Scintillating double-beta-decay bolometers

By S. Pirrò, J. Beeman, S. Capelli, M. Pavan, E. Previtali, P. Gorla. 2005

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We present the results obtained in the development of scintillating double-beta-decay bolometers. Several Mo and Cd based crystals were tested with the bolometric technique. The scintillation light was measured through a second independent bolometer. A 140-g CdWO4 crystal was run in a 417-h live time measurement. Thanks to the scintillation light, the α background is easily discriminated, resulting in zero counts above the 2615-keV γ line of 208Tl. These results, combined with an extreme easy light detector operation, represent the first tangible proof demonstrating the feasibility of this kind of technique.

Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Radiation

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• Challenges in Double Beta Decay (2013, methodology): “Pioneered by the Milano group with CaF 2 [107] in the 1990s, this approach [97, 108] represents the basic idea behind the LUCIFER [109], LUMINEU [95], and AMoRE [110] projects.”