CUORE—the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events—is an experiment searching for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 130Te with an array of 988 TeO2 crystals operated as bolometers ...at ∼10 mK in a large dilution refrigerator. With this detector, we aim for a 130Te 0νββ decay half-life sensitivity of 9×1025 y with 5 y of live time, and a background index of ≲10−2 counts/keV/kg/y. Making an effort to maintain radiopurity by minimizing the bolometers' exposure to radon gas during their installation in the cryostat, we perform all operations inside a dedicated cleanroom environment with a controlled radon-reduced atmosphere. In this paper, we discuss the design and performance of the CUORE Radon Abatement System and cleanroom, as well as a system to monitor the radon level in real time.
The proton and deuteron pickup reactions
and
were studied with the
radioactive beam produced by the new fragment separator ACCULINNA-2 at FLNR, JINR. These measurements were initially motivated as ...the test reactions intended for the elucidation of results obtained in the study of the extremely neutron-rich
H and
H systems created in the
and
reactions with the use of the same setup. In the
reaction the
Li ground-state (
) and its first excited state (2.69 MeV,
) were identified in the low-energy region of its excitation spectrum. The differential cross sections for the
population were extracted at the forward center-of-mass angles (
) and compared with the FRESCO calculations. Spectroscopic factor of
, derived by a model suggesting the
clustering was found in accord with the experimental data. The energy spectrum of
Li populated in the
reaction shows the strong peak which corresponds to the excitation of the second excited state of
Li (2.25 MeV,
). The fact that the ground and the first excited states of
Li were not observed in this reaction is consistent with the shell-model structure of the nuclei involved.
In the recent work Nikolskii et al., Phys. Rev. C 105, 064605 (2022) the 2H(8He,4He)6H reaction was used for the study of the extreme neutron-rich 6H isotope. A broad bump was observed in the ...measured 6H spectrum interpreted as the broad overlapping ground and some low-lying states of this nuclide. There could be certain doubts in the interpretation of this work: in conditions of the limited phase space it is not impossible that the structure in the missing mass spectrum of 6H is actually induced by the resonant states populated by some other channels opened in the 8He+2H interaction. This work provides a body of the evidence for the correct channel identification and for the absence of the 6H resonances at energy ET = 0 − 3.5 MeV above the 3H+3n decay threshold. In addition the first strong experimental evidence is given that the 6H → 5H*+n → 3H+3n sequential decay is the dominating 6H decay channel.
The CUORE slow monitoring systems Gladstone, L; Biare, D; Cappelli, L ...
Journal of physics. Conference series,
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CUORE is a cryogenic experiment searching primarily for neutrinoless double decay in 130Te. It will begin data-taking operations in 2016. To monitor the cryostat and detector during commissioning and ...data taking, we have designed and developed Slow Monitoring systems. In addition to real-time systems using LabVIEW, we have an alarm, analysis, and archiving website that uses MongoDB, AngularJS, and Bootstrap software. These modern, state of the art software packages make the monitoring system transparent, easily maintainable, and accessible on many platforms including mobile devices.
The commissioning of the new fragment separator ACCULINNA-2 at FLNR JINR is accomplished. The separator is destined to expand the possibilities in studies of dripline nuclei performed with the exotic ...secondary radioactive ion beams (RIBs) at energies of (5 - 50) AMeV. The projected high transmission and purification level were confirmed experimentally for a number of RIBs in the last two years. The ACCULINNA-2 setup will become a backbone facility at FLNR for the research in the field of light exotic nuclei. This report shows the current status of the separator, describes the obtained RIBs parameters and first experiments as well, provides the overview of the developing detection, monitoring and control subsystems.
The one-neutron transfer
2
H(
9
Li,
p
)
10
Li reaction has been investigated at 29
A
MeV incident energy at the ACCULINNA-2 facility (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for ...Nuclear Research). The setup has been used in order to detect the recoil protons at backward angles in coincidences with the outgoing
9
Li and neutrons from the
10
Li decay at forward angles. This setup allows to study the
10
Li emitted in the crucial region at forward angles in the center of mass. The preliminary results in the part of the analysis of double proton–
9
Li coincidence are reported.
Investigation of the
7
H-system in the experiment conducted at the fragment separator ACCULINNA-2 in the
8
He(
2
H,
3
He)
7
H reaction requires to detect the recoil
3
He ions with energy down to 6 ...MeV. For this purpose two
particle telescopes are used, with each telescope having in front a thin (20-μm) Si strip detector (
). The maps of thickness heterogeneity of the thin detectors were determined by measuring the energy losses of the
226
Ra α-particles. The adopted thickness normalization method provides a good identification of the
3
He nuclei being recorded in the presence of a high
4
He background. Two approaches were used for calculating the energy losses of the identified
3
He and
4
He reaction ejectiles and reconstructing their energy values available at the exit from the deuterium target. The developed techniques were applied for the
7
H missing-mass reconstruction.
The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution – comparable to semiconductor ...detectors – and a wide choice of target materials, making low temperature calorimetric detectors ideal for a variety of particle physics applications. Rare event searches have continued to require ever greater exposures, which has driven them to ever larger cryogenic detectors, with the CUORE experiment being the first to reach a tonne-scale, mK-cooled, experimental mass. CUORE, designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay, has been operational since 2017 at a temperature of about 10 mK. This result has been attained by the use of an unprecedentedly large cryogenic infrastructure called the CUORE cryostat: conceived, designed and commissioned for this purpose.
In this article the main characteristics and features of the cryogenic facility developed for the CUORE experiment are highlighted. A brief introduction of the evolution of the field and of the past cryogenic facilities are given. The motivation behind the design and development of the CUORE cryogenic facility is detailed as are the steps taken toward realization, commissioning, and operation of the CUORE cryostat. The major challenges overcome by the collaboration and the solutions implemented throughout the building of the cryogenic facility will be discussed along with the potential improvements for future facilities.
The success of CUORE has opened the door to a new generation of large-scale cryogenic facilities in numerous fields of science. Broader implications of the incredible feat achieved by the CUORE collaboration on the future cryogenic facilities in various fields ranging from neutrino and dark matter experiments to quantum computing will be examined.
The CUORE experiment will search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of super(130)Te with an array of 988 TeO sub(2) bolometers arranged in 19 towers. CUORE-0, the first tower assembled according to ...the CUORE procedures, was built and commissioned at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, and took data from March 2013 to March 2015. In this paper we describe the design, construction and operation of the CUORE-0 experiment, with an emphasis on the improvements made over a predecessor experiment, Cuoricino. In particular, we demonstrate with CUORE-0 data that the design goals of CUORE are within reach.
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