Casazza D, Castellani L, Castro A, Centro S, Cerati G, Chalifour M, Chambouvet P, Chatterjee A, Cherdack D, Cherubini S, Chithirasreemadam N, Cicerchia M, Cicero V, Coan T, Cocco AG, Convery MR, Copello S, Cristaldo E, Dange AA, de Icaza Astiz I, De Roeck A, Di Domizio S, Di Noto L, Di Stefano C, Di Ferdinando D, Diwan M, Dolan S, Domine L, Donati S, Doubnik R, Drielsma F, Dyer J, Dytman S, Fabre C, Fabris F, Falcone A, Farnese C, Fava A, Ferguson H, Ferrari A, Ferraro F, Gallice N, Garcia FG, Geynisman M, Giarin M, Gibin D, Gigli SG, Gioiosa A, Gu W, Guerzoni M, Guglielmi A, Gurung G, Hahn S, Hardin K, Hausner H, Heggestuen A, Hilgenberg C, Hogan M, Howard B, Howell R, Hrivnak J, Iliescu M, Ingratta G, James C, Jang W, Jung M, Jwa YJ, Kashur L, Ketchum W, Kim JS, Koh DH, Kose U, Larkin J, Laurenti G, Lukhanin G, Marchini S, Marshall CM, Martynenko S, Mauri N, Mazzacane A, McFarland KS, Méndez DP, Menegolli A, Meng G, Miranda OG, Mladenov D, Mogan A, Moggi N, Montagna E, Montanari C, Montanari A, Mooney M, Moreno-Granados G, Mueller J, Naples D, Nebot-Guinot M, Nessi M, Nichols T, Nicoletto M, Norris B, Palestini S, Pallavicini M, Paolone V, Papaleo R, Pasqualini L, Patrizii L, Peghin R, Petrillo G, Petta C, Pia V, Pietropaolo F, Poirot J, Poppi F, Pozzato M, Prata MC, Prosser A, Putnam G, Qian X, Rampazzo G, Rappoldi A, Raselli GL, Rechenmacher R, Resnati F, Ricci AM, Riccobene G, Rice L, Richards E, Rigamonti A, Rosenberg M, Rossella M, Rubbia C, Sala P, Sapienza P, Savage G, Scaramelli A, Scarpelli A, Schmitz D, Schukraft A, Sergiampietri F, Sirri G, Smedley JS, Soha AK, Spanu M, Stanco L, Stewart J, Suarez NB, Sutera C, Tanaka HA, Tenti M, Terao K, Terranova F, Togo V, Torretta D, Torti M, Tortorici F, Tosi N, Tsai YT, Tufanli S, Turcato M, Usher T, Varanini F, Ventura S, Vercellati F, Vicenzi M, Vignoli C, Viren B, Warner D, Williams Z, Wilson RJ, Wilson P, Wolfs J, Wongjirad T, Wood A, Worcester E, Worcester M, Wospakrik M, Yu H, Yu J, Zani A, Zatti PG, Zennamo J, Zettlemoyer JC, Zhang C, Zucchelli S, Zuckerbrot M. ICARUS at the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino program: initial operation. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2023; 83:467. [PMID: 37303462 PMCID: PMC10239613 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11610-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The ICARUS collaboration employed the 760-ton T600 detector in a successful 3-year physics run at the underground LNGS laboratory, performing a sensitive search for LSND-like anomalous ν e appearance in the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam, which contributed to the constraints on the allowed neutrino oscillation parameters to a narrow region around 1 eV2 . After a significant overhaul at CERN, the T600 detector has been installed at Fermilab. In 2020 the cryogenic commissioning began with detector cool down, liquid argon filling and recirculation. ICARUS then started its operations collecting the first neutrino events from the booster neutrino beam (BNB) and the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam off-axis, which were used to test the ICARUS event selection, reconstruction and analysis algorithms. ICARUS successfully completed its commissioning phase in June 2022. The first goal of the ICARUS data taking will be a study to either confirm or refute the claim by Neutrino-4 short-baseline reactor experiment. ICARUS will also perform measurement of neutrino cross sections with the NuMI beam and several Beyond Standard Model searches. After the first year of operations, ICARUS will search for evidence of sterile neutrinos jointly with the Short-Baseline Near Detector, within the Short-Baseline Neutrino program. In this paper, the main activities carried out during the overhauling and installation phases are highlighted. Preliminary technical results from the ICARUS commissioning data with the BNB and NuMI beams are presented both in terms of performance of all ICARUS subsystems and of capability to select and reconstruct neutrino events.
