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First cryogenic tests on BINGO innovations

Instrumentation and Detectors 2022-05-02 v1

Abstract

Neutrinoless double-beta decay (0ν2β0\nu2\beta) is a hypothetical rare nuclear transition. Its observation would provide an important insight about the nature of neutrinos (Dirac or Majorana particle) demonstrating that the lepton number is not conserved. BINGO (Bi-Isotope 0ν2β0\nu2\beta Next Generation Observatory) aims to set the technological grounds for future bolometric 0ν2β0\nu2\beta experiments. It is based on a dual heat-light readout, i.e. a main scintillating absorber embedding the double-beta decay isotope accompanied by a cryogenic light detector. BINGO will study two of the most promising isotopes: 100^{100}Mo embedded in Li2_2MoO4_4 (LMO) crystals and 130^{130}Te embedded in TeO2_2. BINGO technology will reduce dramatically the background in the region of interest, thus boosting the discovery sensitivity of 0ν2β0\nu2\beta. The proposed solutions will have a high impact on next-generation bolometric tonne-scale experiments, like CUPID. In this contribution, we present the results obtained during the first tests performed in the framework of BINGO R&D.

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@article{arxiv.2204.14161,
  title  = {First cryogenic tests on BINGO innovations},
  author = {A. Armatol and C. Augier and D. Baudin and G. Benato and J. Billard and P. Carniti and M. Chapellier and A. Charrier and F. Danevich and M. De Combarieu and M. De Jesus and L. Dumoulin and F. Ferri and J. Gascon and A. Giuliani and H. Gomez and C. Gotti and Ph. Gras and M. Gros and A. Juillard and H. Khalife and V. V. Kobychev and M. Lefevre and P. Loaiza and S. Marnieros and Ph. Mas and E. Mazzucato and J. F. Millot and C. Nones and G. Pessina and D. V. Poda and J. A. Scarpaci and O. Tellier and V. I. Tretyak and M. M. Zarytskyy and A. Zolotarova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.14161},
  year   = {2022}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of 32nd Rencontres de Blois, Blois, France, 17-22 October 2021

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