New Limit on the NeutrinolessββDecay ofTe130

Authors:
  • DAD. R. Artusa
    D. R. Artusa
  • FAF. T. Avignone
    F. T. Avignone
  • MBM. Balata
    M. Balata
  • IBI. Bandac
    I. Bandac
  • MBM. Barucci
    M. Barucci
  • JBJ. W. Beeman
    J. W. Beeman
  • CBC. Brofferio
    C. Brofferio
  • CBC. Bucci
    C. Bucci
  • LCL. Carbone
    L. Carbone
  • SCS. Cebrian
    S. Cebrian

Abstract
We report the present results of CUORICINO, a search for neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of Te130. The detector is an array of 62 TeO2 bolometers with a total active mass of 40.7 kg. The array is cooled by a dilution refrigerator shielded from environmental radioactivity and energetic neutrons, operated at ∼8  mK in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. No evidence for (0νββ) decay was found and a new lower limit, T1/20ν≥1.8×1024  yr (90% C.L.) is set, corresponding to ⟨mν⟩≤0.2 to 1.1 eV, depending on the theoretical nuclear matrix elements used in the analysis.
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