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Pre-study of a Li2MoO4 based bolometer for 100Mo neutrinoless double beta decay experiment in China

The cryogenic phonon scintillating bolometer is a promising and extremely attractive option to search for the nuclide neutrinoless double beta decay. In this paper, a pre-study of bolometer based on Li2MoO4 (LMO) crystal is presented, in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-06 Deyong Duan , Mingxuan Xue , Kangkang Zhao , Taiyuan Liu , Haiping Peng , Jiaxuan Cao , Long Ma , Liang Chen , Hui Yuan , Qing Lin , Zizong Xua , Xiaolian Wang

Aboveground test of an advanced Li$_2$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometer to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{100}$Mo

Large lithium molybdate (Li$_2$MoO$_4$) crystal boules were produced by using the low thermal gradient Czochralski growth technique from deeply purified molybdenum. A small sample from one of the boules was preliminary characterized in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-18 T. B. Bekker , N. Coron , F. A. Danevich , V. Ya. Degoda , A. Giuliani , V. D. Grigorieva , N. V. Ivannikova , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , I. M. Moroz , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , V. N. Shlegel , V. I. Tretyak , M. Velazquez

Li-containing scintillating bolometers for low background physics

We present the performances of Li-based compounds used as scintillating bolometer for rare decay studies such as double-beta decay and direct dark matter investigations. The compounds are tested in a dilution refrigerator installed in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-03-12 L. Pattavina

Twelve-crystal prototype of Li$_2$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers for CUPID and CROSS experiments

An array of twelve 0.28 kg lithium molybdate (LMO) low-temperature bolometers equipped with 16 bolometric Ge light detectors, aiming at optimization of detector structure for CROSS and CUPID double-beta decay experiments, was constructed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-05 CUPID , CROSS collaborations , : , K. Alfonso , A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , M. Balata , I. C. Bandac , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , V. Berest , M. Beretta , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , V. Boldrini , A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , J. Camilleri , A. Campani , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , D. Chiesa , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , E. Craft , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , G. D'Imperio , S. Dabagov , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , T. Dixon , V. Dompé , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , L. Foggetta , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , C. Fu , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , A. Gallas , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , A. Gianvecchio , M. Girola , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , C. Grant , P. Gras , P. V. Guillaumon , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , A. Ianni , L. Imbert , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , R. Kowalski , T. Langford , M. Lefevre , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , M. Madhukuttan , F. Mancarella , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , Ph. Mas , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , Y. Mei , S. Milana , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , J. L. Ouellet , S. Pagan , C. Pagliarone , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , I. Ponce , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Quitadamo , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , V. Sharma , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , C. Tomei , J. A. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , A. Tsymbaliuk , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , M. Xue , L. Yan , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , J. Zhang , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

Li$_2$$^{100\textrm{depl}}$MoO$_4$ Scintillating Bolometers for Rare-Event Search Experiments

We report on the development of scintillating bolometers based on lithium molybdate crystals containing molybdenum depleted in the double-$\beta$ active isotope $^{100}$Mo (Li$_2$$^{100\textrm{depl}}$MoO$_4$). We used two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-04-27 I. C. Bandac , A. S. Barabash , L. Bergé , Yu. A. Borovlev , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferri , A. Giuliani , C. Gotti , Ph. Gras , V. D. Grigorieva , A. Ianni , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , S. I. Konovalov , P. Loaiza , M. Madhukuttan , E. P. Makarov , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , M. Martinez , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , Th. Redon , J. A. Scarpaci , V. N. Shlegel , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

Performances of a large mass ZnMoO4 scintillating bolometer for a next generation neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

We present the performances of a 330 g zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) crystal working as scintillating bolometer as a possible candidate for a next generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo. The energy resolution,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-01-27 J. W. Beeman , F. Bellini , C. Brofferio , L. Cardani , N. Casali , O. Cremonesi , I. Dafinei , S. Di Domizio , F. Ferroni , E. Gorello , E. N. Galashov , L. Gironi , S. S. Nagorny , F. Orio , M. Pavan , L. Pattavina , G. Pessina , G. Piperno , S. Pirro , E. Previtali , C. Rusconi , V. N. Shlegel , C. Tomei , M. Vignati

Growth and characterization of a Li2Mg2(MoO4)3 scintillating bolometer

Lithium magnesium molybdate (Li$_2$Mg$_2$(MoO$_4$)$_3$) crystals were grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski method. Luminescence properties of the material (emission spectra, thermally stimulated luminescence, dependence of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-02-07 F. A. Danevich , V. Ya. Degoda , L. L. Dulger , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , V. Novati , E. Olivieri , A. A. Pavlyuk , D. V. Poda , V. A. Trifonov , I. V. Yushina , A. S. Zolotarova

Scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO$_4$ and Zn$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals to search for 0$\nu$2$\beta$ decay of $^{100}$Mo (LUMINEU project): first tests at the Modane Underground Laboratory