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
| | - M. Artero Pons
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - J. Asaadi
- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
| | - M. Aslin
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
- Present Address: University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- INP-Polish Acad. Sci, Kraków, Poland
- Present Address: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - B. Behera
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - V. Bellini
- INFN Sezione di Catania and University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
- Present Address: Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - B. Bottino
- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
| | - A. Braggiotti
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- Istituto di Neuroscienze, CNR, Padua, Italy
| | - D. Brailsford
- SBND Collaboration, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
| | - J. Bremer
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - S. J. Brice
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - V. Brio
- INFN Sezione di Catania and University of Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - C. Brizzolari
- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
| | - F. Calaon
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - A. Campani
- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - M. Carneiro
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- SBND Collaboration, Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
| | | | - A. De Roeck
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
| | | | - D. Di Ferdinando
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M. Diwan
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - S. Dolan
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - L. Domine
- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
| | | | - R. Doubnik
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
| | - J. Dyer
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - S. Dytman
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
| | - C. Fabre
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - F. Fabris
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - A. Falcone
- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | | | - F. Ferraro
- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
| | | | - F. G. Garcia
- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
| | - M. Geynisman
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - M. Giarin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
- Present Address: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Present Address: INFN-LNF, Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
- SBND Collaboration, Batavia, USA
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Present Address: ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - S. Marchini
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | | | - D. P. Méndez
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - A. Menegolli
- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - G. Meng
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - O. G. Miranda
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - A. Mogan
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - N. Moggi
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E. Montagna
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - C. Montanari
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
- On leave of absence from INFN Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M. Mooney
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - G. Moreno-Granados
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J. Mueller
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - D. Naples
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
| | | | - M. Nessi
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - T. Nichols
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - M. Nicoletto
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Genova and University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
| | - V. Paolone
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
| | | | - L. Pasqualini
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L. Patrizii
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - R. Peghin
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
| | - C. Petta
- INFN Sezione di Catania and University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - F. Pietropaolo
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- On leave of absence from INFN Padova, Padua, Italy
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | - F. Poppi
- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - A. Prosser
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - G. Putnam
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - X. Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - G. Rampazzo
- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - A. Rappoldi
- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - G. L. Raselli
- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - R. Rechenmacher
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - F. Resnati
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | | | | | - L. Rice
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
| | - E. Richards
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
| | - A. Rigamonti
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
| | | | - M. Rossella
- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | | | - P. Sala
- INFN Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - A. Scarpelli
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - D. Schmitz
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
| | - A. Schukraft
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
| | - F. Sergiampietri
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Present Address: IPSI-INAF Torino, Turin, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
| | - J. Stewart
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - N. B. Suarez
- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Catania and University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano Bicocca and University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Catania and University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Pavia and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
| | - D. Warner
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
| | - Z. Williams
- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
| | - R. J. Wilson
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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- University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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- INFN Sezione di Bologna and University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
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Adams DQ, Alduino C, Alfonso K, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Bari G, Bellini F, Benato G, Beretta M, Biassoni M, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Camilleri J, Caminata A, Campani A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Capelli C, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Celi E, Chiesa D, Clemenza M, Copello S, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, D'Addabbo A, Dafinei I, Del Corso F, Dell'Oro S, Di Domizio S, Di Lorenzo S, Dompè V, Fang DQ, Fantini G, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fu SH, Fujikawa BK, Ghislandi S, Giachero A, Gianvecchio A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Gutierrez TD, Han K, Hansen EV, Heeger KM, Huang RG, Huang HZ, Johnston J, Keppel G, Kolomensky YG, Kowalski R, Liu R, Ma L, Ma YG, Marini L, Maruyama RH, Mayer D, Mei Y, Morganti S, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nikkel J, Nones C, Norman EB, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Olmi M, Ouellet JL, Pagan S, Pagliarone CE, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Quitadamo S, Ressa A, Rosenfeld C, Sangiorgio S, Schmidt B, Scielzo ND, Sharma V, Singh V, Sisti M, Speller D, Surukuchi PT, Taffarello L, Terranova F, Tomei C, Vetter KJ, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wang BS, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. New Direct Limit on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Half-Life of ^{128}Te with CUORE. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:222501. [PMID: 36493444 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.222501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN in Italy is an experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta (0νββ) decay. Its main goal is to investigate this decay in ^{130}Te, but its ton-scale mass and low background make CUORE sensitive to other rare processes as well. In this Letter, we present our first results on the search for 0νββ decay of ^{128}Te, the Te isotope with the second highest natural isotopic abundance. We find no evidence for this decay, and using a Bayesian analysis we set a lower limit on the ^{128}Te 0νββ decay half-life of T_{1/2}>3.6×10^{24} yr (90% CI). This represents the most stringent limit on the half-life of this isotope, improving by over a factor of 30 the previous direct search results, and exceeding those from geochemical experiments for the first time.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Q Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - K Alfonso
