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Current status and perspectives of the LUCIFER experiment

Author:
Orio   F.  


Journal:
Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings


Issue Date:
2016


Abstract(summary):

The quest for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0νDBD) represents one of the most promising ways to investigate the neutrino mass nature, Dirac or Majorana. A convincing detection claim demands for detectors with excellent energy resolution and almost zero background in the energy region of interest. These features can be obtained with the approach of the LUCIFER project, funded by an European grant, which is based on the double readout of the heat and scintillation light produced by ZnSe scintillating bolometers. The resulting identification and rejection of the α interactions, as well as the large Q-value of the emitter, will guarantee a background lower than 10−3 counts/keV/kg/y in the energy region of the 0νDBD of 82Se, an order of magnitude lower with respect to the present generation experiments. Despite the small mass of ∼17 kg, LUCIFER will reach a 90% CL sensitivity of 0.6×1026 y0.6×1026 y on the half-life of the decay.We describe the current status of the project, including results of the recent R&D activity.


Page:
1795-1800


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