The technology of scintillating bolometers based on zinc molybdate (ZnMoO$_4$) crystals is under development within the LUMINEU project to search for 0$\nu$2$\beta$ decay of $^{100}$Mo with the goal to set the basis for large scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-06 D. V. Poda , E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , R. S. Boiko , T. Bergmann , J. Blümer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , D. M. Chernyak , N. Coron , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , F. A. Danevich , T. de Boissière , R. Decourt , M. De Jesus , L. Devoyon , A. -A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , C. Enss , D. Filosofov , A. Fleischmann , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , L. Gastaldo , G. Gerbier , A. Giuliani , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Henry , S. Hervé , G. Heuermann , V. Humbert , I. M. Ivanov , A. Juillard , C. Kéfélian , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. V. Kobychev , F. Koskas , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , M. Loidl , P. Magnier , E. P. Makarov , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Marrache-Kikuchi , A. Menshikov , S. G. Nasonov , X-F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , Y. Penichot , G. Pessina , M. C. Piro , O. Plantevin , T. Redon , M. Robinson , M. Rodrigues , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , V. N. Shlegel , B. Siebenborn , O. Strazzer , D. Tcherniakhovski , M. Tenconi , L. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , L. Vagneron , Ya. V. Vasiliev , M. Velazquez , O. Viraphong , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang , V. N. Zhdankov

Study of $\mathrm{CdMoO_4}$ crystal for a neutrinoless double beta decay experiment with $\mathrm{{}^{116}Cd}$ and $\mathrm{{}^{100}Mo}$ nuclides

The scintillation properties of a $\mathrm{CdMoO_4}$ crystal have been investigated experimentally. The fluorescence yields and decay times measured from 22 K to 300 K demonstrate that $\mathrm{CdMoO_4}$ crystal is a good candidate for an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-24 Ming-xuan Xue , Yun-long Zhang , Hai-ping Peng , Zi-zong Xu , Xiao-lian Wang

Development of cryogenic low background detector based on enriched zinc molybdate crystal scintillators to search for neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{100}$Mo

ZnMoO$_4$ scintillators with a mass of $\sim$ 0.3 kg, as well as Zn$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystals enriched in the isotope $^{100}$Mo were produced for the first time by using the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique. The optical and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-07-17 Dmitry Chernyak

Characterization of the Li$_2$WO$_4$ crystal as a cryogenic scintillating calorimeter

A wide range of scintillating bolometers is under investigation for applications in the search for rare events and processes beyond the Standard Model. In this work, we report the first measurement of a natural, non-molybdenum-doped,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-30 D. L. Helis , A. Melchiorre , S. Nagorny , M. Noia , L. Pagnanini , S. Pirro , A. Puiu , G. Benato , P. Carniti , R. Elleboro , P. Gambacorta , C. Gotti , V. D. Grigorieva , S. Nisi , E. Olivieri , G. Pessina , S. Piacentini , M. Shafiee , V. N. Shlegel

ZnMoO4: a promising bolometer for neutrinoless double beta decay searches

We investigate the performances of two ZnMoO4 scintillating crystals operated as bolometers, in view of a next generation experiment to search the neutrinoless double beta decay of Mo-100. We present the results of the alpha vs beta/gamma…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-01-27 J. W. Beeman , F. Bellini , S. Capelli , L. Cardani , N. Casali , I. Dafinei , S. Di Domizio , F. Ferroni , E. N. Galashov , L. Gironi , F. Orio , L. Pattavina , G. Pessina , G. Piperno , S. Pirro , V. N. Shlegel , Ya. V. Vasilyev , C. Tomei , M. Vignati

Performance of ZnMoO4 crystal as cryogenic scintillating bolometer to search for double beta decay of molybdenum

Zinc molybdate (ZnMoO4) single crystals were grown for the first time by the Czochralski method and their luminescence was measured under X ray excitation in the temperature range 85-400 K. Properties of ZnMoO4 crystal as cryogenic low…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2010-12-01 L. Gironi , C. Arnaboldi , J. W. Beeman , O. Cremonesi , F. A. Danevich , V. Ya. Degoda , L. I. Ivleva , L. L. Nagornaya , M. Pavan , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , V. I. Tretyak , I. A. Tupitsyna

Test of $^{116}$CdWO$_4$ and Li$_2$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers in the CROSS underground facility with upgraded detector suspension

In preparation to the CROSS $2\beta$ decay experiment, we installed a new detector suspension with magnetic dumping inside a pulse-tube cryostat of a dedicated low-background facility at the LSC (Spain). The suspension was tested with two…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-28 A. Ahmine , I. C. Bandac , A. S. Barabash , V. Berest , L. Bergé , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferri , A. Giuliani , C. Gotti , P. Gras , D. L. Helis , A. Ianni , L. Imbert , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , S. I. Konovalov , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , M. Martinez , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , Y. Peinaud , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , Th. Redon , Ph. Rosier , J. A. Scarpaci , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , M. Velazquez , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

A CUPID Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometer tested in the CROSS underground facility

