Speaker
Dr
Kyungeun E. Lim
(Yale University)
Description
CUORE-0 is a cryogenic detector that uses an array of tellurium dioxide bolometers to
search for neutrinoless double-beta decay of 130Te. CUORE-0 is located at the Laboratori
Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and has been taking data since March 2013. I will present
the analysis of data collected since March 2013. Based on the measurements in the region of
interest, the CUORE-0 half-life sensitivity is expected to surpass the observed lower bound
of Cuoricino, a predecessor experiment, with one year of live time. I will also discuss the
prospects of CUORE, which has a 130Te mass 19 times greater than that of CUORE-0.
CUORE recently completed detector construction and is scheduled to begin data-taking
in 2015. I will discuss the physics potential of CUORE-0 and CUORE, including their
sensitivity to two-neutrino double-beta decay and dark matter.
Primary author
Dr
Kyungeun E. Lim
(Yale University)
