Precision calibration of the CUORE 0νββ data with <sup>56</sup>Co gamma spectra

ORAL

Abstract

The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) is a tonne-scale detector located in Gran Sasso National Lab seeking to observe neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ), an ultra-rare process with implications for the neutrino mass hierarchy, effective neutrino mass, and matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe. The detector consists of 988 TeO2 crystal cryogenic calorimeters operated at 10 mK. This talk will discuss the preliminary analysis of 56Co gamma spectra as a calibration source for the detector.

*This work is made possible by the United States Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

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Presenters

  • Aaron W Chizhik

    • University of California, Berkeley

Authors

  • Aaron W Chizhik

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Eric B Norman

    • Nuclear Engineering Dept. University of California, Berkeley

  • Andrew S Voyles

    • LBNL

  • Tong Zhu

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Yury G Kolomensky

    • University of California, Berkeley