Published October 2014 | Version v1
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Exploring the neutrinoless double beta decay in the inverted neutrino hierarchy with bolometric detectors

Creators

  • 1. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L'Aquila (Italy)
  • 2. University of South Carolina, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Columbia, SC (United States)
  • 3. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Padua (Italy)
  • 4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Nuclear Science Division, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 5. University of California, Department of Physics, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 6. INFN-Sezione di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
  • 7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 8. INFN-Sezione di Roma, Rome (Italy)
  • 9. Sapienza Universita di Roma, Dipartimento di Fisica, Rome (Italy)
  • 10. INFN-Sezione di Genova, Genoa (Italy)
  • 11. INFN-Sezione di Milano Bicocca, Milan (Italy)
  • 12. Universita di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milan (Italy)
  • 13. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Shanghai (China)
  • 14. University of Wisconsin, Department of Physics, Madison, WI (United States)
  • 15. Universita di Genova, Dipartimento di Fisica, Genoa (Italy)
  • 16. INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Rome (Italy)
  • 17. Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse, Orsay (France)
  • 18. California Polytechnic State University, Physics Department, San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)
  • 19. University of California, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 20. Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 21. University of California, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  • 22. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physics Division, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 23. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (United States)
  • 24. Universidad de Zaragoza, Laboratorio de Fisica Nuclear y Astroparticulas, Saragossa (Spain)
  • 25. CEA/Saclay, Service de Physique des Particules, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 26. University of California, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  • 27. INFN-Sezione di Padova, Padua (Italy)
  • 28. INFN-Sezione di Firenze, Florence (Italy)
  • 29. Universita di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica, Florence (Italy)
  • 30. University of Edinburgh, SUPA, Institute for Astronomy, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
  • 31. Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, Bologna (Italy)

Description

Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model, providing unique information on the nature of neutrinos. In this paper we review the status and outlook for bolometric 0νββ decay searches. We summarize recent advances in background suppression demonstrated using bolometers with simultaneous readout of heat and light signals. We simulate several configurations of a future CUORE-like bolometer array which would utilize these improvements and present the sensitivity reach of a hypothetical next-generation bolometric 0νββ experiment. We demonstrate that a bolometric experiment with the isotope mass of about 1 ton is capable of reaching the sensitivity to the effective Majorana neutrino mass (vertical stroke mee vertical stroke) of order 10-20 meV, thus completely exploring the so-called inverted neutrino mass hierarchy region. We highlight the main challenges and identify priorities for an R and D program addressing them. (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3096-8

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3096-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1-19
ISSN
1434-6044

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
46000120
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; BETA DETECTION; BOLOMETERS; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRON NEUTRINOS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; LEPTON NUMBER; LOW LEVEL COUNTING; MAJORANA THEORY; PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION; REST MASS; SENSITIVITY; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SYMMETRY BREAKING
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DECAY; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR DECAY; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS