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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

Innovating Bolometers' Mounting: A Gravity-Based Approach

Cryogenic calorimeters, also known as bolometers, are among the leading technologies for searching for rare events. The CUPID experiment is exploiting this technology to deploy a tonne-scale detector to search for neutrinoless double-beta…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-07 The CUPID Collaboration , K. Alfonso , A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , L. Benussi , V. Berest , M. Beretta , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , F. Boffelli , V. Boldrini , E. D. Brandani , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , M. Buchynska , J. Camilleri , A. Campani , J. Cao , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , V. Caracciolo , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , M. Chapellier , H. Chen , D. Chiesa , D. Cintas , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , F. De Dominicis , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , V. Dompè , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , G. Fantini , M. El Idrissi , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , 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 , M. T. Hurst , L. Imbert , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , R. Kowalski , H. Lattaud , M. Lefevre , M. Lisovenko , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , F. Mancarella , N. Manenti , A. Mariani , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , Ph. Mas , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , E. Mazzola , Y. Mei , M. N. Moore , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , B. T. Oregui , S. Pagan , M. Pageot , L. Pagnanini , D. Pasciuto , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , Ò. Penek , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , O. Pochon , D. V. Poda , T. Polakovic , O. G. Polischuk , E. G. Pottebaum , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Puranam , S. Quitadamo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , M. Rossella , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , R. Serino , A. Shaikina , K. Shang , V. Sharma , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , S. Tomassini , C. Tomei , A. Torres , J. A. Torres , D. Tozzi , V. I. Tretyak , D. Trotta , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , F. Xie , M. Xue , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , T. Zhu , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

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

Cryogenic light detectors with enhanced performance for rare events physics

We have developed and tested a new way of coupling bolometric light detectors to scintillating crystal bolometers based upon simply resting the light detector on the crystal surface, held in position only by gravity. This straightforward…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-30 M. Barucci , J. W. Beeman , V. Caracciolo , L. Pagnanini , L. Pattavina , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , C. Rusconi , K. Schäffner

First test of an enriched $^{116}$CdWO$_4$ scintillating bolometer for neutrinoless double-beta-decay searches

For the first time, a cadmium tungstate crystal scintillator enriched in $^{116}$Cd has been succesfully tested as a scintillating bolometer. The measurement was performed above ground at a temperature of 18 mK. The crystal mass was 34.5 g…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-21 A. S. Barabash , F. A. Danevich , Y. Gimbal-Zofka , A. Giuliani , S. I. Konovalov , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , V. Novati , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , V. N. Shlegel , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , A. S. Zolotarova

CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification

CUPID, the CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification, is a next-generation experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) and other rare events using enriched Li$_2$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers. It…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-14 The CUPID Collaboration , K. Alfonso , A. Armatol , C. Augier , F. T. Avignone , O. Azzolini , A. S. Barabash , G. Bari , A. Barresi , D. Baudin , F. Bellini , G. Benato , L. Benussi , V. Berest , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , M. Bettelli , M. Biassoni , J. Billard , F. Boffelli , V. Boldrini , E. D. Brandani , C. Brofferio , C. Bucci , M. Buchynska , J. Camilleri , A. Campani , J. Cao , C. Capelli , S. Capelli , V. Caracciolo , L. Cardani , P. Carniti , N. Casali , E. Celi , C. Chang , M. Chapellier , H. Chen , D. Chiesa , D. Cintas , M. Clemenza , I. Colantoni , S. Copello , O. Cremonesi , R. J. Creswick , A. D'Addabbo , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , F. De Dominicis , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , S. Dell'Oro , S. Di Domizio , S. Di Lorenzo , T. Dixon , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , M. El Idrissi , M. Faverzani , E. Ferri , F. Ferri , F. Ferroni , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Formaggio , A. Franceschi , S. Fu , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , S. Ghislandi , A. Giachero , 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 , M. T. Hurst , L. Imbert , A. Juillard , G. Karapetrov , G. Keppel , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , R. Kowalski , H. Lattaud , M. Lefevre , M. Lisovenko , R. Liu , Y. Liu , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , F. Mancarella , N. Manenti , A. Mariani , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , M. Martinez , R. H. Maruyama , Ph. Mas , D. Mayer , G. Mazzitelli , E. Mazzola , Y. Mei , M. N. Moore , S. Morganti , T. Napolitano , M. Nastasi , J. Nikkel , C. Nones , E. B. Norman , V. Novosad , I. Nutini , T. O'Donnell , E. Olivieri , M. Olmi , B. T. Oregui , S. Pagan , M. Pageot , L. Pagnanini , D. Pasciuto , L. Pattavina , M. Pavan , Ö. Penek , H. Peng , G. Pessina , V. Pettinacci , C. Pira , S. Pirro , O. Pochon , D. V. Poda , T. Polakovic , O. G. Polischuk , E. G. Pottebaum , S. Pozzi , E. Previtali , A. Puiu , S. Puranam , S. Quitadamo , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , A. Ressa , R. Rizzoli , C. Rosenfeld , P. Rosier , M. Rossella , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , R. Serino , A. Shaikina , K. Shang , V. Sharma , V. N. Shlegel , V. Singh , M. Sisti , P. Slocum , D. Speller , P. T. Surukuchi , L. Taffarello , S. Tomassini , C. Tomei , A. Torres , J. A. Torres , D. Tozzi , V. I. Tretyak , D. Trotta , M. Velazquez , K. J. Vetter , S. L. Wagaarachchi , G. Wang , L. Wang , R. Wang , B. Welliver , J. Wilson , K. Wilson , L. A. Winslow , F. Xie , M. Xue , J. Yang , V. Yefremenko , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , T. Zhu , A. Zolotarova , S. Zucchelli

