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Constraints on Lepton Number Violation with the 2 tonne$\cdot$yr CUORE Dataset

Nuclear Experiment 2025-10-21 v2

Abstract

Matter-antimatter asymmetry underlines the incompleteness of the current understanding of particle physics. Neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ0\nu \beta\beta) may help explain this asymmetry, while unveiling the Majorana nature of the neutrino. The CUORE experiment searches for 0νββ0\nu \beta\beta of 130^{130}Te using a tonne-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated at milli-kelvin temperatures. We report no evidence of 0νββ0\nu \beta\beta and place a lower limit on the half-life of T1/2>3.5×T_{1/2} >3.5 \times 1025^{25}~years (90\% C.I.) with over 2~tonne\cdotyear TeO2_2 exposure. The tools and techniques developed for this result and the 5 year stable operation of nearly 1000 detectors demonstrate crucial infrastructure for a future-generation experiment capable of searching for 0νββ0\nu \beta\beta across multiple isotopes.

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@article{arxiv.2404.04453,
  title  = {Constraints on Lepton Number Violation with the 2 tonne$\cdot$yr CUORE Dataset},
  author = {CUORE Collaboration and D. Q. Adams and C. Alduino and K. Alfonso and F. T. Avignone and O. Azzolini and G. Bari and F. Bellini and G. Benato and M. Beretta and M. Biassoni and A. Branca and C. Brofferio and C. Bucci and J. Camilleri and A. Caminata and A. Campani and J. Cao and S. Capelli and C. Capelli and L. Cappelli and L. Cardani and P. Carniti and N. Casali and E. Celi and D. Chiesa and M. Clemenza and O. Cremonesi and R. J. Creswick and A. D'Addabbo and I. Dafinei and F. Del Corso and S. Dell'Oro and S. Di Domizio and S. Di Lorenzo and T. Dixon and V. Dompè and D. Q. Fang and G. Fantini and M. Faverzani and E. Ferri and F. Ferroni and E. Fiorini and M. A. Franceschi and S. J. Freedman and S. H. Fu and B. K. Fujikawa and S. Ghislandi and A. Giachero and M. Girola and L. Gironi and A. Giuliani and P. Gorla and C. Gotti and P. V. Guillaumon and T. D. Gutierrez and K. Han and E. V. Hansen and K. M. Heeger and D. L. Helis and H. Z. Huang and G. Keppel and Yu. G. Kolomensky and R. Kowalski and R. Liu and L. Ma and Y. G. Ma and L. Marini and R. H. Maruyama and D. Mayer and Y. Mei and M. N. Moore and T. Napolitano and M. Nastasi and C. Nones and E. B. Norman and A. Nucciotti and I. Nutini and T. O'Donnell and M. Olmi and B. T. Oregui and J. L. Ouellet and S. Pagan and C. E. Pagliarone and L. Pagnanini and M. Pallavicini and L. Pattavina and M. Pavan and G. Pessina and V. Pettinacci and C. Pira and S. Pirro and I. Ponce and E. G. Pottebaum and S. Pozzi and E. Previtali and A. Puiu and S. Quitadamo and A. Ressa and C. Rosenfeld and B. Schmidt and V. Sharma and V. Singh and M. Sisti and D. Speller and P. T. Surukuchi and L. Taffarello and C. Tomei and J. A Torres and K. J. Vetter and M. Vignati and S. L. Wagaarachchi and B. Welliver and J. Wilson and K. Wilson and L. A. Winslow and S. Zimmermann and S. Zucchelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.04453},
  year   = {2025}
}

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This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science on Oct 16, 2025, DOI:10.1126/science.adp6474