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First bolometric measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay of 100Mo with a ZnMoO4 crystals array. / Cardani, L.; Gironi, L.; Iachellini, N. Ferreiro et al.
In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, No. 7, 075204, 07.2014.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - First bolometric measurement of the two neutrino double beta decay of 100Mo with a ZnMoO4 crystals array
AU - Cardani, L.
AU - Gironi, L.
AU - Iachellini, N. Ferreiro
AU - Pattavina, L.
AU - Beeman, J. W.
AU - Bellini, F.
AU - Casali, N.
AU - Cremonesi, O.
AU - Dafinei, I.
AU - Domizio, S. Di
AU - Ferroni, F.
AU - Galashov, E.
AU - Gotti, C.
AU - Nagorny, S.
AU - Orio, F.
AU - Pessina, G.
AU - Piperno, G.
AU - Pirro, S.
AU - Previtali, E.
AU - Rusconi, C.
AU - Tomei, C.
AU - Vignati, M.
N1 - Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - The large statistics collected during the operation of a ZnMoO4 array, for a total exposure of 1.3kg day of 100Mo, allowed the first bolometric observation of the two neutrino double beta decay of 100Mo. The observed spectrum of each crystal was reconstructed taking into account the different background contributions due to environmental radioactivity and internal contamination. The analysis of coincidences between the crystals allowed the assignment of constraints to the intensity of the different background sources, resulting in a reconstruction of the measured spectrum down to an energy of ∼300keV. The half-life extracted from the data is T1/2 2v= [7.15 ± 0.37 (stat) ± 0.66 (syst)] × 1018 y.
AB - The large statistics collected during the operation of a ZnMoO4 array, for a total exposure of 1.3kg day of 100Mo, allowed the first bolometric observation of the two neutrino double beta decay of 100Mo. The observed spectrum of each crystal was reconstructed taking into account the different background contributions due to environmental radioactivity and internal contamination. The analysis of coincidences between the crystals allowed the assignment of constraints to the intensity of the different background sources, resulting in a reconstruction of the measured spectrum down to an energy of ∼300keV. The half-life extracted from the data is T1/2 2v= [7.15 ± 0.37 (stat) ± 0.66 (syst)] × 1018 y.
KW - cryogenic detectors
KW - Monte Carlo simulation
KW - two neutrino double beta decay
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902668830&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/0954-3899/41/7/075204
DO - 10.1088/0954-3899/41/7/075204
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902668830
VL - 41
JO - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
JF - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
SN - 0954-3899
IS - 7
M1 - 075204
ER -
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