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Passive shielding in CUORE
TOPICAL WORSHOP ON LOW RADIOACTIVITY TECHNIQUES, v 897(1), pp 117-122
01 Jan 2007
Abstract
The nature of neutrino mass is one of the friontier problems of fundamental physics. Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0vDBD) is a powerful tool to investigate the mass hierarchy and possible extensions of the Standard Model. CUORE is a 1-Ton next generation experiment, made of 1000 Te bolometers, aiming at reaching a background of 0.01 (possibly 0.001) counts keV(-1) kg(-1) y(-1) and therefore a mass sensitivity of few tens of meV The background contribution due to environmental neutrons, muon-induced neutrons in the shieldings and external gamma is discussed.
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- Title
- Passive shielding in CUORE
- Creators
- F. Bellini - Univ Roma La Sapienza, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Dipartimento Fis, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, ItalyF. Alessandria - INFN, I-20133 Milan, ItalyE. Andreotti - University of InsubriaR. Ardito - University of MilanC. Arnaboldi - University of MilanF. T. Avignone - University of South CarolinaM. Balata - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryI. Bandac - University of South CarolinaM. Barucci - University of FlorenceJ. W. Beeman - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryB. Berger - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryC. Brofferio - University of MilanA. Bryant - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryC. Bucci - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryS. Capelli - University of MilanL. Carbone - University of MilanS. Cebrian - Univ Zaragoza, Fis Lab, Zaragoza, SpainM. Clemenza - University of MilanC. Cosmelli - Sapienza University of RomeS. Cuneo - University of GenoaO. Cremonesi - University of MilanR. J. Creswick - University of South CarolinaI. Dafinei - Sapienza University of RomeM. P. Decowsk - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryS. Di Domizio - University of GenoaS. Diemoz - Sapienza University of RomeM. J. Dolinski - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryH. A. Farach - University of South CarolinaR. FacciniF. FerroniE. Fiorini - University of MilanL. Foggetta - University of InsubriaS. J. Freedman - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryC. Gargiulo - Sapienza University of RomeA. Giachero - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryE. Guardincerri - University of GenoaA. Giuliani - University of InsubriaP. Gorla - Univ Zaragoza, Fis Lab, Zaragoza, SpainT. D. Gutierrez - California Polytechnic State UniversityE. E. Haller - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryK. M. Heeger - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryI. G. Irastorza - Univ Zaragoza, Fis Lab, Zaragoza, SpainR. Gadel - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryYu. G. Kolomensky - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryE. Longo - Sapienza University of RomeG. Maier - University of InsubriaR. MaruyamaC. Martinez - University of South CarolinaS. Morganti - Sapienza University of RomeS. Nisi - Sapienza University of RomeC. Nones - University of MilanE. B. Norman - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA. Nucciotti - University of MilanM. Olcese - University of GenoaP. Ottonello - University of GenoaM. Pallavicini - University of GenoaE. PalmieriM. Pavan - University of MilanM. Pedretti - University of InsubriaG. Pessina - University of MilanS. Pirro - University of MilanE. Previtali - University of MilanL. Risegari - University of FlorenceC. Rosenfeld - University of South CarolinaS. Sangiorgio - University of InsubriaM. Sisti - University of MilanA. R. Smith - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryL. Torres - University of MilanC. Tomei - Sapienza University of RomeG. Ventura - University of FlorenceM. Vignati - Sapienza University of RomeN. Xu - Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryC. Zarra - Sapienza University of RomeL. Zanotti - University of Milan
- Contributors
- P Loaiza (Editor)
- Publication Details
- TOPICAL WORSHOP ON LOW RADIOACTIVITY TECHNIQUES, v 897(1), pp 117-122
- Series
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000246129600019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34248198794
- Other Identifier
- 991019186647104721
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