CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments
Abstract
The past few decades have seen major developments in the design and operation of cryogenic particle detectors. This technology offers an extremely good energy resolution - comparable to semiconductor detectors - and a wide choice of target materials, making low temperature calorimetric detectors ideal for a variety of particle physics applications. Rare event searches have continued to require ever greater exposures, which has driven them to ever larger cryogenic detectors, with the CUORE experiment being the first to reach a tonne-scale, mK-cooled, experimental mass. CUORE, designed to search for neutrinoless double beta decay, has been operational since 2017 at a temperature of about 10 mK. This result has been attained by the use of an unprecedentedly large cryogenic infrastructure called the CUORE cryostat: conceived, designed and commissioned for this purpose. In this article the main characteristics and features of the cryogenic facility developed for the CUORE experiment are highlighted. A brief introduction of the evolution of the field and of the past cryogenic facilities are given. The motivation behind the design and development of the CUORE cryogenic facility is detailed as are the steps taken toward realization, commissioning, and operation of the CUORE cryostat. The major challenges overcome by the collaboration and the solutions implemented throughout the building of the cryogenic facility will be discussed along with the potential improvements for future facilities. The success of CUORE has opened the door to a new generation of large-scale cryogenic facilities in numerous fields of science. Broader implications of the incredible feat achieved by the CUORE collaboration on the future cryogenic facilities in various fields ranging from neutrino and dark matter experiments to quantum computing will be examined.
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@article{arxiv.2108.07883,
title = {CUORE Opens the Door to Tonne-scale Cryogenics Experiments},
author = {CUORE Collaboration and D. Q. Adams and C. Alduino and F. Alessandria and K. Alfonso and E. Andreotti and F. T. Avignone and O. Azzolini and M. Balata and I. Bandac and T. I. Banks and G. Bari and M. Barucci and J. W. Beeman and F. Bellini and G. Benato and M. Beretta and A. Bersani and D. Biare and M. Biassoni and F. Bragazzi and A. Branca and C. Brofferio and A. Bryant and A. Buccheri and C. Bucci and C. Bulfon and A. Camacho and J. Camilleri and A. Caminata and A. Campani and L. Canonica and X. G. Cao and S. Capelli and M. Capodiferro and L. Cappelli and L. Cardani and M. Cariello and P. Carniti and M. Carrettoni and N. Casali and L. Cassina and E. Celi and R. Cereseto and G. Ceruti and A. Chiarini and D. Chiesa and N. Chott and M. Clemenza and D. Conventi and S. Copello and C. Cosmelli and O. Cremonesi and C. Crescentini and R. J. Creswick and J. S. Cushman and A. D'Addabbo and D. D'Aguanno and I. Dafinei and V. Datskov and C. J. Davis and F. Del Corso and S. Dell'Oro and M. M. Deninno and S. Di Domizio and V. Dompè and M. L. Di Vacri and L. Di Paolo and A. Drobizhev and L. Ejzak and R. Faccini 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 R. Gaigher and S. Ghislandi and A. Giachero and L. Gironi and A. Giuliani and L. Gladstone and J. Goett and P. Gorla and C. Gotti and C. Guandalini and M. Guerzoni and M. Guetti and T. D. Gutierrez and E. E. Haller and K. Han and E. V. Hansen and K. M. Heeger and R. Hennings-Yeomans and K. P. Hickerson and R. G. Huang and H. Z. Huang and M. Iannone and L. Ioannucci and J. Johnston and R. Kadel and G. Keppel and L. Kogler and Yu. G. Kolomensky and A. Leder and C. Ligi and K. E. Lim and R. Liu and L. Ma and Y. G. Ma and C. Maiano and M. Maino and L. Marini and M. Martinez and C. Martinez Amaya and R. H. Maruyama and D. Mayer and R. Mazza and Y. Mei and N. Moggi and S. Morganti and P. J. Mosteiro and S. S. Nagorny and T. Napolitano and M. Nastasi and J. Nikkel and S. Nisi and C. Nones and E. B. Norman and V. Novati and A. Nucciotti and I. Nutini and T. O'Donnell and M. Olcese and E. Olivieri and F. Orio and D. Orlandi and J. L. Ouellet and S. Pagan and C. E. Pagliarone and L. Pagnanini and M. Pallavicini and V. Palmieri and L. Pattavina and M. Pavan and M. Pedretti and R. Pedrotta and A. Pelosi and M. Perego and G. Pessina and V. Pettinacci and G. Piperno and C. Pira and S. Pirro and S. Pozzi and E. Previtali and A. Puiu and S. Quitadamo and F. Reindl and F. Rimondi and L. Risegari and C. Rosenfeld and C. Rossi and C. Rusconi and M. Sakai and E. Sala and C. Salvioni and S. Sangiorgio and D. Santone and D. Schaeffer and B. Schmidt and J. Schmidt and N. D. Scielzo and V. Sharma and V. Singh and M. Sisti and A. R. Smith and D. Speller and F. Stivanello and P. T. Surukuchi and L. Taffarello and L. Tatananni and M. Tenconi and F. Terranova and M. Tessaro and C. Tomei and G. Ventura and K. J. Vetter and M. Vignati and S. L. Wagaarachchi and J. Wallig and B. S. Wang and H. W. Wang and B. Welliver and J. Wilson and K. Wilson and L. A. Winslow and T. Wise and L. Zanotti and C. Zarra and G. Q. Zhang and B. X. Zhu and S. Zimmermann and S. Zucchelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07883},
year = {2021}
}
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45 pages, 14 figures