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - F T Avignone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - M Biassoni
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - A Branca
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Bucci
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Universit Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
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- INPAC and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21211, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- IRFU, CEA, Universit Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - M Olmi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - J L Ouellet
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21211, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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Adams DQ, Alduino C, Alfonso K, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Bari G, Bellini F, Benato G, Biassoni M, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Camilleri J, Caminata A, Campani A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Clemenza M, Copello S, Cosmelli C, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, D'Addabbo A, Dafinei I, Davis CJ, Dell'Oro S, Di Domizio S, Dompè V, Fang DQ, Fantini G, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fu SH, Fujikawa BK, Giachero A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Gutierrez TD, Han K, Heeger KM, Huang RG, Huang HZ, Johnston J, Keppel G, Kolomensky YG, Ligi C, Ma L, Ma YG, Marini L, Maruyama RH, Mayer D, Mei Y, Moggi N, Morganti S, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nikkel J, Nones C, Norman EB, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Ouellet JL, Pagan S, Pagliarone CE, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rosenfeld C, Rusconi C, Sakai M, Sangiorgio S, Schmidt B, Scielzo ND, Sharma V, Singh V, Sisti M, Speller D, Surukuchi PT, Taffarello L, Terranova F, Tomei C, Vetter KJ, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wang BS, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. Measurement of the 2νββ Decay Half-Life of ^{130}Te with CUORE. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:171801. [PMID: 33988435 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.171801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
We measured two-neutrino double beta decay of ^{130}Te using an exposure of 300.7 kg yr accumulated with the CUORE detector. Using a Bayesian analysis to fit simulated spectra to experimental data, it was possible to disentangle all the major background sources and precisely measure the two-neutrino contribution. The half-life is in agreement with past measurements with a strongly reduced uncertainty: T_{1/2}^{2ν}=7.71_{-0.06}^{+0.08}(stat)_{-0.15}^{+0.12}(syst)×10^{20} yr. This measurement is the most precise determination of the ^{130}Te 2νββ decay half-life to date.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Q Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - K Alfonso
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - F T Avignone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - O Azzolini
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - G Bari
- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
| | - F Bellini
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - G Benato
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - M Biassoni
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - A Branca
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Brofferio
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Bucci
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - J Camilleri
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - A Caminata
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - A Campani
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - L Canonica
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - V Dompè
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
| | - G Fantini
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay, France
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- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
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- INPAC and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - K M Heeger
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - R G Huang
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - H Z Huang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - J Johnston
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G Keppel
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - Yu G Kolomensky
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - C Ligi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
| | - L Ma
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - Y G Ma
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
| | - L Marini
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
| | - S Morganti
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - T Napolitano
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
| | - M Nastasi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - J Nikkel
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - C Nones
- IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - I Nutini
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - T O'Donnell
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - J L Ouellet
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Pagan
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - C E Pagliarone
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
| | - L Pagnanini
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - M Pallavicini
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - L Pattavina
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - M Pavan
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - G Pessina
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | | | - C Pira
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - S Pirro
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - S Pozzi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - A Puiu
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - C Rosenfeld
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - C Rusconi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - M Sakai
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - S Sangiorgio
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
| | - B Schmidt
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - N D Scielzo
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - V Singh
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - M Sisti
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - D Speller
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21211, USA
| | - P T Surukuchi
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Tomei
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - K J Vetter
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - M Vignati
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - S L Wagaarachchi
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - B S Wang
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J Wilson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - K Wilson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - L A Winslow
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Zimmermann
- Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - S Zucchelli
- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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Adams DQ, Alduino C, Alfonso K, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Bari G, Bellini F, Benato G, Biassoni M, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bucci C, Caminata A, Campani A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Carniti P, Casali N, Chiesa D, Chott N, Clemenza M, Copello S, Cosmelli C, Cremonesi O, Creswick RJ, D'Addabbo A, D'Aguanno D, Dafinei I, Davis CJ, Dell'Oro S, Di Domizio S, Dompè V, Fang DQ, Fantini G, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Giachero A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gorla P, Gotti C, Gutierrez TD, Han K, Heeger KM, Huang RG, Huang HZ, Johnston J, Keppel G, Kolomensky YG, Ligi C, Ma YG, Ma L, Marini L, Maruyama RH, Mei Y, Moggi N, Morganti S, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nikkel J, Nones C, Norman EB, Novati V, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Ouellet JL, Pagliarone CE, Pagnanini L, Pallavicini M, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Puiu A, Rosenfeld C, Rusconi C, Sakai M, Sangiorgio S, Schmidt B, Scielzo ND, Sharma V, Singh V, Sisti M, Speller D, Surukuchi PT, Taffarello L, Terranova F, Tomei C, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wang BS, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Zanotti L, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. Improved Limit on Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay in ^{130} Te with CUORE. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:122501. [PMID: 32281829 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.122501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We report new results from the search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in ^{130} Te with the CUORE detector. This search benefits from a fourfold increase in exposure, lower trigger thresholds, and analysis improvements relative to our previous results. We observe a background of (1.38±0.07)×10^{-2} counts/(keV kg yr)) in the 0νββ decay region of interest and, with a total exposure of 372.5 kg yr, we attain a median exclusion sensitivity of 1.7×10^{25} yr. We find no evidence for 0νββ decay and set a 90% credibility interval Bayesian lower limit of 3.2×10^{25} yr on the ^{130} Te half-life for this process. In the hypothesis that 0νββ decay is mediated by light Majorana neutrinos, this results in an upper limit on the effective Majorana mass of 75-350 meV, depending on the nuclear matrix elements used.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Q Adams
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - C Alduino
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - K Alfonso
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - F T Avignone
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - O Azzolini
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - G Bari
- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
| | - F Bellini
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - G Benato
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - M Biassoni
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - A Branca
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Brofferio
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - C Bucci
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - A Caminata
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - A Campani
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - L Canonica
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - X G Cao
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
| | - S Capelli
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - L Cappelli
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - L Cardani
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - P Carniti
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - N Casali
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - D Chiesa
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - N Chott
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - M Clemenza
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - S Copello
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - C Cosmelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - O Cremonesi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - R J Creswick
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - A D'Addabbo
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - D D'Aguanno
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
| | - I Dafinei
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - C J Davis
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - S Dell'Oro
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - S Di Domizio
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - V Dompè
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - D Q Fang
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
| | - G Fantini
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - M Faverzani
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - E Ferri
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - F Ferroni
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila I-67100, Italy
| | - E Fiorini
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - M A Franceschi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
| | - S J Freedman
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - B K Fujikawa
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - A Giachero
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - L Gironi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - A Giuliani
- CSNSM, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - P Gorla
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - C Gotti
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - T D Gutierrez
- Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California 93407, USA
| | - K Han
- INPAC and School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - K M Heeger
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - R G Huang
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - H Z Huang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - J Johnston
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G Keppel
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - Yu G Kolomensky
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - C Ligi
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
| | - Y G Ma
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-Beam Application (MOE), Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
| | - L Ma
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
| | - L Marini
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - R H Maruyama
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - Y Mei
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - N Moggi
- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
| | - S Morganti
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - T Napolitano
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati (Roma) I-00044, Italy
| | - M Nastasi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - J Nikkel
- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
| | - C Nones
- Service de Physique des Particules, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - E B Norman
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - V Novati
- CSNSM, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Universit Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
| | - A Nucciotti
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - I Nutini
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - T O'Donnell
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - J L Ouellet
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C E Pagliarone
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Meccanica, Università degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino I-03043, Italy
| | - L Pagnanini
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - M Pallavicini
- INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova I-16146, Italy
| | - L Pattavina
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - M Pavan
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - G Pessina
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | | | - C Pira
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro (Padova) I-35020, Italy
| | - S Pirro
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
| | - S Pozzi
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - E Previtali
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila) I-67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Wright Laboratory, Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
| | - M Vignati
- INFN-Sezione di Roma, Roma I-00185, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - B S Wang
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - B Welliver
- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
| | - K Wilson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Zanotti
- INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano I-20126, Italy
| | - S Zimmermann
- Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna I-40127, Italy
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