Cryogenic light detectors with thermal signal amplification for $0\nu\beta\beta$ search experiments

As a step towards the realization of cryogenic-detector experiments to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay (such as CROSS, BINGO, and CUPID), we investigated a batch of 10 Ge light detectors (LDs) assisted by Neganov-Trofimov-Luke…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-22 A. Armatol , A. S. Barabash , D. Baudin , V. Berest , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , M. Buchynska , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , C. Capelli , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , T. Dixon , A. Drobizhev , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferri , A. Gallas , A. Giuliani , C. Gotti , Ph. Gras , 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 , E. Mazzucato , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , M. Pageot , Y. Peinaud , V. Pérez , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , P. Rosier , J. A. Scarpaci , B. Schmidt , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

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

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

Latest results from CUORE and prospects for CUPID

The search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu\beta\beta$) is fundamental for investigating lepton-number violation, probing new physics beyond the Standard Model, and determining whether neutrinos are Majorana particles. CUORE…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2026-02-25 K. Zhao

Rejection of randomly coinciding events in Li$_2$$^{100}$MoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers using light detectors based on the Neganov-Luke effect

Random coincidences of nuclear events can be one of the main background sources in low-temperature calorimetric experiments looking for neutrinoless double-beta decay, especially in those searches based on scintillating bolometers embedding…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-02-01 D. M. Chernyak , F. A. Danevich , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , D. V. Poda , V. I. Tretyak

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

Pulse Shape Discrimination in CUPID-Mo using Principal Component Analysis

CUPID-Mo is a cryogenic detector array designed to search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{100}$Mo. It uses 20 scintillating $^{100}$Mo-enriched Li$_2$MoO$_4$ bolometers instrumented with Ge light detectors to…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2021-03-25 R. Huang , E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. S. Barabash , F. Bellini , G. Benato , A. Benoît , M. Beretta , L. Bergé , J. Billard , Yu. A. Borovlev , Ch. Bourgeois , V. B. Brudanin , P. Camus , L. Cardani , N. Casali , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , M. de Combarieu , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , M. De Jesus , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , F. Ferri , B. K. Fujikawa , J. Gascon , L. Gironi , A. Giuliani , V. D. Grigorieva , M. Gros , E. Guerard , D. L. Helis , H. Z. Huang , J. Johnston , A. Juillard , H. Khalife , M. Kleifges , V. V. Kobychev , Yu. G. Kolomensky , S. I. Konovalov , P. Loaiza , L. Ma , E. P. Makarov , P. de Marcillac , R. Mariam , L. Marini , S. Marnieros , D. Misiak , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , J. L. Ouellet , L. Pagnanini , P. Pari , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , M. Pavan , H. Peng , G. Pessina , S. Pirro , D. V. Poda , O. G. Polischuk , E. Previtali , Th. Redon , S. Rozov , C. Rusconi , V. Sanglard , J. A. Scarpaci , K. Schäffner , B. Schmidt , Y. Shen , V. N. Shlegel , B. Siebenborn , V. Singh , C. Tomei , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , L. Vagneron , M. Velázquez , M. Weber , B. Welliver , L. Winslow , M. Xue , E. Yakushev , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. S. Zolotarova

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

Growth and development of pure Li2MoO4 crystals for rare event experiment at CUP

The Center for Underground Physics (CUP) of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) is searching for the neutrinoless double-beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) of 100Mo in the molybdate crystals of the AMoRE experiment. The experiment requires…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-27 J. K. Son , J. S. Choe , O. Gileva , I. S. Hahn , W. G. Kang , D. Y. Kim , G. W. Kim , H. J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , C. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , M. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , H. K. Park , S. Y. Park , S. J. Ra , K. A. Shin

Enhanced light signal for the suppression of pile-up events in Mo-based bolometers for the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay search

Random coincidences of events could be one of the main sources of background in the search for neutrino-less double-beta decay of $^{100}$Mo with macro-bolometers, due to their modest time resolution. Scintillating bolometers as those based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-24 A. Ahmine , A. Armatol , I. Bandac , L. Bergé , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , T. Dixon , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , Ph. Gras , F. Ferri , L. Imbert , H. Khalife , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solòrzano , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , Th. Redon , J. A. Scarpaci , M. Velàzquez , A. Zolotorova

Pulse Shape Analysis with scintillating bolometers

Among the detectors used for rare event searches, such as neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (0$\nu$DBD) and Dark Matter experiments, bolometers are very promising because of their favorable properties (excellent energy resolution, high…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 L. Gironi

Optimization of light collection from crystal scintillators for cryogenic experiments

High light collection efficiency is an important requirement in any application of scintillation detectors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility for improving this parameter in cryogenic scintillation bolometers,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-11 F. A. Danevich , R. V. Kobychev , V. V. Kobychev , H. Kraus , V. B. Mikhailik , V. M. Mokina

Final results from the CUPID-Mo $0\nu\beta\beta$ experiment

CUPID-Mo is a demonstrator experiment for the next generation $0\nu\beta\beta$ experiment CUPID. It consisted of an array of 20 Lithium Molybdate (LMO) cryogenic calorimeters with 20 Ge LDs for a dual readout of heat and light. In this…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-05-17 Toby Dixon

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