A scintillating bolometer based on a large cubic Li$_{2}$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ crystal (45 mm side) and a Ge wafer (scintillation detector) has been operated in the CROSS cryogenic facility at the Canfranc underground laboratory in Spain. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-24 The CUPID Interest Group , A. Armatol , E. Armengaud , W. Armstrong , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , I. C. Bandac , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , Ch. Bourgeois , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , V. Boldrini , A. Branca , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , J. Camilleri , A. Candela , S. Capelli , L. Cappelli , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , A. Cazes , E. Celi , C. Chang , M. Chapellier , A. Charrier , D. Chiesa , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , F. Collamati , S. Copello , F. Cova , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. Cruciani , A. D'Addabbo , G. D'Imperio , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. de Combarieu , M. De Deo , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , V. Dompe , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. Fasoli , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , C. Fu , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , A. Giachero , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , P. Gorla , C. Gotti , P. Gras , M. Gros , E. Guerard , T. D. Gutierrez , K. Han , E. V. Hansen , K. M. Heeger , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , R. G. Huang , A. Ianni , L. Imbert , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , M. Madhukuttan , F. Mancarella , R. Mariam , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , B. Mauri , D. Mayer , Y. Mei , S. Milana , D. Misiak , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , X. -F. Navick , J. Nikkel , R. Nipoti , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , G. Olivier , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , J. L. Ouellet , S. Pagan , C. Pagliarone , L. Pagnanini , P. Pari , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , T. Polakovic , O. G. Polischuk , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , A. Ressa , D. Reynet , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , V. Sanglard , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , V. Sharma , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , O. Tellier , C. Tomei , V. I. Tretyak , A. Tsymbaliuk , A. Vedda , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , M. Xue , L. Yan , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Yumatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , J. Zhang , A. S. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

LUMINEU: a search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers

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 ZnMoO$_4$ crystals enriched in $^{100}$Mo. High energy…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-06-22 E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoit , A. Benoit , L. Berge , R. S. Boiko , T. Bergmann , J. Blumer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , D. M. Chernyak , N. Coron , P. Coulter , F. A. Danevich , T. de Boissiere , R. Decourt , M. De Jesus , L. Devoyon , A. -A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , C. Enss , D. Filosofov , A. Fleischmann , N. Foerster , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , L. Gastaldo , G. Gerbier , A. Giuliani , D. Gray , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Henry , S. Herve , G. Heuermann , V. Humbert , I. M. Ivanov , A. Juillard , C. Kefelian , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. V. Kobychev , F. Koskas , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , M. Loidl , P. Magnier , E. P. Makarov , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Marrache-Kikuchi , A. Menshikov , S. G. Nasonov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , Y. Penichot , G. Pessina , M. C. Piro , O. Plantevin , D. V. Poda , T. Redon , M. Robinson , M. Rodrigues , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , S. Scorza V. N. Shlegel , B. Siebenborn , O. Strazzer , D. Tcherniakhovski , M. Tenconi , L. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , L. Vagneron , Ya. V. Vasiliev , M. Velazquez , O. Viraphong , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang , V. N. Zhdankov

First test of a $\mathrm{CdMoO_4}$ scintillating bolometer for neutrinoless double beta decay experiments with $\mathrm{{}^{116}Cd}$ and $\mathrm{{}^{100}Mo}$ nuclides

A large cylindrical cadmium molybdate crystal with natural isotopic abundance has been used to fabricate a scintillating bolometer. The measurement was performed above ground at milli-Kelvin temperature, with simultaneous readout of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 M. Xue , D. V. Poda , Y. Zhang , H. Khalife , A. Giuliani , H. Peng , P. de Marcillac , E. Olivier , S. Wen , K. Zhao , Y. Wei , V. Novati , A. S. Zolotarova , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , T. Redon , Z. Xu , X. Wang , P. Chen , H. Chen , L. Dumoulin

A BGO scintillating bolometer for gamma and alpha spectroscopy

A 891 g BGO scintillating bolometer has been tested at 10 mK in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy). The discrimination capability, the radio-purity of the compound and the main features of the crystal have been…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-08-28 Laura Cardani , Sergio Di Domizio , Luca Gironi

ZnO-based scintillating bolometers: New prospects to study double beta decay of $^{64}$Zn

The first detailed study on the performance of a ZnO-based cryogenic scintillating bolometer as a detector to search for rare processes in zinc isotopes was performed. A 7.2 g ZnO low-temperature detector, containing more than 80\% of zinc…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-05 A. Armatol , B. Broerman , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , H. Khalife , M. Laubenstein , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , S. S. Nagorny , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , L. Pagnanini , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , J. -A. Scarpaci , A. S. Zolotarova

First scintillating bolometer tests of a CLYMENE R&D on Li$_2$MoO$_4$ scintillators towards a large-scale double-beta decay experiment

A new R&D on lithium molybdate scintillators has begun within a project CLYMENE (Czochralski growth of Li$_2$MoO$_4$ crYstals for the scintillating boloMeters used in the rare EveNts sEarches). One of the main goals of the CLYMENE is a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-09 G. Buşe , A. Giuliani , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , V. Novati , E. Olivieri , D. V. Poda , T. Redon , J. -B. Sand , P. Veber , M. Velázquez , A. S. Zolotarova