LUMINEU: A search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO<inf>4</inf> scintillating bolometers

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The LUMINEU is designed to investigate the possibility to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in 100 Mo by means of a large array of scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO4 crystals enriched in 100 Mo. High energy resolution and relatively fast detectors, which are able to measure both the light and the heat generated upon the interaction of a particle in a crystal, are very promising for the recognition and rejection of background events. We present the LUMINEU concepts and the experimental results achieved aboveground and underground with large-mass natural and enriched crystals. The measured energy resolution, the α/β discrimination power and the radioactive internal contamination are all within the specifications for the projected final LUMINEU sensitivity. Simulations and preliminary results confirm that the LUMINEU technology can reach zero background in the region of interest (around 3 MeV) with exposures of the order of hundreds kgxyears, setting the bases for a next generation 0v2β decay experiment capable to explore the inverted hierarchy region of the neutrino mass pattern.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Authors/Creators:	Armengaud, E Arnaud, Q Augier, C Benoît, A Benoît, A Bergé, L Boiko, S Bergmann, T Blümer, J Broniatowski, A Brudanin, V Camus, P Cazes, A Chapellier, M Charlieux, F Chernyak, DM Coron, N Coulter, P Danevich, FA De Boissiére, T Decourt, R De Jesus, M Devoyon, L Drillien, AA Dumoulin, L Eitel, K Enss, C Filosofov, D Fleischmann, A Foerster, N Fourches, N Gascon, J Gastaldo, L Gerbier, G Giuliani, A Gray, D Gros, M Hehn, L Henry, S Hervé, S Heuermann, G Humbert, V Ivanov, IM Juillard, A Kéfélian, C Kleifges, M Kluck, H Kobychev, VV Koskas, F Kozlov, V Kraus, H Kudryavtsev, VA Le Sueur, H Loidl, M Magnier, P Makarov, EP Mancuso, M De Marcillac, P Marnieros, S Marrache-Kikuchi, C Menshikov, A Nasonov, SG Navick, XF Nones, C Olivieri, E Pari, P Paul, B Penichot, Y Pessina, G Piro, MC Plantevin, O Poda, DV Redon, T Robinson, M Rodrigues, M Rozov, S Sanglard, V Schmidt, B Scorza, S Shlegel, VN Siebenborn, B Strazzer, O Tcherniakhovski, D Tenconi, M Torres, L Tretyak, VI Vagneron, L Vasiliev, YV Velazquez, M Viraphong, O Walker, RJ
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
Dates:	Published: 9 June 2016
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2016 16:37
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2022 13:34
Published Version:	http://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062008
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1088/1742-6596/718/6/062008
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:107568

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LUMINEU: A search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO<inf>4</inf> scintillating bolometers

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